ARCS: Achievement Rewards for College Scientists
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How climate change is fueling disease outbreaks
Lead author of the study, Mallory Harris, is a 2022 and 2023 ARCS Fellow.
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Warming climate drives surge in dengue fever cases
Co-author of the study, Mallory Harris, is a 2022 and 2023 ARCS Fellow.
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The rise of plant life reshaped river behavior, study finds
Lead author of the study, Michael Hasson, is a 2025 ARCS Fellow
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The Weather Man
Subject of the article, Daniel Swain, was a 2015 ARCS (Achievement Rewards for College Scientists) fellow.
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How much microplastic do whales eat? Up to 10 million pieces per day, Stanford research finds
The largest animals ever known to have lived on Earth ingest the tiniest specks of plastic in colossal amounts, Stanford University scientists have found.
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Stanford researchers find whales are more important ecosystems engineers than previously thought
From 1910 to 1970, humans killed an estimated 1.5 million baleen whales in the frigid water encircling Antarctica.
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Floods may be nearly as important as droughts for future carbon accounting
Plants play an essential role in curbing climate change, absorbing about one-third of the carbon dioxide emitted from human activities and storing it in soil so
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Stanford researchers develop new manufacturing technique for flexible electronics
Ultrathin, flexible computer circuits have been an engineering goal for years, but technical hurdles have prevented the degree of miniaturization necessary to ac
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Stanford study finds climate warnings in ancient seas
A fossil study from Stanford University suggests the diversity of life in the world’s oceans declined time and again over the past 145 million years during periods
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Stanford study reveals a deepening water crisis in Jordan – and a way forward
Dwindling water supplies and a growing population will halve per capita water use in Jordan by the end of this century.
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Stanford researchers explore potential for kelp to relieve ocean acidification
Ethereal, swaying pillars of brown kelp along California’s coasts grow up through the water column, culminating in a dense surface canopy of thick fronds that pr
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Stanford Earth graduates: Meet the planet’s challenges
The challenges facing humanity today – rising demands for energy, water, food, and livable land in the wake of a steadily growing global population – are critical.
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Bacterial armor could be a new target for antibiotics, Stanford team finds
For over a century, scientists have studied E. coli, one of the bacteria that cause food poisoning, as a model for fighting infections.