Climate
For the West, A Winter That Has Felt More Like Spring
Stanford doctoral student Daniel Swain (Environmental Earth System Science), a 2013 Rising Environmental Leadership Program fellow, discusses how warm temperatures, combined with multi-year precipitation shortfalls is resulting in the continuation of severe drought conditions in California.
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Berkeley study directly IDs climate change culprit
Senior Fellow Chris Field (Biology, Environmental Earth System Science) says that we have known for decades that carbon dioxide must have an effect on global warming, but this study provides concrete evidence for the first time.
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Lessons from Methane Emissions in Boston and the White House Climate Action Plan
Senior Fellow Robert Jackson (Environmental Earth System Science) discusses urban methane emissions in the context of the White House Climate Action Plan.
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Climate Is Big Issue for Hispanics, and Personal
Cites a poll by Woods-affiliated Professor in Humanities & Social Sciences and Professor of Communication & Political Science Jon Krosnick, the New York Times, and Resources for the Future which found that Hispanics are more likely than non-Hispanic whites to view global warming as a problem that affects them personally.
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Farming Now Worse For Climate Than Deforestation
Senior Fellow Robert Jackson (Environmental Earth System Science) discusses that while deforestation is declining, agriculture lands are expanding.
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Most Americans Support Government Action on Climate Change, Poll Finds
Features Woods-affiliated Professor in Humanities & Social Sciences and Professor of Communication & Political Science Jon Krosnick as an author of a poll that found an overwhelming majority of the American public, including nearly half of Republicans, support government action to curb global warming.
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Methane Leaks From Gas Pipelines Far Exceed Official Estimates, Harvard Study Finds
Senior Fellow Rob Jackson (Environmental Earth System Science) states that even if scientists don't yet know all of the sources of methane leaks in Boston-area infrastructure, it is reasonable to start tackling known emission sources.
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Record-setting rainless January sparks fears, fire
Stanford doctoral student Daniel Swain (Environmental Earth System Science), a 2013 Rising Environmental Leadership Program participant, explains how it is unlikely that the drought-sparking system over the Pacific Ocean will weaken, indicating that California's dry spell will likely continue into February.
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Billionaire Tom Steyer won’t run for Sen. Barbara Boxer’s seat
Senior Fellow Bruce Cain (Political Science), Director of the Bill Lane Center for the American West, weighs in on the implications of Tom Seyer's decision not to run for Senate.
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Climate change: 2014 warmest year ever recorded in California
Senior Fellow Chris Field (Humanities and Sciences) states that global average temperatures have increased decade over decade.
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2014 was California’s hottest year, and it wasn’t even close
Senior Fellow Noah Diffenbaugh (Environmental Earth System Science) discusses how we are seeing impacts of global warming in North America.
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Drought, Heat and Ice: 2015 Could Be Tipping Point on Climate
Senior Fellow Chris Field (Humanities and Sciences) states that 2015 will be the year for climate solutions, and will include many local, state, national, and international discussions about climate change.
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No Doubt It's A Climate-Change Drought, Scientists Say
Names Senior Fellow Noah Diffenbaugh (Environmental Earth System Science) as one of three drought experts who held a press conference to give the big picture about the drought.
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California drought: Storm gives bump to state water supplies
Stanford doctoral student Daniel Swain (Environmental Earth System Science), a 2013 Rising Environmental Leadership Program participant, explains that the drought-sparking system over the Pacific Ocean (which he coined the "Ridiculously Resilient Ridge") has all but vanished, allowing for early season storms in California.
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California just had its worst drought in over 1200 years, as temperatures and risks rise
Cites research led by Senior Fellow Noah Diffenbaugh (Environmental Earth System Science) that found that persistent high-pressure ridges are more likely to sit off California’s coast in the presence of high levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
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Meet A Data Scientist Who's Helped Revolutionize Agriculture
Profile of Senior Fellow David Lobell
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Mass Extinction: Life at the Brink
Smithsonian channel documentary that features work of Senior Fellow Elizabeth Hadly in Yellowstone National Park
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California Drought: Gov. Jerry Brown Touts Water Bond Measure at Stanford Summit
Notes that Gov. Jerry Brown spoke at the "New Directions for U.S. Water Policy" forum, co-sponsored by the Stanford Woods Institute and The Hamilton Project
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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 away from California's farmland this year
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Warming Linked to 9 Climate Extremes in ’13
Describes research co-authored by Senior Fellow Noah Diffenbaugh (Environmental Earth System Science) showing climate change's likely connection to California's record-breaking drought
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