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Why we should scale up urban agriculture

A new report by Stanford’s Natural Capital Project calculates the value of food forests and urban farms for addressing myriad issues from diet-related health problems to extreme temperatures.

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Stanford Earth Matters magazine —

What Pacific island cultures can teach us about sustainability

Cultural and environmental factors influenced early Pacific island societies to develop sustainable practices that could inform our approaches today.

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Stanford News —

Uncovering biases and gaps in biodiversity data

Natural history collections of plants, animals, and other organisms are becoming a thing of the past with the rise of biodiversity apps and digital tools. A Stanford study identifies benefits and biases in these two datasets, which are crucial for assessing climate change.

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Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability —

Earth Day and beyond

More than 50 years after the first Earth Day, Stanford experts discuss the experiences that inspire people to care about the environment and take action to preserve it.

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SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory —

SLAC-Stanford Battery Center targets roadblocks

The joint battery center aims to bridge gaps between discovering, manufacturing, and deploying new energy storage solutions.

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Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability —

Stanford Doerr School announces first focus area

Atmospheric greenhouse gas removal is the first of what will be many “Flagship Destinations” – ambitious targets with the potential for impact on a global scale.

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SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory —

SLAC’s Sadasivan Shankar on energy-efficient computing

How can we design computing systems that use less energy while still accomplishing everything we want them to do?

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Stanford Earth Matters magazine —

‘Two-eyed seeing’ off the California coast

A new research partnership will combine Indigenous and scientific knowledge to monitor marine life in a sacred tribal region that may be a bellwether of how native species will fare in the face of climate change.

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Stanford News —

Oil production likely triggered major earthquake

New research reveals wastewater injected underground by fossil fuel operators caused a magnitude 5.6 earthquake in November 2022 in the Peace River area of Alberta’s oil sands region. This is the first study to link seismicity in the area to human activity.

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Stanford Earth Matters magazine —

Two scientists, two oil spills, and many reasons for hope

Rebecca Miller and Josheena Naggea studied the differences in the emergency responses to oil spills in places where each had a personal connection: Pointe d'Esny, Mauritius and Huntington Beach, California.

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