Environment and Climate Change

Faculty Affiliates Giulio De Leo and Erin Mordecai developed models that can predict how the risk of parasitic disease schistosomiasis will shift in response to climate change.

The King Center funded the Ecology & Evolution of Infectious Diseases Conference, hosted by a new program pursuing win-win ecological solutions for health and the environment.

On NPR Morning Edition, Faculty Affiliate Desiree LaBeaud briefly talks about how climate change is extending mosquito breeding seasons.

Affiliated Researcher Jenna Forsyth was selected for her work on shoring up food safety in South Asia, which was supported by the King Center’s lead exposure initiative.

Faculty Affiliate Erica Plambeck, a member of the King Center's initiative on reducing lead, facilitated a Bangladesh workshop on the sustainable management of lead-acid batteries.

Faculty Affiliates Rodolfo Dirzo, Khalid Osman, and Rosamond Naylor explored the importance of community-driven research, intersectional frameworks, and institutional legitimacy.

In this episode on Radio New Zealand, Faculty Affiliate Gretchen Daily shares how traditional systems of wealth measurement don't include nature's contributions.

A new model co-built by Faculty Affiliate Erica Plambeck taps into the power of cooperation to promote sustainable palm oil production in Indonesia.

A team led by Faculty Affiliate Manu Prakash has found the absorption capacity of a sisal-based material to be higher than those in commercial menstrual pads.

Faculty Affiliate Gretchen Daily shares with MIT Technology Review her work on making the environment more of an element in economic decision-making.

Faculty Affiliate Eran Bendavid aims to identify mitigation strategies and assess the global burden and future risks of tropical cyclones, as per his article in Nature.

The King Center's initiative on lead was featured in The Economist for their research which led to a complete elimination of lead-contaminated turmeric in Bangladesh.

The center's initiative on reducing lead exposure combined epidemiology and management to confront a growing threat from lead-acid batteries in electric vehicles.

Faculty Affiliate Alison Hoyt is working in a multidisciplinary team of researchers across Stanford to measure emissions of a potent greenhouse gas in extreme conditions.

Affiliated researcher Jenna Forsyth and Faculty Affiliate Stephen Luby worked with the Bangladesh Food Safety Authority to eliminate lead-contaminated turmeric in the country.