The Center on Food Security and the Environment is a joint effort of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment.
From analyzing dust concentrations in parts of Sub-Saharan Africa and millions of birth outcomes, researchers find that small increases in dust lead to large increases in infant mortality. Marshall Burke and Sam Heft-Neal from Stanford's Center on Food Security and the Environment consider an innovative solution using sprinklers and groundwater to reduce dust that blows from the Sahara to population centers.