Fisheries and aquaculture

Fewer than 400 companies own the refrigerated cargo ships that act as mobile ports for fishing boats around the world by offloading fish, fuel, and people. Understanding who owns and operates these vessels could help combat seafood fraud and illegal harvests. 

The World Bank president discussed why he sees efforts to end poverty and spread prosperity as inseparable from issues related to climate change, conflict, pandemics, and food security, in a conversation with leaders from the Hoover Institution and the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability.

The director of the Stanford Center for Innovation in Global Health and senior fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment says increasing women’s participation in discussions about climate change and health is key to finding solutions that will benefit a broad range of people.

Stanford’s campus has become a living lab for testing innovative fire management techniques, from research on wildfire exposure risks to a cross-campus competition for students to develop wildfire-related solutions.

Microscopic organisms in the ocean play a key role in removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. A new study unveils a hidden biological factor that could change our understanding of how this process works, and make climate change predictions more accurate.

A search for ancient deposits of sandy material expected at continental margins has come up empty. This prominent geological gap hints at poorly understood, powerful, global-scale erosion processes, illustrating profound changes caused by climate upheaval.

Kabir Peay wants to leverage the relationship between plants and the beneficial fungi that colonize their roots to help ecosystems weather climate change.

New research shows E.V. tax credits under the Inflation Reduction Act have decreased climate pollution and boosted American car manufacturers – at relatively high cost to taxpayers. The policy could have been more beneficial if it provided larger tax credits to cleaner, more efficient vehicles.

U.S. tropical cyclones, including hurricanes, indirectly cause thousands of deaths for nearly 15 years after a storm. Understanding why could help minimize future deaths from hazards fueled by climate change.

New guidelines share opportunities for governments to leverage fisheries and aquaculture for climate action – and how some countries are already doing so.

To help speed decarbonization, state regulators should plan around a unified energy sector, according to a new Stanford-led report. Without coordinated action, the energy transition could become slower, more expensive, and more inequitable, the authors warn.

As power grids rely more on renewable energy sources like wind and solar, balancing energy supply and demand becomes more challenging. A new analysis shows how water systems, such as desalination plants and wastewater treatment facilities, could help enhance grid stability and create new revenue streams.

Two committees released reports this summer related to the university’s funding for energy research and education and the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability’s industrial affiliates programs. Conclusions from the university report will be presented at an upcoming campus event.

The energy leader, philanthropist and Stanford alum, who has died at the age of 87, invigorated the conversation about sustainability – at Stanford and globally.