Study: Policies can be designed to support both aquaculture and small-scale fisheries
A new study from Stanford University explores how investments in the aquaculture industry can affect small-scale fisheries, and how policy changes can help support jobs, equity and sustainability in this area.
‘Less water means more gas’: how drought will test California’s stressed power grid
Noah Diffenbaugh is quoted in The Guardian discussing his research on the links between climate, energy, and water, particularly during drought periods.
Across US West, drought arriving dangerously early
"We're already living in a new climate, that is a different climate than when many of our systems were designed and built 50 or 100 years ago." Noah Diffenbaugh comments on worsening drought conditions.
Hunger Is a Weapon of War. Food Can Help Prevent It.
In light of ongoing violence in Yemen, Ertharin Cousin outlines the deep connections between hunger and conflict and how we can approach global hunger as an issue of military and foreign policy.
Wildfires having devastating effect on air quality in western US, study finds
The Guardian highlight's Marshall Burke's research on the health effects of wildfires. “The contribution of wildfires to poor air quality has roughly doubled in the last 15 years in the west," Burke said.
Rising Costs of U.S. Flood Damage Linked to Climate Change
“The fact that a third of the total [flood damage] is contributed by increasing precipitation is substantial,” Noah Diffenbaugh tells Scientific American.
Study: Wildfires produced up to half of pollution in US West
"From a climate perspective, wildfires should be the first things on our minds for many of us in the U.S.," Marshall Burke said. "Most people do not see sea-level rise. Most people do not ever see hurricanes. Many, many people will see wildfire smoke from climate change."
Climate change causing one-third of flood damage in the United States, Stanford study finds
"This work shows that past climate change has already cost the U.S. economy billions of dollars, just due to flood damages alone," Marshall Burke tells the San Francisco Chronicle about a new study.
Bay Briefing: What's behind California's slow start to vaccinations
“People and the ecosystem are being impacted day after day and month after month. We’re experiencing that here in CA. We’re clearly now in a different climate than when our water resources and infrastructure were designed," Noah Diffenbaugh tells the San Francisco Chronicle.
Climate change will impact countries differently depending on their location on the globe. Marshall Burke explains how climate change will impact countries' GDP and crop production in a New York Times article.
Noah Diffenbaugh explains new research on "landfalling droughts," which start over oceans and move to continents, in an article from Scientific American.
Study finds seeds made to withstand drought do best in good weather
Radio Iowa reports on a recent study from FSE on the impacts of drought on crop yields. David Lobell explains that techologies are helping farmers taking advantage of good weather but can't always save them from bad weather.
Apple’s Shifting Supply Chain Creates Boomtowns in Rural Vietnam
Scott Rozelle is quoted in Bloomberg discussing the effects of Apple's factories on rural towns, and how education is essential to avoiding the worst effects.
Study Finds Corn Increasingly Sensitive To Drought
A new study from FSE researchers finds that new technologies are increasing corn yields during good weather but that yield losses during drought conditions are growing as well.
Visiting Scholar Ertharin Cousin discusses food security around the world and in the United States and how we can take action in an interview with NPR.
What Made This a Record Fire Season? It Started With Lightning
In a New York Times article, Noah Diffenbaugh outlines how climate change created the conditions for the eruption of wildfires across California in August and September.
In a radio interview with NPR, Ertharin Cousin discusses global food security and the challenges we face to provide equitable access to food in the United States and abroad.
COVID-19 could provide unintended glimpses into operation of complex Earth systems
A Stanford-led study explains how COVID-19 allows researchers to uniquely study the Earth system and make predictions about short and long term environmental consequences.
A study by Eric Lambin finds that incentives for tree-planting can have adverse effects on carbon emissions and local ecosystems if they do not include protections for existing forests.
Air pollution from the desert is causing an 18% increase in infant mortality
Marshall Burke and Sam Heft-Neal's study on the effects of dust on birth outcomes in Africa is highlighted, with emphasis on the broader links between air pollution and health.
Animal Viruses Are Jumping to Humans. Forest Loss Makes It Easier.
The New York Times highlights a new Stanford study, quoting Eric Lambin on how deforestation has facilitated the transmission of diseases from humans to animals.
Pollution made COVID-19 worse. Now, lockdowns are clearing the air.
National Geographic examines the connections between air pollution and COVID-19, quoting Marshall Burke on the likely lives saved by air pollutions reductions during shelter-in-place.
Machine-Learning Research from Stanford, Toyota Bolsters EV Battery Design
A team led by Stefano Ermon drastically decreased the time needed to test batteries for electric vehicles, helping advance future sustainable transportation.
We can no longer rely on historical data to predict extreme weather
Popular Science highlights Noah Diffenbaugh's new research on using historic trends along with climate models of the future for extreme event attribution.
As the climate heats up, planners urged to look beyond history to judge risks
A new study from Noah Diffenbaugh examines the accuracy of historic climate trends and future climate models in predicting extreme events. This has implications for building sound infrastructure.
Could the coronavirus actually be saving lives in some parts of the world because of reduced pollution?
USA today reports on Marshall Burke's estimate that lives saved from better air quality could outpace deaths from coronavirus in some parts of the world.
Study: Coronavirus Lockdown Likely Saved 77,000 Lives In China Just By Reducing Pollution
An article in Forbes outlines calculations by Marshall Burke on the health benefits of reduced air pollution in China as people stay indoors to prevent the spread of coronavirus
The Unexpected Impact Of A Pandemic On The Environment
As people practice social distancing and many businesses temporarily close due to coronavirus, Marshall Burke examines the impacts on air quality and health.
Dinner As We Know it Is Hurting the Planet. But What If We Radically Rethink How We Make Food?
Many startups are working to develop technology that they hope will revolutionize agriculture and help the planet, but, David Lobell tell TIME, changing the global food system takes time.
Study finds that reducing soil tilling helps both soils and yields
Tilling is a long standing and widely used agricultural practices that many farmers are hesitant to abandon. New research shows that reduced tilling can lead to higher yields and greater soil health.
Climate Change Will Affect Rice Crops, Study Finds
Climate change presents several issues for the future of rice production, including lower yields and higher concentrations of dangerous arsenic. Scott Fendorf is quoted on his research into this issue.
Jillian Deines is quoted in Cosmos discussing the potential positive yield impacts of reduced tilling and why some farmers have been hesitant to adopt the practice.
A paper by Marshall Burke and Noah Diffenbaugh on economic inequality resulting from climate change makes the list of "devastating climate reports" from the past year.
Building Accurate Maize Yield Maps For Smallholders With Google Earth Engine
NASA Harvest on research by David Lobell and Marshall Burke using Google Earth Engine to build high-resolution maize maps for the 2017 season in Kenya and Tanzania.
Planet partners with Stanford University to provide subscription access
Planet, an organization dedicated to mapping and GIS has announced its partnership with Natural Capital Project and The Center on Food Security and the Environment.
Childhood stunting is linked with low zinc levels in soil
Over two billion people worldwide are micronutrient deficient, impacting learning, IQ, motor skills, and immune system function. Zinc deficiency, particularly in children under five, caused 116,000 deaths globally 2011.
A new University of Michigan-led study finds that farmers in India have adapted to warming temperatures by intensifying the withdrawal of groundwater used for irrigation. If the trend continues, the rate of groundwater loss could triple by 2080, further threatening India's food and water security.
Addition of zinc in the soil can help prevent childhood stunting in developing countries like India where more than a third of children under five suffer from the chronic under-nutrition, a global study has said after analysing the health data from nearly 300,000 children and one million women across the States here.