Environment and Climate Change

A study led by Faculty Affiliate Eran Bendavid reveals that these climate events are quietly but deeply damaging schooling, especially for young girls.

In VoxDev, new evidence from Bangladesh reveals aligning business owners' profit motives with environmental and health goals can effectively reduce the pollution from brick kilns.

A study in Bangladesh co-authored by Stanford researchers demonstrates a pathway to environmental and public health gains in informal and unregulated industries.

In low- and middle-income countries, Stanford-led research reveals how children in the path of hurricanes are set back in their schooling.

Dirzo revealed the personal challenges of his journey through STEM and offered guidance to young scientists at an April 11 talk.

An interdisciplinary team, co-led by William Tarpeh, is developing a way to make wastewater drinkable while also recovering valuable products, like fertilizer components.

A study co-authored by Faculty Affiliate Alison Hoyt provides the first data-driven map of both newly documented and predicted peatlands across Colombia’s eastern lowlands.

Jean-Baptiste Jouffray co-authored two studies on how several thousand dredge operators extract sand from protected areas of the ocean, posing a significant threat to conservation.

Faculty affiliates are working to transform the way the world grows, distributes, and consumes food, spanning topics including sustainable food systems, health equity, and culture.

Pollution from coal power stations has reduced yields of Indian rice and wheat crops – two of the most vital crops to the world's second-most populous country – by over 10%.

A collaboration with Indonesian organizations, co-led by David Cohen, aims to capitalize on aquatic food sources to improve nutrition, food security, and livelihoods.

A study co-authored by David Lobell suggests future emissions reductions could have benefits more significant and widespread than previously understood.

According to William Tarpeh's research, greenhouse gas emissions, energy consumption, and water usage are all meaningfully reduced when batteries are recycled to recover metals.

Faculty Affiliate Erin Mordecai's study suggests that climate change has likely played a significant role in the expansion of dengue fever from 1995 to 2014.

Faculty Affiliate Erin Mordecai has found at least 257 million people now live in places where climate warming could cause dengue incidence to double in the next 25 years.

Daily, a King Center faculty affiliate, was highlighted by Business Insider for her global leadership and innovation in working toward climate and environmental solutions.