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September 28, 2021 | Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
Issue: September 2021
It is hard to imagine a more exciting time to be working in the climate and sustainability space. In every country, preparations for COP26 in Glasgow... Read More
September 27, 2021 | Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
Issue: October 2021
Earlier this month, President Biden urged other countries to join the U.S. and European Union in a commitment to slashing methane emissions. Two new... Read More
September 15, 2021 | Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
Issue: September 2021
Hunger, malnutrition and obesity affect billions of people. A first-of-its-kind comprehensive review of the so-called blue foods sector reveals... Read More
August 23, 2021 | Stanford Program on Water, Health & Development
Issue: September 2021
Climate change, disease, and other threats imperil the world’s clean water, but solutions are at hand. Researchers at the Stanford Program on Water,... Read More
August 10, 2021 | Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
Issue: July - August 2021
From lake-draining drought in California to bridge-breaking floods in China, extreme weather is wreaking havoc. Preparing for weather extremes in a... Read More
A flooded street with High Water and Road Closed caution signs
July 12, 2021 | Stanford Natural Capital Project
Issue: July - August 2021
By 2100, sea levels are expected to rise by almost seven feet in the Bay Area. New research shows how traditional approaches to combating sea-level... Read More
July 12, 2021 | School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences
Issue: July - August 2021
Governor Newsom met with scientists and climate change experts including Diffenbaugh to examine how the state can accelerate progress toward climate... Read More
July 1, 2021 | Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
Issue: July - August 2021
A key factor in America’s prodigious agricultural output turns out to be something farmers can do little to control: clean air. A new Stanford-led ... Read More
June 8, 2021 | Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
Issue: June 2021
Food sourced from the ocean, rivers and lakes—blue foods—hold enormous potential for transforming the global food system. Thousands of species of... Read More

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