Environment and Climate Change

Faculty Affiliate Stephen Luby and affiliated researcher Jenna Forysth discuss their research on hunting for the sources of lead poisoning in Bangladesh.

Faculty Affiliate Giulio De Leo's research on schistosomiasis, a parasitic disease, takes him to the Senegal River, where introducing prawns may help combat the parasite.

Faculty Affiliate Erin Mordecai explains why warmer and wetter weather will mean more tropical illnesses far beyond the tropics.

With the risk of mosquito-borne disease expected to grow with climate change, Faculty Affiliate Desiree LaBeaud reveals the factors that put communities at risk for such illnesses.

Research by PhD student Nina Buchmann shows that physical proximity to pathogen-free water sources reduces child and adult mortality.

Research by Faculty Affiliate Desiree LaBeaud made a surprising discovery in Kenya: A sample of fresh milk harbored the deadly virus that causes Rift Valley fever.

The Stanford epidemiologist and King Center Faculty Affiliate reacts to recent news about the effects of plastic on human health.

Affiliated researcher Michael Machala, PhD '17, developed a solar-powered technology to improve the quality and quantity of dried agricultural produce in India.

Promising technologies for converting wastewater into drinkable water produce a chemical compound that can be toxic, corrosive and malodorous.

These environmental engineers tell Stereo Chemistry about their visions for the future of our water . . . and share some laughs along the way

Faculty Affiliate Marshall Burke has focused his research on quantifying the social and environmental impacts of climate change.

Faculty Affiliate Lawrence Goulder writes for the World Economic Forum about China's new carbon market, the world's largest.

Policy interventions to stop deforestation are most effective when enacted in a certain order, according to a new Stanford study.