Civil & Environmental Engineering

A pelagic pteropod, species probably Limacina helicina | Russ Hopcroft/NOAA

May 24, 2016

Alexandria Boehm: How we can help save the coastal marine ecosystem

Environment, Technology & Society

Red-orange algal bloom in the Puget Sound | Photo by Jeri Cusimano/EcologyWA/Creative Commons

May 11, 2016

How seawater salts affect coastal algae — for good and bad

Environment Issue #5

The cracked walls of a Buddhist shrine in Nepal, November 2015. | REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar

May 5, 2016

How do you recover after a deadly earthquake?

Computation & Data, Technology & Society

Blood testing for lead poison levels in Flint, Mich. | Reuters/Jim Young

Mar 11, 2016

Richard Luthy: Lessons from Flint, Michigan

Environment, Health

Wind and solar energy | Photo: genuisksy/Shutterstock)

Nov 24, 2015

Stanford researcher suggests storing solar energy underground for a cloudy day

Energy

Nov 3, 2015

Stanford engineers help discover the surprising trick jellyfish use to swim

Energy, Transportation & Robotics

Sep 30, 2015

Plastic-eating worms may offer solution to mounting waste, Stanford researchers discover

Environment, Materials

Stanford Professor Mark Z. Jacobson and other researchers have calculated how to meet each state's new power demands using only the renewable energies of wind, solar, geothermal, hydroelectric, and t

Jun 8, 2015

Stanford engineers develop state-by-state plan to convert U.S. to 100% clean, renewable energy by 2050

Energy, Technology & Society

Mar 19, 2015

Making drinking water safe at the source

Environment, Health Issue #3

A sign warns of contamination at Channel Islands Harbor, Ventura, Calif. New models could help public health officials better predict when water contaminants will harm swimmers. | Photo: Cara Smith/H

Dec 19, 2014

Stanford study shows ways to improve public health at beaches

Environment, Health

A Stanford Engineering team used used flux towers like this one to recrd dissolved oxygen levels, temperatures, layer stratification, currents and turbulence in Monterey Bay’s water column. | Photo

Dec 2, 2014

Stanford Engineers find that certain types of underwater waves may harm deep-water organisms

Environment

Anne Kiremidjian, professor of civil and environmental engineering, has studied dozens of earthquakes since coming to Stanford in 1972. | Photo: Rod Searcey

Oct 17, 2014

Learning from 1989: Stanford engineer studies the aftermath of earthquakes

Environment

Oct 16, 2014

Stanford engineers build, test earthquake-resistant house

Environment

Bruce Cahan, a Stanford visiting scholar, Harry Kellogg, Silicon Valley Bank board vice chairman, and Assistant Professor Michael Lepech are working on a template for sustainable banking that would r

Oct 13, 2014

Stanford Engineering scholars work with bankers to encourage investments in sustainable projects

Technology & Society

Oct 7, 2014

Stanford engineer says ‘smart grid’ needed to shift electrical system to alternative energy

Energy, Technology & Society

Stanford researchers look for freshwater mussels as part of a study of bivalves’ ability to clean chemicals from waterways. | Photo: Courtesy of Niveen Ismail

Aug 12, 2014

Stanford engineers show value of clams, mussels in cleaning dirty water

Environment

The map above shows the predicted global warming impact of all anthropogenic emissions, including biomass burning, on global near-surface air temperature since 1850. | Graphics: Courtesy of Mark Jaco

Jul 31, 2014

Stanford engineer’s study shows effects of biomass burning on climate, health

Environment, Health

The Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System in the Mojave Desert. | Photo: BrightSource Energy

Jul 22, 2014

A clean energy roadmap for California

Energy

A new study used video to observe hand washing behavior to gain insights that could improve design, monitoring and evaluation of hygiene campaigns. | Amy Pickering

Apr 14, 2014

Stanford research: Watching the hand washers

Health

Professor Mark Jacobson believes that financial incentives could help overcome political resistance to installing offshore wind turbines. | Rod Searcey

Feb 26, 2014

Offshore wind farms could tame hurricanes before they reach land, Stanford-led study says

Energy, Environment

Dec 6, 2013

Stanford researchers find merit in sub-Saharan Africans buying water from neighbors

Environment

The tubular growth depicted here is a type of microbe that can produce electricity. Its wire-like tendrils are attached to a carbon filament. This image is taken with a scanning electron microscope.

Sep 16, 2013

Stanford scientists use ‘wired microbes’ to generate electricity from sewage

Environment, Materials

A new study finds that it may be better for the environment to temporarily shut down a wind turbine than to store the surplus electricity it generates. | Photo by Charles Barnhart

Sep 9, 2013

Stanford scientists calculate the energy required to store wind and solar power on the grid

Energy

Stanford post-doctoral engineering scholar Amy Pickering installs a security box protecting a prototype of a water-purification device in Dhaka, Bangladesh. | Yoshika Crider

Aug 7, 2013

Stanford engineers debug Dhaka’s water

Environment