As energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions continually rise in the United States, unconventional natural gas sources coupled with advances in carbon sequestration may be the solution, according to Stanford University scientists.

Tagged: conservation, Environment & Sustainability, Earth Sciences

Stanford scientists have found evidence that some coral reefs are adapting to higher ocean temperatures and may actually survive global warming.

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

Using biofuel crops such as corn or switchgrass to generate electricity for running battery-powered vehicles is a far more efficient way of producing energy than making ethanol with them, according to Stanford researchers.

Tagged: bioelectricity, cars, Environmental Research, fuel, Environment & Sustainability, Earth Sciences, Humanities & Sciences

"What does the globalization of the American suburb mean for the global environment?"  A recently completed project brought together geographers, historians, urban planners, and Earth systems scientists to explore this question by  documenting the dramatic changes that have transformed Shenzhen, Bangalore, and Silicon Valley.

Tagged: Environmental Research, urbanization, Environment & Sustainability, Earth Sciences

Stanford ecologists came up with an innovative plan to restore Hawaii's great forests and also benefit landowners. The approach is being used as a model for resource decisions in other countries.

Tagged: conservation, Environmental Research, Environment & Sustainability, Earth Sciences

Stanford's Presidential Fund for Innovation in International Studies has made grants to five new interdisciplinary faculty projects.  The projects will examine China's environmental protection efforts, investigate ties between climate change and civil conflict in poor countries, fight the effects of anemia on the academic performance of Chinese children, develop curriculum units on infectious pandemic diseases, and study the effects of international migration on human well-being.

Tagged: International Initiative, International Issues, Earth Sciences, Education, Engineering, Humanities & Sciences, Law, Medicine

Every day, more than 140 million people in southern Asia drink groundwater contaminated with arsenic. Thousands of people in Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Myanmar and Vietnam die of cancer each year from chronic exposure to arsenic, according to the World Health Organization. Some health experts call it the biggest mass poisoning in history.

Tagged: Asia, Environmental Research, Environment & Sustainability, Earth Sciences

Despite the current economic difficulties, Stanford remains steadfastly committed to ensuring that the best students are able to attend the university, no matter their financial circumstances. Meet five extraordinary undergraduates who would not be here without the assistance provided by their endowed scholarships.

Tagged: Environment & Sustainability, On Campus, Earth Sciences, Engineering, Humanities & Sciences

VIDEO: Recognizing that energy is at the heart of many of the world's economic, environmental and political tribulations, Stanford is establishing a $100 million research institute to focus intently on energy issues.

Tagged: energy, Precourt Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability, On Campus, Earth Sciences, Engineering, Humanities & Sciences

Rapidly warming climate is likely to seriously alter crop yields in the tropics and subtropics by the end of this century and, without adaptation, leave half of the world's population facing serious food shortages, according to a study published in the Jan. 9 edition of the journal Science.

Tagged: climate change, farming, food, International Initiative, poverty, Environment & Sustainability, International Issues, Earth Sciences