Read the latest #Stanford environment news in People&Planet ➡ bit.ly/45apTDt
🔬 Revealing the secret lives of plankton
🔥 Reducing utilities' wildfire risk
🎨 Turning ocean sediment into art

A new Stanford-led study reveals that dams and reservoirs will not meet future global demand for irrigation and hydropower, underscoring the critical need to explore demand- and supply-side alternatives. Natural Capital Project stanford.io/3wUZRHH

Stanford bioengineer Manu Prakash leads a research team developing innovative, low-cost tools, such as a rotating microscope, that empower citizen scientists to contribute to our understanding of ocean health and biodiversity (via Stanford Woods Institute). stanford.io/3R4wg5g

A new model of collaboration among researchers, technology developers, and local communities could help protect the Amazon rainforest, says the founders of Peru-based conservation group Amanatari during a recent Dean's Lecture. stanford.io/4dQjKQO

Each year, the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability photo contest showcases the community's talent as scholars working to make the world more sustainable and as visual artists and storytellers highlighting nature’s struggles to survive.

Revisit the 2024 winners here: stanford.io/3QeqGNt

Second year PhD student Kemi Ashing-Giwa studies mass extinctions, investigating the conditions that wiped out marine life 252 million years ago. Between experiments, she writes sci-fi, including a bestselling space opera (via @StanfordMag): bit.ly/4amHBFb

Wildfires can cause changes in soil chemistry that affect water contamination, air quality, and plant growth. But these changes are poorly monitored and rarely factor into post-fire recovery efforts, according to a new Stanford study. stanford.io/3UF05KV

'Every time I go home, it's a powerful, grounding experience to visit Blue Bay. I grew up in Mauritius, a small island nation 500 miles east of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean.'

Read Dr. Josheena Naggea's story ➡️stanford.io/3V5w5cF

📍: Blue Bay
📷: Lagon Bleu Project

68th Secretary of State & first Presidential envoy on climate John Kerry recently joined @JohnDoerr for a wide-ranging conversation, discussing protest, private sector opportunities, and the urgency to treat climate change as an existential threat. stanford.io/4bkLPOn

Mentorship and community engagement inspire Dr. Josheena Naggea in her work as an André Hoffmann Fellow Stanford Center for Ocean Solutions & @davos.

'Sometimes we overlook how much connection to a place centers us.'

Read her story ➡️ oceansolutions.stanford.edu/spotlight-conn…

Getting #CorporateSustainability right ✅ Mastercard chief sustainability officer Ellen Jackowski and Chris Field discuss how companies can avoid #greenwashing and align with their social and environmental values.

Highlights + video ➡️ stanford.io/3QDlnHM

A lucky lab accident and an unlikely collaboration: Read about the effort to develop a novel form of environmentally friendly, biodegradable sunscreen, led by an immunologist and a marine ecologist. Stanford Woods Institute stanford.io/3WjsTLe

Charlotte Pera will become executive director of the Sustainability Accelerator at the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability, bringing decades of experience in non-profits and philanthropies focused on climate solutions. stanford.io/44EiNXK

Congratulations to the 2024 cohort of KnightHennessy scholars, including Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability students Danny Collins, Daviana Berkowitz-Sklar, David Akanmu, Katherine Tang, and Vittorio Colicci ⭐

Organized by PhD student Anela Arifi, the new Sustainability Student Advisory Council is a group of students from across campus who meet quarterly to discuss Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability initiatives and provide feedback to school leaders. stanford.io/3wg2hR0

TIME named Jenna Forsyth, a scientist at Stanford Medicine, to its #TIME100 Health list for her research uncovering lead contamination in turmeric.
The award: stanford.io/44ubHEQ
Jenna’s early work on lead in turmeric: stanford.io/4a697X9
Interview: bit.ly/3QvsnpV

Research from Stanford scientists published in Science Advances shows a frightening reality: cooking with gas or propane exposes families to unsafe & unhealthy levels of NO2 pollution in their own homes. stanford.io/3QrAwvI

Join us virtually for our Big Ideas in Sustainability Fireside Chat with John Doerr and John Kerry. Stream will go live on May 8th at 5 PM PT: stanford.io/4a5FRjh