Stanford students can explore environmental careers through Woods fellowships. Meet Evan Ludington, a senior who interned with Resources for the Future through the EPIC program. EPIC applications open in December – mark your calendar! Meet Evan: stanford.io/43owZEW EPIC info: stanford.io/4r1LUyY

Today marks the first day of #COP30, where scientists, policymakers, and advocates are gathering to chart our shared path forward on climate action. Woods Director Chris Field joins Stanford students and delegates to contribute expertise and solutions. Follow here: bit.ly/4qSG6re

How can low-carbon concrete floors be a health and climate solution? Watch the full #UncommonCollaborators episode 🎥 youtu.be/rQUVt3jMN_c Read more: stanford.io/4gaergd #climatesolutions #research #publichealth

The barrier to effective climate communication is often personal distance — for many, it still feels like a faraway threat. A new Stanford-led study shows that virtual reality can help close that gap. Read more: bit.ly/4hzzsSt

From ammonia to Alcatraz, Stanford students are pursuing fascinating research questions. They’re gaining hands-on experience, sharpening their scientific skills, and exploring solutions to real-world challenges. Discover student program opportunities: bit.ly/48tPCaB

This week, students, faculty, and staff came together to celebrate human and planetary health at Stanford — and to connect on new opportunities ahead. (Also pictured: tiny succulent party favors 🪴) 🌍 Stay in the loop by subscribing to the HPH newsletter: bit.ly/4nicFfy

Yesterday, officials confirmed New York's first local case of a mosquito-borne tropical disease. Woods research suggests that as temps rise, mosquito ranges are expanding into new regions. Read more: 🦟 Warming and disease surge: bit.ly/3HRR6DV 🌳 How trees can reduce risk: bit.ly/3SMHKv3

Meet our inaugural Visiting Policy Fellows! Alice C. Hill is a senior fellow at @cfr.org and former White House adviser. Michael Jordan, former USAID advisor, is managing director at Banneker Capital. As fellows, they’ll collaborate with Stanford experts to advance climate policy solutions.

Woods fellow William Tarpeh, professor of chemical engineering, has received a 2025 MacArthur Fellowship! Tarpeh's research on energy-efficient water treatment, funded by a Woods grant, could help meet rising demand for drinkable water in an affordable and sustainable way. 🔗 bit.ly/3KEvn3j

"Every time a fire starts, we're behind the curve." – Mark Brown, Marin Wildfire Prevention Authority. Wildfires threaten to upend the public health, economic, and ecological systems of Californian communities. Despite effective prevention strategies, research gaps remain. 🔗 bit.ly/4mPRxgq

Woods is hiring! From public health to energy policy, shape practical solutions to the world’s toughest challenges. ➡️ Check out the current openings here: stanford.io/4gI7OCs

Wildfire smoke emissions caused an estimated 41,380 excess deaths per year during 2011 to 2020. Rising temperatures could increase those deaths by more than 70% by 2050, according to a new study. 🔗 bit.ly/46D0AeA @stanforddoerr.bsky.social #climate #wildfires

Our colleagues at @stanfordcigh.bsky.social break down a new report explaining that the public health impacts of climate change are "beyond scientific dispute" ⤵️

Monday is the deadline for public comment on the EPA's proposal to reverse the 2009 endangerment finding – the legal basis for U.S. climate regulation. Research by Stanford's Chris Field and colleagues shows that evidence for climate change’s impacts has only grown since 2009. 🔗 bit.ly/42FAmql

Check out Woods senior fellow Noah Diffenbaugh's recent Q&A with @sciline.org ⤵️

Researchers Christopher Knight and Fiorenza Micheli call for safe food to be recognized as a human right in the face of climate change. "Safe food is a key missing piece of climate adaptation." – Knight, biology phD student. 🔗 bit.ly/3VdI9HV @oceansolutions.stanford.edu

Warmer weather is reshaping the landscape of human health. Cases of dengue could rise as much as 76% across a large swath of Asia and the Americas by 2050, according to a new study. Read our story: bit.ly/3HRR6DV Explore the research: bit.ly/3Vc5UjM

Plant pressings have been around since the 1600s. Armed with 21st-century technology, Woods senior fellow and assistant professor of biology Barnabas Daru has a plan to unlock a wealth of biodiversity information from centuries-old dried plant samples. Read the story: bit.ly/3HLApKi

A species of disease-carrying mosquitoes is gaining a foothold in Southern California, thanks to rising temperatures and mild winters. Watch Woods fellow Erin Mordecai discuss her team's research in Costa Rica, tracking mosquito migration to better predict future disease risk. 🎬: bit.ly/47U4L7L

Human urine is often seen as waste. But globally, it contains enough nitrogen to meet 14% of annual fertilizer demand. A new Stanford-designed system uses solar power to extract fertilizer directly from urine. Read our story here: bit.ly/45T6B6y

It's research grant award season! Each year, the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment awards funding to bold, interdisciplinary projects tackling our planet’s most urgent challenges. 🏆 Meet the 2025 awardees here: bit.ly/3UCIhR8

Check out Woods fellow Kate Maher talking beavers on @cbsnews.com: "Beavers are incredibly efficient ecosystem engineers. Their ponds create 'green zones', which help plants survive drought and act as fire suppression corridors." 🎬: bit.ly/4fMIXx5 @stanforddoerr.bsky.social

🔥 Prescribed fire can protect lives, property, and ecosystems – but how can we expand its use on private lands? In our upcoming webinar, Stanford researchers and wildfire experts will examine state policies and barriers to action. 🔗 Register here: bit.ly/45owBpO #wildfire #prescribedfire

New points for policymakers from Woods scholars lay out: 🌽 What we've learned from 50 years of #ClimateChange effects on crops: stanford.io/3HmXfaH + 🌍 What farmer adaptations could mean for global #FoodSecurity: bit.ly/4mbrf8O

🦫 Bringing back #beavers – and the nature-based solutions they offer for #freshwater, #biodiversity, and #ClimateResilience New study uses #RemoteSensing to map beaver dams + ponds with an eye toward prioritizing areas for restoration and reintroducing beavers. 🔗 bit.ly/bringing-back-beavers

A new report finds that sustainable retrofitting can boost occupant quality of life alongside environmental benefits. "Our goal is to put resident wellbeing at the center of sustainable home upgrades, from start to finish." – Sarah Billington, Woods senior fellow. 🔗 bit.ly/4liqauo

💡New points for policymakers highlight the benefits of prescribed fire compared to mechanical thinning and potential applications to wildfire policy 🔥 Download the research brief with insights from Stanford scholars Makoto Kelp, Noah Diffenbaugh, and Marshall Burke: stanford.io/4mnek3h

Across the country, electricity bills are rising. Senior research scholar Michael Wara stopped by KQED to break down all the factors driving the increase, from tree trimming to wildfire prevention measures. Listen here: bit.ly/45m4aZE #energycosts #wildfires

🌴 Agriculture is responsible for over 70 percent of global deforestation. Stanford researchers are piloting conservation programs that reward Indonesian palm oil producers for preserving tree cover through scalable, proportional payment systems. Read more: bit.ly/44S1Hav

In an era of global change, ocean scientist Fiorenza Micheli and literary scholar Margaret Cohen are coming together to explore people's impact on and connection to the ocean through the "blue" humanities 🌊 Watch the latest #UncommonCollaborators episode 🎥 bit.ly/4mitoPL

🚨 New job opportunity! The Stanford Climate and Energy Policy Program and the Environmental and Natural Resources Law & Policy Program are looking for a Food Systems Resource Economics Fellow, focused on alternative proteins. Apply here: bit.ly/44IMfxk #alternativeprotein #sustainabilityjobs

🌊 We are so excited to share the recipients of the 2025 Big Ideas for Oceans seed grants! Learn more about these ambitious projects below ⤵️

We’re thrilled to announce the 2025 LInC cohort! Relaunched after a pandemic pause, LInC equips early- and mid-career faculty to tackle complex global challenges through interdisciplinary research across law, medicine, engineering, humanities, and sustainability. Learn more: stanford.io/4lAxK4Q

The Colorado River is in crisis. A new study proposes a water-sharing market to help balance competing needs—supporting both struggling ecosystems and the farmers who rely on the river. 🔗 bit.ly/4lAyhDe #climatechange #climatesolutions

How can California build faster? Recent CEQA reforms aim to speed up critical projects, but critics say it limits community input. Senior fellow Deborah Sivas weighs in: bit.ly/3IaK50I

A new study reveals that marine biomass has typically increased over the past 500 million years. Overfishing, pollution, and climate change are accelerating biodiversity loss — threatening the very abundance that has taken hundreds of millions of years to build. 🔗 bit.ly/44KtJEE

Could an invasive species be a public health secret weapon? Funded in partnership with stanfordcigh.bsky.social‬, this Global Health Seed Grant Award supports researchers as they analyze the impact on invasive marbled crayfish on disease-spreading snails. �� https://bit.ly/4eE3T3TFW

💌 The latest edition of People&Planet, our monthly newsletter, is out now! We check in on the state of cultivated meat, look into planting trees as a public health strategy, and share events and job opportunities. Subscribe: bit.ly/3GcHSRM Read June's edition: bit.ly/44jxD64

Prescribed burns can reduce wildfire severity by 16% and smoke pollution by 14%, a Stanford study finds. “The smoke is a silent and far-reaching hazard, and prescribed fire may be one of the few tools that actually reduces total smoke exposure.” - senior fellow Marshall Burke 🔗 bit.ly/4nlf1v9

Vultures might not be as beloved as bunnies, but they're key to human health. By eating carrion and culling the populations of smaller scavengers, they help limit the spread of zoonotic diseases. A new Stanford study found that 36% of the world's scavenger species are in decline. 🔗 bit.ly/4kXmhfi

A new study finds that for each 1 °C of warming, global crop yields will decrease by 120 calories per person per day. The U.S. Midwest could be hit hardest, with major corn and soy losses under high-warming scenarios, while cooler regions like China and Russia may see gains. 🔗 bit.ly/3FSQDjP

Our 2025 #HumanAndPlanetaryHealth Early-Career Research awards are supercharging projects to investigate how: 🌆 Emissions from urban vegetation impact air quality 🐓 Living together with livestock drives antimicrobial resistance #AMR in rural, low-income communities Learn more: bit.ly/44cb4Af

This thread from @oceansolutions.stanford.edu has some great insights from the recent UN Ocean Conference! ⤵️

How can we refill California’s groundwater? Woods senior fellow Rosemary Knight and team mapped 13M+ acres in the Central Valley to guide recharge efforts: “Groundwater is the hidden reservoir… the backup supply we depend on during drought.” Watch the full segment via ABC7 News 👉 bit.ly/4e6bywo

As wildfires, floods, and hurricanes threaten more homes across the country, states are offering insurance discounts for weather-proofing measures. But in California, wildfire-related discounts top out around 15%. @michaelwara.bsky.social says that’s not enough. Read more: n.pr/4e0DJwN

We're thrilled to announce that Senior Fellow Rob Jackson is a recipient of the 2025 Blue Planet Prize! The award, which comes with $500,000, is one of the world's leading environmental awards. Congratulations Rob! 🔗 bit.ly/4kC6br4

Sometimes, solutions are simple. Stephen Luby, Nina Brooks @bostonu.bsky.social, and icddr,b researchers tested a low-cost, low-tech intervention to reduce #pollution from #BrickKilns in Bangladesh, a major threat to public health and the environment. 🎥: bit.ly/4kwdSPe 📝: stanford.io/3FGCK7Y

Happy World Oceans Day! Our @stanforddoerr.bsky.social community is celebrating by sharing their work on ocean research and conservation 💙

“Even if we disagree on policy, we often agree on the problem,” Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com said. “Start there.” Brief article and video of conversation with Chris Field @chrfield.bsky.social, director @stanfordwoods.bsky.social: woods.stanford.edu/news/talking... #climate

📣 Join us on June 12 for a discussion of wildfire risk mitigation! Panelists will discuss new findings from the Climate and Energy Policy Program and future strategies for building a safer, more resilient grid. Register: bit.ly/4dXA9U8