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Bird. Image credit: Daniel Karp

"One-two punch"

Stanford Report
irrigation and oil production in Kern County

‘Water windfall’ hidden beneath California’s Central Valley

Stanford School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences
Energy, Fresh Water Resources
Stanford biologist Gretchen Daily is senior author of a study of how China has increased the value of its ecosystems in part by carefully managing select agricultural activities. Here, a farmer works in a field surrounded by the steeply sloped karst mountains near Yangshuo. (Image credit: Stacie Wolny)

Environmental progress

Stanford Report
Researchers from Stanford’s Center for Ocean Solutions are among scientists who have discovered 15 “bright spots” around the world where more fish than expected are thriving on coral reefs. (Image credit: Tane Sinclair-Taylor)

Coral reef "bright spots"

Stanford Report
Pamela Matson at Stanford Earth commencement

Stanford Earth graduates urged to “do good for the world”

<p>Stanford School of Earth, Energy &amp; Environmental Sciences</p>
Rodolfo Dirzo

Dirzo wins Roland Prize

Stanford Report
Bill Nye

Bill Nye urges mass mobilization on climate change

Graduate School of Education
Carbon Dioxide leaking out of a gas hose

Researchers Aim to Put Carbon Dioxide Back to Work

The New York Times
Man smiling

Stanford Earth awarded for diversity efforts

Stanford News Service
The Amazon Rainforest

Stanford scientists find Amazon rain forest responds quickly to extreme climate events

Stanford School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences
Climate Change
African women carry heavy jerry cans filled with water.

Why Half a Degree Matters: Higher Seas, Longer Heat Waves, Dead Reefs

National Geographic News
dry city and green city

Society needs to better understand the economics of climate change, Stanford researchers say

Stanford School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences
Climate Change
illustration of catastrophic and healthy Earth

Scientists suggest appealing to human psychology to create solutions to climate change

Stanford University
Climate Change, Human Dimensions and Sustainability
Elevation sign at 8000

Rise of the 'Ridiculously Resilient Ridge': California drought patterns becoming more common

<p>Stanford School of Earth, Energy &amp; Environmental Sciences</p>
Climate Change, Fresh Water Resources
Students standing on a hilltop

Into the Wild: Learning through doing in Alaska

Stanford University
Deforested hill

Stanford researchers find effective recipe for slowing deforestation: Companies and environmentalists working together

Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
Human Dimensions and Sustainability
Woman filling containers with water

Does living near an oil or natural gas well affect your drinking water?

Precourt Institute for Energy
Energy
Sally Benson at podium

Decision-Making for a Low-Carbon Future

MIT Energy Initiative
Climate Change, Energy
Two residential towers

Fresh Thinking on Water

Stanford Report
A woman and a boy plow a field using a horse

Freshwater vulnerability threatens developing nations' stability

Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
Fresh Water Resources, Human Dimensions and Sustainability
River estuaries

Training computer models to accurately simulate nature's variability

Stanford School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences
Dynamic Earth, Energy, Human Dimensions and Sustainability
Coral

Timelapse of Ocean Acidification Effects on Coral

David Attenborough's Great Barrier Reef
Climate Change, Oceans
A group of indigenous leaders

First Nations' Futures

Stanford Report
A picture of Cassandra Brooks in the snow next to a picture of Daniel Swain

2015 Switzer Environmental Fellowship Awardees

<p>Stanford School of Earth, Energy &amp; Environmental Sciences</p>

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