Earth & Climate

Among the takeaways: Investing in safer communities and fire-resilient landscapes is key to reducing future wildfire losses and costs.

Expanding transmission and wind power offers billions in potential annual power-system savings across a range of federal policy scenarios, a Stanford-led study finds.

This year’s El Niño is among the most extreme on record. Stanford experts explain how it works and what it means for people and ecosystems.

Can earthquakes be predicted? Do they happen more at night? Can you feel one on an airplane? Seismologist Ettore Biondi explains what the science says.

In a yearlong experiment, satellites designed to monitor methane detected 92-100% of controlled releases on clear days.

Bleached corals can fully recover within a few weeks through brief contact with healthy corals, opening new possibilities for restoration.

Researchers recorded extreme heat and elevated nitrogen dioxide in restaurant kitchens using gas or propane appliances.

Steve Luby draws on years of classroom debate to examine why some global health projects succeed and others fail, often in ways he didn’t expect.

Stanford experts in medicine and policy explain what can be learned from the state’s decade-long regulatory experiment to stem the tide of microplastics pollution.

An online tool will guide coastal landowners through conservation programs and alternative income options as saltwater seeps into their soil.