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Recent graduate Emily Paris, PhD ’26, studies Earth’s most extreme deep-sea environments to learn about the habitability of ancient Mars and inform carbon storage efforts.

Stanford researchers are working to help cities adapt to extreme weather and keep people and buildings cool during severe heat waves.

Fellowships will help doctoral students turn their research into real-world solutions, addressing challenges in aviation emissions, bioenergy, wildfire protection, tribal energy policy and more.

A new way to measure hurricanes using earthquake-monitoring equipment could improve storm forecasting, support public safety, and enhance understanding of Earth’s atmosphere.

A new federal rule redefines "harm" to exclude habitat destruction under the Endangered Species Act. Stanford experts in law and biology explain why the change matters, and which species have the most to lose.

The U.S. Department of Energy announced the first phase of funding for projects using artificial intelligence to tackle the nation’s most complex science and technology challenges, including six led by Stanford and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.

Some wildfire smoke plumes are more toxic than others, depending on the geology where a fire burns. Stanford scientist Scott Fendorf explains why.

An associate professor in Earth and planetary sciences, Willenbring has introduced hundreds of students to the field and created a welcoming, engaging space for them to learn.

Electrification for Health is a new Stanford program that aims to accelerate the transition to safer, cleaner electric appliances to protect human health today and support sustainable energy for the future.

A Stanford study found that mountain lion visits to Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve ('Ootchamin 'Ooyakma) triggered cascading effects on deer, smaller predators, and vegetation.

Altering livestock grazing could allow soils to store billions more tons of carbon each year, depending on the region. But net climate benefits depend heavily on where supplemental feed comes from. 

The chronic disease schistosomiasis wreaks havoc on more than 220 million people around the world. New research shows how introducing fish into rice fields could help reduce disease incidence and poverty in a hot spot for the disease

Climate change could make historically rare tropical cyclones more common in Southern California, significantly expanding landslide risk across the region by 2050.

Led by Earth system science PhD student Anna Gomes, new “swap shelves” make it easy to share supplies, save money, and reduce waste on campus.

Led by Rodolfo Dirzo and students in his lab, a Stanford field course takes students into Bay Area forests for an up-close look at the lives of local birds.

Combining satellite imagery and productivity data, David Lobell studies hundreds of millions of farms to secure plentiful, nutritious food worldwide.

Stephanie Fischer, a PhD student in Earth system science at the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability and a PhD minor in the Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity at Stanford University, researches how identity and culture can not only help people get involved in climate action but also buffer against harm.

New analysis shows 85% of carbon emissions from the 2025 Dava Moor Fire in Scotland came from peat combustion, signaling a dangerous shift in how wildfires behave in historically boggy landscapes.

From studying the economic aftermath of cyclones to understanding innovative approaches to crop planting schedules, five researchers represent a new wave of climate progress.

Rob Jackson and Rosamond Naylor are among the Stanford faculty joining the scholarly society, which works to promote science for the public good.

A study on species competing to consume insect larvae provides insights into “priority effects”, or how the order and timing of different species shape biological communities. 

As part of the Stanford Impact Labs Design Fellowship, Marshall Burke and Gabrielle Wong-Parodi each conducted research intended to equip governments, institutions, and communities with evidence and approaches to mitigate and adapt to the impacts of a changing climate.