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Our list includes a mix of favorites, high-impact stories, and some of our most-read research coverage from the past year.
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Associate Professor Jane Willenbring brings her passion for people and surface processes to understand how environmental changes impact life on Earth, and how life impacts the planet.
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New research from Stanford suggests climate change will disrupt many age-old partnerships between aspen trees and fungi that are essential to healthy forests.
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Vehicles outfitted with sensors and other devices are collecting data to make life better for people living in cities.
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Planetary Health Postdoctoral Fellow Alandra Lopez investigates toxins in the environment that affect the health of people living or working nearby.
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Stanford co-organized an official side event at the UN climate talks focused on how to accelerate the climate transition while prioritizing community engagement and development.
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New research from Stanford University shows wildfires can transform a natural element in soils into a cancer-causing and readily airborne metal known as chromium 6.
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“Cement hides a dark secret: It’s responsible for a staggering 8% of global CO2 emissions.”
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A Stanford expert discusses how thinking on smaller scales about water treatment and reuse could help meet the challenges of water scarcity.
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Hunt Allcott explores how new environmental solutions can be made as effective, sustainable, and equitable as possible.
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Declining coal use helped shrink U.S. emissions 3%, according to new estimates from the Global Carbon Project, even as global emissions keep the world on a path to exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming before 2030 and 1.7 degrees soon after.
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Professor Deborah A. Sivas discusses the urgent need for effective policy interventions that address GHG emissions from a variety of heavy industries.
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An international team, led by Rice University, seeks to improve the synthesis of carbon nanotubes for much wider use.
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Stanford ecologist and climate scientist Chris Field looks to the 28th UN Climate Change Conference for a roadmap on what he considers solvable challenges.
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Researchers at Stanford have designed an open-source process for turning sisal fibers into absorbent material for menstrual pads, creating an opportunity for the local, sustainable manufacture of hygiene products that many communities need.
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A new book by Buzz Thompson focuses on how water managers can team up with the private sector to overcome the daunting obstacles to making safe, affordable, and sustainable water a reality everywhere.
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Stanford researchers highlight the urgency and importance of acknowledging emotions about climate change in research and education
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At Stanford HAI’s recent fall conference, scholars showed how artificial intelligence is opening up new approaches to studying science.
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On the Imagine A World podcast by Knight-Hennessy Scholars, Tomo Kumahira discusses long-term sustainability solutions in agriculture and water in the midst of climate change, insights from his work in private equity in Japan, and more.
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Though food systems are a big driver of the climate crisis, they can also help combat it. Research shows how seafood can be incorporated into national climate strategies at COP28.
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Clunky permitting processes are keeping U.S. renewable energy projects in gridlock. Experts on energy and politics discussed the challenges, opportunities, and strategies to equitably accelerate the transition away from fossil fuels.
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Ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference in the United Arab Emirates this month, Woods scholars discuss how to build sustainable food systems in the face of a warming world.
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Yuan Wang seeks to understand how particle pollution from vehicles, industry, and wildfires affects our future climate and extreme weather events like hurricanes.
