Research, teaching & policy advising on global food security & the environmental impacts of agriculture. Official account, part of @stanfordwoods & @FSIStanford
Stanford, California
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Are you a young scholar whose research is related to global hunger, poverty alleviation, and environmental degradation? Apply to our postdoctoral fellowship for Fall 2025! Proposals due by Dec. 1, 2024: fse.fsi.stanford.edu/fse-pos…
@FSIStanford @StanfordWoods
In honor of #WorldFoodDay, we're highlighting new guidelines that share how countries can leverage fisheries & aquaculture for climate adaptation and mitigation, like emissions reduction.
To learn more, register for @oceansolutions's webinar series: stanford.io/4ePuhvo
~22% of global emissions come from ag, specifically resources that improve productivity 🌽 @DavidBLobell + peers review how productivity gains have changed emissions and propose more R&D investments for cost-effective + large-scale reductions. Read more: go.shr.lc/3U0MfmE
Since the 70s, our wealth and tech have increased. But have they helped us adapt to climate change? @FoodSecurity_SU Director @DavidBLobell + @StanfordWoods colleagues found a surprising answer.
Read study: bit.ly/3ZOTBNO.
Read @ConversationUS: bit.ly/3zHABWS
🗺️ Crop yield maps at small scales are missing in the U.S. due to a lack of real-world data to train models. To fix this, @FoodSecurity_SU Director @DavidBLobell and colleagues developed a model based on #Landsat to map subfield yields. Read more here: stanford.io/3Y1pHoj
👩🌾 Cover cropping, the carbon-storing ag practice, has a downside. FSE scholars @DavidBLobell & Jillian Deines found that cover cropping can reduce corn and soybean yields across the Corn Belt. #FlashbackFriday #FoodSecurity_SU Read more ➡️ stanford.io/4dyG3Kh
Center on Food Security and the Environment retweeted
Research from @stanforddoerr and @FoodSecurity_SU is revealing the significant impact groundwater has on crop yields and the need for further research to understand and account for its role in climate adaption measures.
Read more in @PNASNews: ow.ly/8HO650ThfVX
ALT Aerial shot of a green milling tractor harvesting a field.
ALT A field of partially grown corn stalks.
Center on Food Security and the Environment retweeted
I'm excited to announce that we've published the first-ever public-available 30-meter crop yield maps for the U.S., using Landsat data and a new scale transfer framework. You can explore the details in our newly released paper in #RSE (sciencedirect.com/science/ar…) @FoodSecurity_SU.
Center on Food Security and the Environment retweeted
A new @ScienceMagazine review lays out how climate change could amplify the global environmental impacts of agriculture, discussing solutions to address increased emissions, water scarcity, soil erosion, biodiversity loss, and more: bit.ly/4eb2xRu
ALT A field of crops bakes under a hot sun on the horizon (Image credit: studio023 / iStock)
How do groundwater levels affect crop yields in the US Corn Belt? As climate change brings more wet + dry extremes, a @PNASNews study from @stanforddoerr & @IowaStateU is shedding light on the critical role groundwater plays.
🌱 Read the paper: pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.24…
Center on Food Security and the Environment retweeted
New research from @Stanford and @ColoradoStateU finds that #AI provides a fast, low-cost way to link #GlobalWarming and #ExtremeHeat events. Watch the video ⤵️ and read the story: stanford.io/4dsl6At
Center on Food Security and the Environment retweeted
Our summer newsletter is here! Enviro research highlights include:
🍄 How fungi store carbon + break down toxins
🚿 Hygiene interventions in the field
🗑️ Research grants on trash & disease
🌎 NEW Stanford program on environment and health
Read more: bit.ly/3AomDJh
🌱Plant-based meat alternatives alone are unlikely to stop negative environmental impacts of livestock ag. This #FlashbackFriday @DavidBLobell explains how your food choices, like reducing beef consumption, can help fight the climate crisis. Read more here:stanford.io/3SAkLn7
Center on Food Security and the Environment retweeted
Please share: We're hiring a postdoctoral fellow!
@oceansolutions is looking for an early career scholar interested in fisheries management, climate change, and sustainability science with a passion for co-designing research to inform policy.
Learn more: stanford.io/3YDTkga
Former @StanfordECHOLab member @abehrer breaks down the relationship between air pollution & agriculture, including work w/ @davidblobell showing that no-till techniques lead to mortality reductions in downwind communities: bit.ly/3A9kKAf
🐠 Environmental stressors, like sea level rise & harmful algal blooms, threaten over 90% of the world's aquatic food production. This study co-authored by @oceansolutions @ElizabethSelig explores threats & opportunities around #BlueFood sustainability ➡️ go.nature.com/3ycX6SO
Center on Food Security and the Environment retweeted
Does smoke pollution have a smoggy, silver lining? Research from @FoodSecurity_SU alums @abehrer and @sherwang indicates that low density plumes from wildfire smoke actually enhance crop yields in the Midwest.
🌱 Read more here: ow.ly/5Lgr50SCx35
ALT Rows of corn growing in a field.
Center on Food Security and the Environment retweeted
A new study from @StanfordMed and @FoodSecurity_SU researchers has found stark racial disparities in deaths from air pollution. Compared with other groups, Black Americans are significantly more likely to die from air pollution-related causes. stanford.io/3WuQxUW
Center on Food Security and the Environment retweeted
Research from @FoodSecurity_SU alums @abehrer and @sherwang indicates that low density plumes from wildfire smoke actually enhance crop yields in the Midwest, while high-density plumes decrease yields as expected.
🌱 Read more here: ow.ly/5Lgr50SCx35
ALT Rows of corn growing in a field.
Center on Food Security and the Environment retweeted
Climate change has arrived at the grocery store in the form of shortages and higher costs, a fact @FoodSecurity_SU's @DavidBLobell hopes will spur urgently needed investment and innovation in agricultural research and technology. ow.ly/aK7I50SAREj
