Mapping the Corn Belt with satellites

How scientists found the leading source of high lead levels in pregnant women in Bangladesh. (Source: Stanford Medicine)

Our list includes a mix of favorites, high-impact stories, and some of our most-read research coverage from a year of new beginnings.

Federal subsidies promote planting cover crops to store carbon in agricultural soils, among other benefits, but the approach as currently practiced can reduce yields in the U.S. Corn Belt, researchers find. Their analysis highlights the need to better implement the practice. (Source: Stanford News)

Heat waves, drought, and floods driven by climate change are already impacting access to food and driving food insecurity in many parts of the world. Stanford professor David Lobell explains how food production and access are impacted by climate change. (Source: Stanford Center for Innovation in Global Health)