Stanford water experts discuss America's hundreds of thousands of dams, controversy over the planned removal of two in Northern California, and the future of water infrastructure.

Farmers in Senegal are welcoming fish into their rice paddies. The hope is they'll fertilize the crop, be a source of food ... and eat the snails that carry parasitic worms.

From Ebola to hantavirus, ecological disruptions are creating the conditions for more frequent and dangerous spillover events. Researchers say interdisciplinary collaboration and investment in early s...

The Stanford Center for Ocean Solutions works locally, regionally, and globally to support evidence-based action and drive impact for the oceans.

Stanford scientists discovered that brief electrical pulses can dra...

Meet Robb Willer, a sociologist at the Stanford School of Humanities and Sciences, and Neil Malhotra, a political economist at Stanford Graduate School of Business, who teamed up to design a tournament that evaluates the most popular approaches to climate change messaging strategies, according to published research from the last two decades. Environmental problems are too complex for any one discipline to take on alone. Interdisciplinary collaboration brings together researchers from different academic backgrounds—and by extension, different ways of thinking, doing, and approaching problems—to generate creative solutions. This series places Stanford "uncommon collaborators" in conversation to explore the origins, challenges, and rewards of interdisciplinary environmental research. Learn more about the tournament and its unique design: Key Moments: 0:00 "We gotta get this right" 0:42 Designing a tournament 1:31 Finding the "best" vs. auditing the literature 2:42 Openness to finding strategies are not helpful 3:14 Importance of generating ideas Visit our website: https://woods.stanford.edu/ Subscribe to our newsletter, People&Planet: https://bit.ly/3AeyDbB Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/woods.stanford.edu LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/stanford-woods-institute-for-the-environment/ Music: Give In To Me (Gloria Tells), Afternoon (Liquify)

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) concluded in 2009 that carbon dioxide, methane, and other greenhouse gases threaten public health and welfare, underpinning rules for cars, power plants,...

An ambitious initiative based at the new Center for Human and Planetary Health is tackling the pervasive issue of lead contamination, which exerts a heavy toll on global health. Researchers aim to identify major sources of lead exposure and develop affordable detection methods in communities worldwide. MB01V12VWSDHDEP

Stanford students are getting a head start on careers with education and leadership programs offered by the Woods Institute for the Environment. We talk with Alice Heiman, a junior who bridged academi...

Microscopic organisms are being deployed to capture methane from sources such as farms and landfills, with the potential for reuse as fertilizer and fish food.