Chris Field

Do you cook with a gas stove? If you're among the 6.3M US residents who do, a study coauthored by Rob Jackson found:
- Poor ventilation raises cancer risks, often exceeding WHO limits
- Kids face 1.85x higher cancer risk than adults
- High-efficiency vent hoods cut benzene exposure

bit.ly/43uiwIh

Sand dredging for beaches, construction, and land reclamation has surged 5x since the 1970s, threatening coastal and marine biodiversity. @oceansolutions.bsky.social Jean-Baptiste Jouffray + coauthors explore systems approaches to balance extraction and #conservation in this study: bit.ly/3QPnEis

US pulls back from gold-standard scientific climate panel Trump officials bar NASA climate scientist from international meeting, and the agency shuts down a team supporting the next global climate assessment.

Trump barred a US State Department delegation from an IPCC meeting, which guides global #ClimatePolicy. @chrfield.bsky.social says if federal scientists are blocked, academics and NGOs can attend. The real concern is the US retreating from global climate efforts.
@nature.com: go.nature.com/3XnPmXh

Scientists scorn EPA push to say climate change isn't a danger, say just look around at the world As President Donald Trump's administration looks to reverse a cornerstone finding that climate change endangers human health and welfare, scientists say they need to look around because it’s obvious h...

In 2009, the EPA ruled that emissions impact human health, a finding that forms the basis of the #CleanAirAct. Trump officials want to undo it.
"...the well-mixed greenhouse gases pose a danger to public health and welfare. There is no question.” - @chrfield.bsky.social
@apnews.com: bit.ly/3QIvESz

🦈 Sharks can be our eyes in the ocean by carrying sensors that collect and transmit data. A new study coauthored by @stanfordwoods.bsky.social Barbara Block identifies mako and blue sharks as top candidates for transmitting ocean data via satellite.

Read the study: bit.ly/4i6101c

Community scientists help fill gaps in studying and protecting social-ecological systems. A new study coauthored by @stanfordwoods.bsky.social @giuliodeleo.bsky.social + Nicole Ardoin highlights their role in knowledge generation, education, and conservation enforcement.
go.nature.com/4b3PCAE

Trump Killed a Major Report on Nature. They’re Trying to Publish It Anyway. The first full draft of the assessment, on the state of America’s land, water and wildlife, was weeks from completion. The project leader called the study “too important to die.”

The Trump administration halted a study assessing U.S. lands, water, and wildlife. Scientists are now working to publish it independently. @chrfield.bsky.social says it's vital for shaping conversations -- from family dinner tables to Congress.

Read more @nytimes.com: nyti.ms/4aVXrbj

Trump aggressively working to dismantle U.S. efforts to fight climate change Among the many big moves taken by the Trump administration, boosting fossil fuel development has been a priority. In a series of actions, President Trump is following through on his promise not just t...

"There are no Democratic or Republican thermometers. Ignoring the problem doesn't make it go away. It just means we have a more serious problem to deal with by the time we finally get serious about addressing it." - Woods director @chrfield.bsky.social on @pbs.org: www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

San Jose, Oakland fire departments understaffed like L.A. What does it mean for the Bay Area?

Understaffed firefighting teams are struggling with the #LAwildfires and Bay Area crews face shortages, too. @chrfield.bsky.social says better coordination could improve wildfire response in these fire-prone regions.
@mercurynews.com: bayareane.ws/3Ctn5Y7
Ways to diversify crews: bit.ly/3VajTqF

Extreme weather raises pathogen exposure and intestinal illnesses. A study coauthored by @stanfordwoods.bsky.social Stephen Luby and @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social + @stanforddoerr.bsky.social peers finds rural Bangladesh needs better water treatment and storage to avoid contamination. bit.ly/42onZzT

What will the next four years of #ClimatePolicy look like?
Join us and the National Caucus of Environmental Legislators on Jan. 29 to explore how scientists can collaborate with policymakers to advance climate solutions on the state level.

Register here: stanford.io/40XbAlr

#SmartCities use tech to optimize energy based on human activity + advance sustainable development goals #SDGs. @stanfordwoods.bsky.social NatCap's Yingjie Li coauthored a study finding they excel in higher education, interest access, income equality, and sustainable transit. go.nature.com/40pif6m

When Even Indiana Jones Is a Climate Refugee Stars escaping the L.A. wildfires prove that the climate crisis cuts across class lines. But their celebrity can be a double-edged sword.

#LAwildfires are turning movie stars into climate refugees, showing #ClimateChange impacts everyone. @chrfield.bsky.social says it's "so politically polarized" but as celebrities share personal stories, "it will reach people who haven't been reached before."
@throfficial.bsky.social: bit.ly/4atLVDL

How do #shipwrecks shape #MarineEcosystems? @stanfordwoods.bsky.social Krish Seetah coauthors a study proposing a new ecological framework to assess wrecks using case studies from Mauritius, highlighting their socioecological impacts and value in #CoralReef dynamics.
bit.ly/40KGPQx

Whale poop is so much more than waste. The results of a new study coauthored by @stanfordwoods.bsky.social Jeremy Goldbogen illustrate how whale poop stabilizes iron and reduces copper toxicity for marine wildlife – an #EcosystemService whaling has reduced by over 90%: go.nature.com/42dW2dP

Advancing the understanding of coastal disturbances with a network‐of‐networks approach Coastal ecosystems are at the nexus of many high priority challenges in environmental sciences, including predicting the influences of compounding disturbances exacerbated by climate change on biogeo...

Scientists often study coastal ecosystem disturbances one location at a time. @stanfordwoods.bsky.social Elliott White Jr. + peers argue that a "network-of-networks approach" could be the only way to address large-scale questions like extreme event impacts on communities: bit.ly/3C9XrYe

AI predicts Earth's peak warming Artificial intelligence provides new evidence that rapid decarbonization will not prevent warming beyond 1.5 degrees Celsius. The hottest years of this century are likely to shatter recent records.

AI predicts how high global temperatures could climb depending on the pace of decarbonization in new papers out from @stanfordwoods.bsky.social Noah Diffenbaugh w/ETH Zurich's @soniaseneviratne.bsky.social and CSU's @eabarnes.bsky.social #Climate #AI sustainability.stanford.edu/news/ai-pred...

Our 2 new papers out today with colleagues Noah Diffenbaugh & @soniaseneviratne.bsky.social ! Our results highlight the power of #ML & transfer learning to combine #climate model projections with reanalyses to constrain future temperatures based on the current climate.

Phytopathogens promote and maintain local forest diversity. @stanfordwoods.bsky.social Erin Mordecai co-authored a study exploring the mechanisms for these interactions, which could aid in counteracting human-caused threats. Read the study: bit.ly/41kkKbW

New study co-authored by @stanfordwoods.bsky.social Alison Hoyt finds that oxidation mitigates methane release from peatland drainage canals in Indonesia. The results illuminate global methane budget and cycling impacts from tropical peatlands.
Read more: go.nature.com/3B14FND

Our well-being is tied to our neighborhoods but data proving this is limited. To provide evidence, a project funded by @stanfordwoods.bsky.social's EVP is using computer vision to find conditions that invoke a negative response.
Read the study: bit.ly/3CssRch
Read our story: stanford.io/4fKfXEQ

Empowering Collaboration: Experts from different fields work toward environmental solutions The 2024 Environmental Venture Projects and Realizing Environmental Innovation Program grants foster interdisciplinary solutions.

@stanfordwoods.bsky.social is awarding nearly $5M to 16 projects tackling major environmental challenges: from wildfire warning systems, to UV-absorbing bacteriophages, to bringing back beavers! Learn more about the 2024 grants ➡️ stanford.io/3WhgJAV

Until now, there hasn't been a clear quantification of corporate impacts on nature. But a new
@stanfordwoods.bsky.social NatCap Program approach found that utility, real estate, materials, and finance companies are the most harmful to ecosystem services and biodiversity: go.nature.com/3NTHyrm

Rapid biodiversity changes driven by climate change are in our future. My co-authors and I found in a new study that grassland plant communities in CA shift more quickly in response to hot and dry conditions in contrast to forested ecosystems.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

How does economic growth impact the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)? @stanfordwoods.bsky.social Yingjie Li and peers created Environmental Footprint indices and found that improved production efficiency and consumption changes advance SDGs.
Read the study: go.nature.com/4dyAvi0

Dark, salty, & variable temp environments create genetically diverse ocean organisms, but experts disagree on how to value marine genetic resources for #biotech. @stanfordwoods.bsky.social COS researcher Jean-Baptiste Jouffray + peers propose holistic valuations in this review: go.nature.com/4eSHKlR

Quantitatively Incorporating Social Equity in Water Network Maintenance and Rehabilitation Decision-Making | Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management | Vol 150, No 10 AbstractWater infrastructures are critical assets that ensure communities served by them have access to clean and reliable water. Because the cost of creating a water infrastructure is relatively high...

How can we account for social equity in water system maintenance and rehab? @stanfordwoods.bsky.social Khalid Osman and peers tested decision-making frameworks in Portland, OR. Incorporating social equity reduced performance disparities in infrastructure across communities. Read more: bit.ly/3XSsUpR

A study co-authored by @stanfordwoods.bsky.social Inês Azevedo compares the air pollution-related health and economic damages from electric vs. diesel long-haul truck fleets. Electrifying a new fleet could avoid $6.2-8.5 billion in health and climate damages annually. Read more: bit.ly/3B6EZ1N

Observational evidence for groundwater influence on crop yields in the United States | PNAS As climate change shifts crop exposure to dry and wet extremes, a better understanding of factors governing crop response is needed. Recent studies...

New study in PNAS shows #groundwater is key to stabilizing crop yields in the US Corn Belt during dry years. As crops are exposed to more dry and wet extremes, a better understanding of the factors that impact yields will be critical to creating climate-resilient agriculture. bit.ly/3AMIIkY