Climate change is the defining challenge of the 21st century
Human activities and resource use are altering Earth’s climate, through emissions of greenhouse gases and particulates, and through alteration of the land surface. Climate change, in turn, is affecting other Earth processes. Stanford Earth faculty work across disciplines—and at the interface of atmosphere, ocean, land, ice systems, and human behavior. They characterize climate changes and help develop adaptation strategies that matter to people.
Finding Climate Solutions
At Stanford, we focus on understanding and communicating climate change risks, as well as how to limit and adapt to those changes.
Meet some of our faculty involved in Climate Solutions
Noah Diffenbaugh
Professor of Earth System Science
Rob Jackson
Professor of Earth System Science
Chris Field
Professor of Earth System Science and Biology
Kate Maher
Associate Professor of Earth System Science
Dustin Schroeder
Assistant Professor of Geophysics
Alexandra Konings
Assistant Professor of Earth System Science
A sampling of courses about climate change
Related research groups
Climate solutions-related news
For a low-carbon cement recipe, Stanford scientists look to Earth’s cauldrons
As the most-used building material on the planet and one of the world’s largest industrial contributors to global warming, concrete has long been a target for reinvention. Stanford scientists say replacing one of concrete’s main ingredients with volcanic rock could slash carbon emissions from manufacture of the material by nearly two-thirds.
