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Seeing is Believing: Stanford Researchers Visualize California's Drought
September 15, 2017
Issue: September 2017
After the wettest winter on record in 122 years, California’s waterways and reservoirs are finally replenishing to reverse the previous years of... Read More
Bricks dry outside a kiln in Bangladesh.
Stanford Researchers Team up to Reduce Pollution and Improve Health
September 14, 2017
Issue: September 2017
Stephen Luby’s epiphany came to him 30,000 feet up in the air. The Stanford epidemiologist was flying over India when he realized the view from his... Read More
rescuer in boat in Houston flooding
Stanford Experts on Hurricane Harvey Impacts
September 1, 2017
Issue: September 2017
(See list of Stanford experts available to discuss impacts of Hurricane Harvey.) Houston, the fourth largest city in the nation with an economy the... Read More
A Bedouin man prays in arid eastern Jordan.
Jordan Faces More Frequent Long and Severe Droughts
August 30, 2017
Issue: September 2017
A new analysis of drought in Jordan – one of the world’s most water-poor countries – suggests that without alternate water sources, better land use... Read More
Forest in Northern California
Growing Carbon Offsets on Trees
August 14, 2017
Issue: September 2017
You can’t grow money on trees, but you can earn money for letting trees grow. Or at least you can through a pioneering California program that allows... Read More