Environment and Climate Change
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Mission critical: How climate change is reshaping health, governance, and poverty in developing countries
Pioneering Stanford research highlights adaptation strategies in the face of a changing climate.
May 28, 2025
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Scientists turn to wastewater to track hidden HIV outbreaks
The King Center supports the launch of a research initiative to pioneer a low-cost, unobtrusive approach to disease surveillance in South Africa.
May 20, 2025
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May 20, 2025
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Tropical cyclones are preventing children from starting school
A study led by Faculty Affiliate Eran Bendavid reveals that these climate events are quietly but deeply damaging schooling, especially for young girls.
May 16, 2025
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Improving practices at Bangladesh’s brick kilns: A win-win for business and the environment
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.
May 12, 2025
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Q&A: Cleaning up brick kiln pollution without legally enforced regulations
A study in Bangladesh co-authored by Stanford researchers demonstrates a pathway to environmental and public health gains in informal and unregulated industries.
May 08, 2025
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Missed school is an overlooked consequence of climate change-caused cyclones
In low- and middle-income countries, Stanford-led research reveals how children in the path of hurricanes are set back in their schooling.
April 29, 2025
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Biology professor Rodolfo Dirzo bridges cultures while preserving species
Dirzo revealed the personal challenges of his journey through STEM and offered guidance to young scientists at an April 11 talk.
April 23, 2025
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From sewer to solution: Stanford engineers reinvent wastewater purification to unlock valuable resources
An interdisciplinary team, co-led by William Tarpeh, is developing a way to make wastewater drinkable while also recovering valuable products, like fertilizer components.
April 21, 2025
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Colombia’s peatlands could be a crucial tool to fight climate change. But first we have to find them.
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.
April 15, 2025
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Undergrads tackle global issues through academic year fellowships
Students research malaria, dengue, and the sand mining industry.
April 02, 2025
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Sand dredging encroaches on marine protected areas, scientists find
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.
March 24, 2025
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Stanford researchers reimagine the future of food
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.
March 14, 2025
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Researchers make disturbing finding about side effects from coal plants: 'Incredibly important'
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%.
February 27, 2025
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Blue food project taps the ocean’s potential to feed the world
A collaboration with Indonesian organizations, co-led by David Cohen, aims to capitalize on aquatic food sources to improve nutrition, food security, and livelihoods.
February 04, 2025
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Coal emissions cost India millions in crop damages
A study co-authored by David Lobell suggests future emissions reductions could have benefits more significant and widespread than previously understood.
February 04, 2025
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Recycling lithium-ion batteries delivers significant environmental benefits
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.
January 31, 2025
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Climate change plays a role in global rise of dengue fever
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.
November 23, 2024
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Climate change is driving the rise in dengue cases
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.
November 20, 2024
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Gretchen Daily named a 2024 Climate Action Leader
Daily, a King Center faculty affiliate, was highlighted by Business Insider for her global leadership and innovation in working toward climate and environmental solutions.
November 11, 2024