Climate

The drivers and effects of climate change are interconnected, crossing physical, ecological, economic, political and ethical boundaries. Advancing solutions and deeper understanding of climate variability requires similar connectivity, as well as collaboration among scholars across Woods’ centers and programs. We support interdisciplinary research assessing the impact of climate disruption on people and planet, focusing solutions and mitigation efforts on water supplies, agricultural production, biodiversity, ecosystem health, built infrastructure and economies at the local, regional and national levels. Stanford researchers are working across disciplines and sectors to assess climate risks, reduce vulnerabilities and mitigate and adapt to the effects of global warming. See a selection of highlights from our community’s cross-cutting climate research below.

In The News

Oceans Are Losing Oxygen—and Becoming More Hostile to Life

Woods affiliate William Gilly discusses a massive northward expansion of the northern Pacific Ocean’s most ravenous visitor, the Humboldt squid...
April 13, 2015 - By Craig Welch, National Geographic

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How California Can Survive the Drought

Leon Szeptycki, Woods professor of the practice and executive director of the Water in the West program, explains maintaining California's ...
April 6, 2015 - By Danielle Venton, Nature

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Hot Hands: Fingerprints of Climate change All Over California Drought

Senior Fellow Noah Diffenbaugh (Environmental Earth System Science) and Stanford doctoral student Daniel Swain (Environmental Earth System...
April 2, 2015 - By Jason Samenow, The Washington Post

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What Does Flat CO2 Pollution Mean?

Senior Fellow Robert Jackson (Environmental Earth System Science) states that it is difficult to see how flat or declining energy-related emissions...
March 23, 2015 - By Bobby Magill and Climate Central, Scientific American

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