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Stanford Earth Matters magazine is an online resource that curates the latest knowledge and ideas for people who care about the future of Earth, its resources and its environment.

Stories draw on research and insights from faculty across Stanford University, including the School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences, the Woods Institute for the Environment, the Precourt Institute for Energy, the Center for Food Security and the Environment at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, and more.

Published by the School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences, Stanford Earth Matters offers expert knowledge in clear, understandable language. The portal is mobile friendly and includes rich media and video. Readers are able to dig deeper by 10 categories:

Readers may subscribe to a monthly newsletter that will notify them of the latest material available.

Executive Editor: Barbara Buell

Managing Editor: Josie Garthwaite

Questions? Contact josieg@stanford.edu

Archives

View past issues of the Stanford Earth Matters newsletter.

December 2021 - Climate chaos; coral reefs; editor's picks
November 2021 - COP26; extinctions; emissions rebound
October 2021 - Extinction recovery; toxic air; oil spill
September 2021 - Severe storms; methane; seafood; wildfire damage
August 2021 - Wildfire smoke; cost of climate change; methane leaks
July 2021 - Clean air; Yukon discovery; coastal flooding; muskrats
June 2021 - 29 books for summer; reinventing concrete; groundwater
May 2021 - Preterm births; earthquake AI; climate resilience; Arctic groundwater
April 2021 - Asbestos; emission cuts; extreme melt; AI and pollution
March 2021 - Water security; environmental justice; soil carbon
February 2021 - Mars mystery; kids and air pollution; emissions; mobility
January 2021 - Wildfire smoke; flood costs; Paris climate accord; solar cells
December 2020 - COVID carbon; toxic water; Kilauea; 2020 editor's picks
November 2020 - Love waves; mask behavior; extreme drought
October 2020 - Healthcare; whale songs; earthquake AI; laughing gas
September 2020 - Drought migration; battery health; gravity waves
August 2020 - Wildfires; traffic jams ; sugar; pessimism
July 2020 - Mars mission; methane surge; Arctic change
June 2020 - 24 books for summer; preterm birth risk; water predictions
May 2020 - COVID-19 and food security; wildfire fuel; tsunami defense
April 2020 - Viruses and forest loss; extinction insights; earthquakes from fracking
March 2020 - Coronavirus transmission; lessons from space; hidden water leaks
February 2020 - How to build a diamond; landslides in a warmer world; cleaning up poisoned water with rust
January 2020 - Why some planets eat their own skies; bigger floods on the way; the case for more prescribed burns (a lot more)
December 2019 - Science of Star Wars and top stories of 2019
November 2019 - A grim future for rice?
October 2019 - Submarine canyons, lead in turmeric and communicating uncertainty
September 2019 - Why are mountains so high?
August 2019 - Exoplanet insights, absorbing CO2 and earthquake mystery solved
July 2019 - Food production, earthquake lessons and ancient climate
June 2019 - An Earth-inspired summer reading list
May 2019 - Solar-powered schools; geothermal's earthquake problem; a counterintuitive climate solution
April 2019 - Climate change and global inequality; replenishing groundwater; Green New Deal science
March 2019 - Big batteries vs. natural gas — Water trouble in a warming world — Fighting brick kiln pollution
February 2019 - Extinction mystery solved — Polar vortex science — Costly high-tide floods
January 2019 - Better tsunami warnings — Drought emissions — Palm oil
December 2018 - Early ocean life — Rising emissions — Nuclear waste
November 2018 - Wildfires — Midterm results — Parched wetlands
October 2018 - AI for aftershock predictions — Liquid water hidden in glaciers — Himalayan gold
September 2018 - How to make oil fields bury emissions
August 2018 - Will global warming lead to more suicides?
July 2018 - Earthquake predictions, deadly air pollution, long-term weather, and volatile corn
June 2018 - Summer reading, methane emissions, arsenic in groundwater, and recent volcanic eruptions
May 2018 - Fighting climate change could save trillions of dollars
April 2018 - Why are whales big?
March 2018 - Tiny diamond anvils trigger chemical reactions
February 2018 - Clues to climate in extinct lakes
January 2018 - Insects took off when they evolved wings
December 2017 - Vintage film provides new insights about Antarctica
November 2017 - Puzzle at the Center of the Earth
October 2017 - A ‘billion sensors’ earthquake observatory
September 2017 - Supervolcanoes: A key to America’s electric future?
July 2017 - Summer reading: Three books on sustainability and equity
May 2017 - Frozen secrets: Geophysicist explores glaciers with radar
April 2017 - Let's stop talking about climate change
March 2017 - Navigating the guts of an ancient submarine canyon
February 2017 - Measuring African farm yields from space
January 2017 - Satellite tracks “memory” of soil moisture
December 2016 - Syrian crisis altered region’s land and water resources
November 2016 - How will the election affect environmental policy?
October 2016 - Studies offer direct glimpse of Antarctic glacier melt from below
September 2016 - Larger marine animals at higher risk of extinction, and humans are to blame
Summer 2016 - ‘Water windfall’ hidden beneath California’s Central Valley
May 2016 - Amazon responds quickly to extreme climate events
April 2016 - Pursuing Sustainability
March 2016 - Blowing Bubbles Could Help Save Coral Reefs
February 2016 - Oxygen starved oceans and the 'Great Dying’
January 2016 - Earth Matters
December 2015 - Stanford Earth Matters
November 2015 - Earth Matters
October 2015 - The high cost of climate change