Stephen Porder

Institute at Brown for Environment and Society

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Stephen Porder

Acacia Professor of Ecology, Professor of Environment and Society & Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology

Stephen_Porder@brown.edu

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Research Interests Landscape-scale biogeochemistry in tropical forests, Tropical agriculture, Tropics

Recent News

Rhode Island House of Representatives

Stephen Porder Testifies to RI House Committee on Environment and Natural Resources

January 29, 2026

"There is no way to comply with the Act on Climate and continue to rely on gas and oil," IBES Professor Stephen Porder testified at the Rhode Island State House.

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Facing Future

The Phosphorus Conundrum

November 17, 2025

IBES Professor Stephen Porder and UVM Associate Professor Eric Roy, a former Voss postdoc, joined this episode of Facing Future to explain their work on the phosphorous cycle.

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National Geographic

Inside the rush to buy an electric vehicle

September 18, 2025

IBES Professor Stephen Porder offered commentary on electric vehicles.

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The Brown Daily Herald

Though disappointed, environmental faculty understand Brown’s pause on net-zero emissions efforts

September 9, 2025

Three IBES professors and two affiliates faculty members offered commentary on Brown's recent decision to pause its carbon reduction efforts.

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EcoRI News

As They Become More Common, Heat Waves Will Also Be More Destructive

August 11, 2025

IBES Professors Stephen Porder and Meredith Hastings discussed heatwaves' consequences and prevention.

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Carbon Balance and Management

Life cycle emissions associated with vault storage of wood cleared for fire management in the Western United States

August 8, 2025

This paper, coauthored by IBES Professor Stephen Porder and Declan Johnson '24, suggests that wood vaults are a promising emissions-reduction strategy, but challenges remain.

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