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Sea Level Rise Is Already Eating Our Coasts

Shows video narrated by Susanne Moser, a Stanford Woods Institute research fellow affiliated with the Center for Ocean Solutions, on the impacts of extreme weather on U.S. coastal property. She was a convening lead author for the National Climate Assessment’s Coasts chapter.
May 26, 2014 - By , Grist

Coral Reefs: The Seawall That Nature Built

Woods-affiliated Professor of Biological Sciences Fellow Fiorenza Micheli explains findings that reefs serve as an effective first line of defense against incoming waves, storms and rising seas
May 14, 2014 - By Michael Beck of The Nature Conservancy, National Geographic

How a Few Species Are Hacking Climate Change

Describes Woods Senior Fellow Steve Palumbi's research findings of two different mechanisms by which organisms can adapt to heat
May 6, 2014 - By Emmy Marris, National Geographic

Monterey Bay An 'Ocean Buffet Open For Business' This Spring

Quotes Woods Senior Fellow Stephen Palumbi on reasons for this year's increased presence of marine animals and wildlife in Monterey Bay, Calif.
May 6, 2014 - By NPR Staff, NPR via KQED

Heat-Hardy Corals Could Help Save Dying Reefs

Describes Woods Senior Fellow Steve Palumbi's study of heat-tolerant corals
May 1, 2014 - By Rosanne Skirble, Voice of America

Some Corals Can Adapt to Warmer Waters

Quotes Steve Palumbi, Woods senior fellow, on study of heat-resistant coral species
April 28, 2014 - By Douglas Quenqua, The New York Times

Designer-Made Coral Reefs Could Survive Climate Change's Hot Seas

Describes corals that can survive extreme heat in study by Woods Senior Fellow Steve Palumbi
April 25, 2014 - By Amanda Mascarelli and Nature magazine, Scientific American

Some Coral Reefs May Be Resistant to Climate Change, Scientists Say

Quotes Woods Senior Fellow Steve Palumbi on his study of corals that adapt better than others to climate change
April 24, 2014 - By Nick LaFave, NBC News via KTAL-TV

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 a major role in creating the report; Stanford climate scientists were quoted in more than 50 major media print, website and broadcast stories, including NPR, the BBC, USA Today, Associated Press, The Guardian, NBC Nightly News, ABC World News, KRON-TV, KGO Radio, the Los Angeles Times, Scientific American, The Financial Times, National Geographic, Salon.com, The Weather Channel, Forbes, Reuters, Examiner.com, the Huffington Post, the Toronto Star and USEmbassy.gov (an international news site managed by the U.S. State Department).
March 31, 2014 - By Justin Gillis, The New York Times

Why The Exxon Valdez Spill Was A Eureka Moment For Science

Story about study co-authored by Stanford Woods Institute Senior Fellow, by courtesy, Barbara Block
March 24, 2014 - By Elizabeth Shogren, NPR

Tuna Found to Suffer Heart Ailments After Oil Spill

Quotes Woods Senior Fellow Barbara Block, co-author of a new paper on how the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster affected different types of tuna
March 24, 2014 - By Jennifer A. Dlouhy, San Francisco Chronicle

Working With the Enemy to Save Wildlife

Profile of sustainable fishing initiative led by visiting fellow at the Center for Ocean Solutions
March 21, 2014 - By Richard Conniff, takepart

From Night Vision to Heaters, 3 of the Ocean’s Most Remarkable Eyes

Excerpt from new book, "The Extreme Life of the Sea," co-authored by Steve Palumbi, director of the Hopkins Marine Station and senior fellow at the Stanford Woods Institute
March 14, 2014 - By Stephen and Anthony Palumbi, National Geographic

Quicksilver

Quotes Woods Senior Fellow Barbara Block on the importance of tuna in Western civilization
March 1, 2014 - By Kenneth Brower, National Geographic

High-Tech Tuna Researcher Uncovers Marvels of the Big Fish

Kenneth Brower catches up with Woods Senior Fellow Barbara Block after 30 years
March 1, 2014 - By Kenneth Brower, National Geographic

Stephen Palumbi’s New Book Celebrates the Ocean’s Biggest, Hottest and Fastest

Review of The Extreme Life of the Sea, by Senior Fellow Stephen Palumbi and his son, Anthony Palumbi
February 20, 2014 - By Kera Abraham, Monterey County Weekly

Tuna Hearts ‘Affected by Oil Spill’

Quotes Woods Senior Fellow Barbara Block on effect of crude oil on cardiac cells in fish
February 14, 2014 - By Jonathan Amos, BBC News

Tuna Study Reveals Oil Pollution Causes Heart Problems

Cites evidence in study led by Woods Senior Fellow Barbara Block of effects of oil spill on fish
February 13, 2014 - By Mia Oberman, Agence France Presse

Toxins Released by Oil Spills Send Fish Hearts Into Cardiac Arrest

Study of effects of 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill reveals damage to heart cells, according to Woods Senior Fellow Barbara Block
February 13, 2014 - By Louis Sahagun, Los Angeles Times

Forget 'Shark Week': They Aren't the Only Fish in the Sea

Senior Fellow Stephen Palumbi and his son, Anthony Palumbi, propose helping Americans get over their "shark obsession" by introducing them to the sea's other extreme creatures
February 3, 2014 - By Stephen Palumbi and Anthony Palumbi, Los Angeles Times

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