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How extreme heat affects vulnerable populations – and how to respond
August 14, 2023 | Stanford News Service
Stanford experts Strehlow discuss how communities can best adapt and build resilience – particularly for those populations that are most vulnerable.
Illegal market for water expands in Jordan
August 14, 2023 | Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability
Senior Fellow Steve Gorelick is co-author on a new study showing a massive and accelerating transfer of water from rural groundwater sources to... Read More
Machapuchare snowcapped peak in the Himalaya mountains, Nepal, which reaches over 20,000 feet in elevation.
Before reaching the skies, the Himalayas had a leg up, new study shows
August 10, 2023 | Stanford Earth Matters
Page Chamberlain describes new study on historical topography of the Himalayas. 
A mosquito sits on a patch of skin.
Mosquito diseases on the move
August 8, 2023 | Stanford News Service
Climate change and human activity are enabling the spread of mosquito-borne diseases, like dengue fever, to new places. Stanford infectious disease... Read More
A brush fire burns on a hillside.
A solution for California’s wildfire safety deficit
August 7, 2023 | Stanford News Service
Michael Wara & colleagues find that low-income communities in Califonia face a "wildfire safety deficit" as a result of longstanding policies... Read More
Peregrine, a drone-based ice-penetrating radar system, was tested over Norway’s Slakbreen glacier in March.
Studying Climate Change With An Ice Radar Drone
August 5, 2023 | IEEE Spectrum
Dustrin Schroeder's lab investigates ice sheets with new radar technology.
Steam rising from Moore’s Hot Springs. Nahanni National Park is one of the world’s top paddling/canoeing rivers, and Unesco World Heritage site. The Nahanni River is also a Canadian Heritage River. Northwest Territories (NWT) Canada.
Leader of Indigenous-Led Conservation and Land Stewardship Efforts in Canada Wins 2023 Bright Award
August 3, 2023 | Stanford Law School
Barton Thompson leads committee to give an award honoring Indigenous Leadership Initiative director.
Lightning-Caused Wildfires are 80 Percent More Likely Under Dry Vegetation
August 2, 2023 | EOS
Noah Diffenbaugh and Alexandra Konings write about increase of wildfires associated with extreme weather.
School brings together summer undergraduate researchers
August 2, 2023 | Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability
Students from the Woods MUIR program are spending their summer learnign new skills & working on environmental research projects.

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