Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies Woods Institute for the Environment Center on Food Security and the Environment Stanford University



Cherries and canaries
Climate change pushing California farmers to new limits

Rising temperatures, an uncertain water supply and more abundant pests threaten California's multi-billion-dollar crop industry. FSE agricultural scientist David Lobell weighs in on climate impacts on California's cherry crop--the canary in the climate coal mine--as part of a half-hour documentary on "Heat and Harvest", a co-production of KQED and the Center for Investigative Reporting,


Finding win-win solutions
Sustainable agriculture and feeding 9 billion people - an interview with Pam Matson

Pamela Matson, Dean of the School of Earth Sciences and FSE researcher, discusses agricultural research in the Yaqui Valley, Mexico and how it relates to the Green Revolution with Stanford's Generation Anthropocene. She also reflects upon the politics of sustainable agriculture and how we might go about feeding the 9 billion people we expect in the coming decades.


Solar and signature songs
Jennifer Burney named National Geographic Explorer of the Week

In a Q&A; with National Geographic FSE fellow Jennifer Burney talks about her continued work on solar irrigation gardens in Benin, West Africa, and other insights into the spirited personality of this accomplished environmental scientist.

September 14, 2012
Climate change adaptation: Lessons from 2012

September 5, 2012
FSE postdoctoral scholar receives Fulbright award

August 27, 2012
FSE visiting scholar on extreme weather, economics and interdisciplinary learning



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