Meeting the needs of a growing population is an essential 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, and ice systems—to characterize climate changes as well as potential responses and outcomes 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
Soil holds potential to slow global warming
Plant matter in soil could offset a significant amount of carbon emissions if managed properly. More research is needed to unlock soil’s potential to mitigate global warming, improve crop yields and increase resilience to extreme weather.
Visualizing California's drought
A new web portal puts four years of California drought data into an interactive format, showing where regions met or missed water conservation goals. The idea is to motivate awareness and conservation.
Hurricane Harvey was no surprise
In a New York Times op-ed, Noah Diffenbaugh writes that the fallout from Hurricane Harvey shouldn't have been a surprise because climate change is increasing the odds of extreme precipitation and storm surge flooding.
