Preventing acute respiratory diseases in Bangladesh, creating biodegradable composite materials for the building industry, reducing the social and environmental impact of Chile’s salmon farming industry – these are the crucial interdisciplinary research projects funded by Stanford's Environmental Venture Projects program.

Tagged: Environmental Research, Environment & Sustainability, Earth Sciences, Engineering, Humanities & Sciences

Chile's once-fledgling salmon aquaculture industry is now the second largest in the world.  But that massive economic growth has had equally massive environmental and social effects, say researchers.

Tagged: Environmental Research, Environment & Sustainability, Humanities & Sciences

The wonder of Hawaii's coral reefs brings thousands of awed tourists to the islands every year.  But pollution from a variety of human activities is threatening to ruin this economic and ecological lifeblood of the Hawaiian Islands.

Tagged: Environmental Research, Hawaii, Environment & Sustainability, Engineering

Each year indoor air pollution, caused in part by cookstoves, is a key factor in the deaths of two million children from acute respiratory infections in developing countries. Since 2006, Stanford researchers have been working in Bangladesh to find practical, low-cost incentives that would encourage people to use cleaner, safer cookstoves.

Tagged: Environmental Research, pollution, Environment & Sustainability, International Issues, Engineering, Medicine

Aquaculture now accounts for half of the fish consumed globally, according to a recent Stanford study. The more than a decade-long trend toward fish farming is straining the resources of some wild fish species, which are harvested to feed the farmed varieties.

Tagged: Environmental Research, fishing, Environment & Sustainability

Half of California could be occupied by new bird communities by 2070, according to a new study by researchers at Stanford  and partner institutions

Tagged: California, climate change, Environmental Research, Environment & Sustainability, Humanities & Sciences

Scientists from Stanford University have teamed up with Israeli and Jordanian researchers to protect the Gulf of Aqaba, a strategic waterway whose fragile marine ecosystem is vital to both Israel and Jordan.

Tagged: Environmental Research, Environment & Sustainability, Humanities & Sciences

Five out of 10 global ecosystems once threatened by overfishing are on the mend, according to a new study. A collaboration of scientists from seven countries analyzed fish populations around the world and found that the mass of fish removed from the ocean every year has decreased in some fisheries.

Tagged: Environmental Research, fishing, oceans, Environment & Sustainability, Humanities & Sciences

At any moment, the winds in high-altitude jet streams hold roughly 100 times more energy than all the electricity being consumed on Earth, according to a study by Stanford environmental and climate scientists Cristina Archer and Ken Caldeira.

Tagged: Environmental Research, Environment & Sustainability, Engineering, Humanities & Sciences

Synthetic fertilizers have dramatically increased food production worldwide. But the unintended costs to the environment and human health have been substantial.

Tagged: Environmental Research, farming, Environment & Sustainability, Humanities & Sciences