Oceans
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This year’s Big Ideas for Oceans seed grants support research on seagrass ecosystems, carbon dioxide in seawater, kelp for climate mitigation, and women’s experiences working in fisheries and aquaculture.
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Stanford researchers are working to create a unique, interdisciplinary curriculum to help students better understand both the physical and biological ocean systems and the human relationship with them.
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Halleh Balch develops nanoscale environmental sensors to probe the molecular mechanisms that underlie ocean-climate interactions and explore paths to improve water security and sustainability.
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Stanford scholars discuss ocean sustainability, high-seas protections, and interdisciplinary science at the One Ocean Science Congress and U.N. Ocean Conference.
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Scholars and staff from across the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability share their greatest wonder about the oceans and what drives them to study the sea.
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The third United Nations Ocean Conference, co-hosted by the governments of France and Costa Rica, will take place from June 9 – 13, 2025 in Nice. The Stanford Center for Ocean Solutions will contribute to events on sustainable blue foods, oceans and human health, women in ocean science, and data systems in small-scale fisheries.
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Whether leading coral restoration efforts at home or doing research on campus, undergraduate student Plengrhambhai “Pleng” Snidvongs Kruesopon is advancing environmental conservation through policy, education, and community action.
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New research shows that when predator species like California sheephead thrive, they keep hungry sea urchins and other grazers from devouring kelp forests struggling to recover from marine heat waves. Scientists estimate kelp forests’ annual exposure to once-rare heat will more than quintuple by 2100.
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Attendees of the third annual Stanford Oceans Conference shared approaches for recognizing and incorporating culture into governance across the Indian Ocean.
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Stanford researchers found increased meltwater and rain explain 60% of a decades-long mismatch between predicted and observed temperatures in the ocean around Antarctica.
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Nearly half of all dredge operators extract sand from protected areas of the ocean, highlighting the need to mitigate demand for the world’s most mined material.
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Dozens of faculty members at Stanford are working to transform the way the world grows, distributes, and consumes food, with research and scholarship spanning topics including sustainable food systems, food security, health equity, culture, and diet.
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The newly renovated space offers Stanford researchers the rare opportunity to study the cellular and molecular structures of marine organisms that hold clues to the evolution of life, right on the shores of the ocean where it all started.
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A new book co-authored by scholars, practitioners, and students champions a centuries-old vision for the future of marine conservation.
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Stanford marine scientists are using innovative projects to broaden the public’s appreciation for the ocean and inspire action to protect it.
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Brooke Weigel studies ecosystem interactions that are invisible to the naked eye. Scientists in her lab examine kelp’s microscopic forms, their role in carbon sequestration, and how climate change will impact the future of these vast underwater forests.
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Driven by a collaborative community of scholars, Wallenberg Postdoctoral Fellow Jean-Baptiste Jouffray studies marine social-ecological systems with an interdisciplinary lens.
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A collaboration between Stanford researchers and Indonesian organizations aims to capitalize on aquatic food sources to improve nutrition, food security, and livelihoods.
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Aboard the same fishing vessel Steinbeck used for his 1940 Sea of Cortez expedition, undergraduates studied science and literature while gaining a deeper appreciation for the ocean.
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A sustainability expert explores the potential of seaweed as a solution to the world’s greenhouse gas problem.
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Between 1997 and 2024, endangered North Pacific loggerhead sea turtles shifted their foraging northward at a rate six times faster than the average for most marine species. The turtles face risks as they adapt to ocean warming caused by climate change.
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New research shows small-scale fisheries contribute 40% of the global catch and contribute to the livelihoods of nearly 500 million people worldwide. Experts discuss how small-scale fisheries connect to environmental and human health, gender equity, and more.
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Xavier Basurto explores how small-scale fisheries and other communities come to value the future and their environment ahead of short-term personal gain.
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Beneath sandy beaches, microbes filter chemicals from groundwater and safeguard ocean health. A Stanford-led study reveals that sneaker waves provide a lens to explore the impending impacts of sea level rise on beach hydrology, chemistry, and microbiology.
