Media Coverage: Food Security
Monsanto Pledges to be Carbon Neutral by 2021 »
Senior Fellow David Lobell (Earth System Science) comments on the importance of corporate commitments to carbon neutrality
By Jim Salter,
Satellite Data Has Important Role in Crop Yield Research »
Covers new paper co-authored by Woods Senior Fellows David Lobell (Earth System Science) on using satellites to measure crop yields from space.
The Next Food Revolution: Fish Farming? »
Quotes Woods-affiliated postdoctoral scholar Ling Cao (Center on Food Security and the Environment) on how China's aquaculture sector will dramatically affect the availability of seafood across the globe.
By Michael Holtz,
Feeding People on Our Stressed Planet Will Require a “Revolution” »
Features new research by Senior Woods Fellow Paul Ehrlich (Biology), who discusses how feeding the planet will require political, economic and social shifts.
By Brian Bienkowski,
Killer Snails Vs. River Prawns »
Quotes Woods Senior Fellow Giulio De Leo (Biology) and Woods Affiliate Susanne Sokolow on their research using prawns to fight Schistosomiasis in Senegal.
By Jason Bittel,
Human Price of Forest Destruction Paid in Plague »
Senior Fellow James Holland Jones (Anthropology) discusses the need to study disease mechanisms to better understand how diseases are being transmitted to humans.
By Niina Heikkinen and ClimateWire,
Climate Change Will Hit America in the Breadbasket, Scientists Say »
Senior Fellow Paul Ehrlich (Biology) notes that little has been done to counter negative trends in food security, even though they've been known about for decades.
By Alan Boyle,
India Air Pollution 'Cutting Crop Yields by Almost Half' »
Quotes Senior Fellow David Lobell on study findings that air pollution in India has become so severe that yields of crops are being cut by almost half
By Azeen Ghorayshi,
Grow Lights and Drones: How California's Drought is Driving Farmers Into High-Tech »
Cites research led by Senior Fellow Noah Diffenbaugh (Environmental Earth System Science) that found that high levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere would likely keep triggering the high-pressure barriers that forced rainstorms...
By Brian Fung,
Study Finds Alarming Level of Lead in Pregnant Women »
Discusses interim results of Environmental Venture Project-supported research showing link between pesticide use and lead poisoning.
By Rafe Sadnan Adel,
Climate Change May Reduce Corn, Wheat Crop Yields »
Discusses research by Senior Fellow David Lobell
By Brian K. Sullivan,
Europe Wheat Yields Forecast in Study to Fall on Climate Warming »
Cites study findings from David Lobell, Woods senior fellow, that wheat and barley yields in Europe may noticeably fall by 2040, due to expected climate warming
By Rudy Ruitenberg,
Bumper Corn Looks Dicey in Drought »
Quotes Woods Senior Fellow David Lobell on corn's sensitivity to higher temperatures
By Cindy Graber,
Cornfields Could Yield Less by Midcentury »
Describes research by Woods Senior Fellow David Lobell on how genetic improvements have led to steadily higher corn yields, while corn yields have become more sensitive to drought
By Joel K. Bourne, Jr.,
Panel's Warning on Climate Risk: Worst Is Yet to Come »
Quotes Woods Senior Fellows Chris Field and David Lobell on findings of Working Group II of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that climate change is already responsible for major changes on every continent. Stanford played...
By Justin Gillis,
Chipotle: Don’t Panic About Guacamole »
Quotes Woods Senior Fellow David Lobell on negative response of several crops to global warming, including avocados
By Amrita Jayakumar,
Snowfall No Longer a Sure Bet, Booming Ski Towns Fight Going Bust »
Quotes Senior Fellows Terry Root and Noah Diffenbaugh on the lack of snow at ski resorts
By Alan Neuhauser,
Is Demand for Non-GM Soy Boosting ‘Green Agriculture’ in the Amazon? »
Cites research co-authored by Senior Fellow Eric Lambin
By Liz Kalaugher,
The Great Greening of the Global North »
A radio discussion on NPR's Boston station about how farming is changing due to climate change, including comments by Woods Senior Fellow David Lobell
By Tom Ashbrook,
Agricultural Ecologist: David Lobell »
Woods Senior Fellow David Lobell talks about what he does as an agricultural ecologist at Stanford University.
By Ryan Schleeter,
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