R package heat: Harmonized Environmental Exposure Aggregation Tools - echolab-stanford/heat

Machine learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) offer powerful tools to address long-standing scientific challenges. At the molecular scale, we’ve seen projects like AlphaFold discover unknown ...

Studying the impacts of environmental change on human health and well-being

Yes, it almost certainly does, but benefits in terms of net smoke reductions take a few years to be realized.   By: Marshall Burke Wildfire smoke is a rapidly growing environmental health haz...

New app estimates health impacts of breathing smoke from wildfires

Smoke fine particulate matter (PM2.5) from increasing wildfires in the western United States threatens public health. While land managers often prioritize reducing wildfire risk in the wildland-urban ...

Smoke fine particulate matter (PM2.5) from increasing wildfires in the western United States threatens public health. While land managers often prioritize reducing wildfire risk in the wildland-urban ...

A new Stanford-led study finds that controlled, low-intensity fires known as prescribed burns can slash wildfire intensity and dangerous smoke pollution across the western United States.

Columbia Climate scientists launch the first long-term dataset to track and predict the occurrence of climate change–fueled extreme events.

A pattern of predictable sea surface temperature variability in the North Pacific Ocean is identified by a neural network trained on CMIP6 models The neural network skillfully predicts the same p...

The 2025 Gordon Research Seminar on Atmospheric Chemistry (GRS) will be held in Newry, Maine. Apply today to reserve your spot.

The 2025 Gordon Research Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry will be held in Newry, Maine. Apply today to reserve your spot.

Developed PM2.5 estimates unveiled inequalities in PM2.5 exposure, emphasizing need for equitable air quality control policies.

As California expands its prescribed burning efforts, a study of more than 180 such projects suggests they are an effective way to reduce a blaze's intensity and smoke