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Judging a field by its cover

There’s a lot of hope out there riding on the idea of climate-smart agriculture — that by tweaking how we grow food, we can store more…

Nov 8, 2022

Judging a field by its cover

Nov 8, 2022

Combining experiments and satellite observations to measure yield benefits from crop rotation

Population growth and the unprecedented rate of climate change create a need for rapid agricultural adaptation. Therefore, it is important…

Jun 2, 2022

Combining experiments and satellite observations to measure yield benefits from crop rotation

Jun 2, 2022

The hard NOx life for crops

The recent jump in grain prices is another reminder of the importance of having high cropland productivity. Although the Ukraine war has…

Jun 2, 2022

The hard NOx life for crops

Jun 2, 2022

Space lasers to the rescue: using lidar to map crop types

Chances are if you’ve heard about space lasers in the past year, it’s related to conspiracy theories about what was causing so many fires…

Nov 8, 2021

Space lasers to the rescue: using lidar to map crop types

Nov 8, 2021

A new method to improve crop mapping: how to give two shifts

Why map crop types?

Jun 21, 2021

A new method to improve crop mapping: how to give two shifts

Jun 21, 2021

Heat and Learning

The impacts of climate change are all around us. Wildfire seasons are increasingly severe, hurricane seasons are longer, and coastal…

May 28, 2021

Heat and Learning

May 28, 2021

Wildfire Management is Air Quality Management

It’s now become a regular topic in our newsfeeds: wildfires are increasing in number, size, and damage every year. Some of the…

Mar 3, 2021

Wildfire Management is Air Quality Management

Mar 3, 2021

Digging deep from above: satellite-guided investigation of soil fertility and crop yield response

Low quality soils are the source of multiple problems in global smallholder agriculture. A lack of plant essential nutrients — such as…

Feb 23, 2021

Digging deep from above: satellite-guided investigation of soil fertility and crop yield response

Feb 23, 2021

Satellite yield estimation: how good is it, and what can we learn?

With today’s computing power and free satellite imagery, generating a crop yield map from satellite data is relatively easy. Knowing if…

Jan 5, 2021

Satellite yield estimation: how good is it, and what can we learn?

Jan 5, 2021

High-Resolution Soybean Yield Mapping

In the United States, farmers planted over 90 million acres of soybean in 2017; in 2018, soybean planted acreage outpaced corn for the…

Nov 25, 2020

High-Resolution Soybean Yield Mapping

Nov 25, 2020

Is drought becoming more or less important for agriculture?

As the world continues to warm, many agricultural regions are seeing an increased frequency and severity of conditions that lead to…

Oct 26, 2020

Is drought becoming more or less important for agriculture?

Oct 26, 2020

Mapping Crops with Smartphone Crowdsourcing, Satellite Imagery, and Deep Learning

The Smallholder Data Gap

Oct 1, 2020

Mapping Crops with Smartphone Crowdsourcing, Satellite Imagery, and Deep Learning

Oct 1, 2020

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What we still don’t know about the economics of climate change

Gaps in social science knowledge of climate change constrain the policy impact of natural science research, a Stanford team argues.

Apr 15, 2016

What we still don’t know about the economics of climate change

Apr 15, 2016

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People&Planet

Drought increases the spread of HIV in Africa

Bad weather in sub-Saharan Africa increases the spread of HIV, according to a study published in the June 2015 issue of the Economic…

Nov 13, 2015

Drought increases the spread of HIV in Africa

Nov 13, 2015

Scientists can now measure photosynthesis from space

As Earth’s population grows toward a projected 9 billion by 2050 and climate change puts growing pressure on the world’s agriculture…

Nov 10, 2015

Scientists can now measure photosynthesis from space

Nov 10, 2015

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People&Planet

What will climate change cost?

New research finds that without climate change mitigation, most countries will see an economic downturn by 2100.

Oct 21, 2015

What will climate change cost?

Oct 21, 2015

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People&Planet

Child health in Kenya improves with access to clean water

Children in rural Kenya are more susceptible to disease and death the farther away they live from clean drinking water, according to…

Dec 13, 2013

Child health in Kenya improves with access to clean water

Dec 13, 2013

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StanfordFoodSecurity

Stanford's Center on Food Security and the Environment (FSE) leads cutting-edge research on global issues of food, hunger, poverty and the environment.

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