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underwater shot of Dennis Islands

New Emmett family gift will extend Stanford’s leadership in environmental education

Stanford School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences
Katherine Mach

Q&A with Katharine Mach: How can the world manage a historic climate agreement?

Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
Climate Change

Carbon offset program flaws

Stanford News
young girl at Sentebale health-care center

Stanford researchers find 15 million children in high-mortality hotspots in Sub-Saharan Africa

<p>Stanford Health Policy</p>
Human Dimensions and Sustainability
natural gas pipes

'Super emitters’ are responsible for more than half of U.S. methane emissions

<p>Stanford School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences</p>
Climate Change, Energy

Finally, the world may protect one of the most pristine parts of the Southern Ocean

The Washington Post

Take a dive into the future

Stanford News
Ice flow

Future of Antarctic marine protected areas is at risk

Stanford School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences
Food and Agriculture, Oceans

This is what climate change sounds like, in D minor

KQED
Climate Change
grasslands

Future climate change field test doesn't make Earth greener

Associated Press
Climate Change, Food and Agriculture

Antibacterial soap ban

Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
woman walking in snow

Extreme-weather winters are becoming more common in U.S., Stanford research shows

<p>Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment</p>
Climate Change, Natural Hazards
oil refinery

Stanford experts weigh in on the impact and influence of California’s ambitious global warming legislation

Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
Climate Change
Map of Western Africa with poverty data

Stanford scientists combine satellite data, machine learning to map poverty

<p>Stanford News</p>
Human Dimensions and Sustainability
coral reef in Fiji

Scientists warn world will miss key climate target

The Guardian
Climate Change
trees in the Southern Sierra

An eye-opening flight over California’s dying forests

San Francisco Chronicle
Natural Hazards
fracking protestors

Is fracking really making us sick?

Gimlet
Energy
two rhinos

As big animals disappear, so do benefits they offer humans

<p>Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment</p>
Human Dimensions and Sustainability
prawn

Ecological solution more effective at combating disease than drugs alone

<p>Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment</p>
Human Dimensions and Sustainability

Environmental Solutions

Stanford Report
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

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