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Climate
Study: Sierra Nevada Forests Shifting to Higher Elevations as Temperatures Warm
Senior Fellow Chris Field (Biology, Earth System Science) comments on climate change effects on forests.
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As Climate Crisis Worsens, It's Interior Secretary Jewell Who's Being Naïve
Cites a study by Senior Fellow Mark Jacobson (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
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VR Tries to Make You Care About Coral Reefs
Stanford VR lab is focus of a documentary on how virtual reality can be used to communicate climate change in an immersive and scientifically valid way. Lab director Jeremy Bailenson hopes it will help bring awareness and behavior change to the topic of ocean acidification—the process by which the ocean becomes more acidic as it soaks up carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere.
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News coverage from Conference on Climate Priorities for the Next U.S. President
At Stanford on May 6, a panel of climate change, energy and governance experts identified key climate and energy policies that the next U.S. president could either execute or use to attract bipartisan support as part of the conference "Setting the Climate Agenda for the Next U.S. President." Outlets covering the conference including Environment & Energy News, ClimateWire, Forbes and the San Jose Mercury News.
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Monterey County Exceeds Water Savings Mandate
Mentions report co-authored by Woods-affiliated postdoctoral scholar Daniel Horton (Earth System Science) and Senior Fellow Noah Diffenbaugh (Earth System Science) showing drought periods have become more common in California.
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California’s Extreme Dry Patterns are Becoming More Common, Study Says
Cites research co-authored by Woods-affiliated postdoctoral scholar Daniel Horton and Senior Fellow Noah Diffenbaugh (Earth System Science).
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California May Be in for Greater Weather Extremes
Discusses future of more extreme weather in light of study co-authored by Woods-affiliated postdoctoral scholar Daniel Horton (Earth System Science) and Senior Fellow Noah Diffenbaugh (Earth System Science).
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Stanford Study: California Moving Toward More Extreme Weather
Discusses findings of paper co-authored by Woods-affiliated postdoctoral scholar Daniel Horton (Earth System Science) and Senior Fellow Noah Diffenbaugh (Earth System Science).
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Pacific Ocean Pattern Could Predict U.S. Heat Waves
Senior Fellow Noah Diffenbaugh (Earth System Science) discusses early warnings for extreme weather.
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China's Pollution May Not Be Decreasing as Fast as Hoped
Quotes Senior Fellow Robert Jackson (Earth System Science) on uncertainty of Chinese environmental data.
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Blowing Bubbles Through Oceans May Help Protect Coral Reefs
Quotes Senior Fellow Rob Dunbar (Earth System Science) on method for transferring excess carbon dioxide from coastal marine environments to the atmosphere.
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Canada and U.S. go after methane leaks in oil fields
Stanford Woods Fellow Rob Jackson (School of Earth, Energy and Environmental Sciences) notes "natural gas can be an important lever to take dirty coal plants off line... The benefits for that include greenhouse gases and pollutants that kill people."
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Hunting for the Neuroscience of Heat and Violence
Center Fellow Marshall Burke (earth system science) discusses climate and conflict in a new series by Grist "Climate on the Mind"
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Will California Gas Leak Mark A Turning Point In Energy Debate?
Senior Fellow Rob Jackson (earth system science) discusses the environmental impact of the Aliso Canyon gas leak.
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Living On Top Of Forgotten Oil And Gas Wells
Senior Fellow Rob Jackson (earth system science) explains how "plugged" gas wells can still leak methane at various levels.
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The Developing World Can Leapfrog Dirty Coal And Go Straight To Clean Energy
Woods Senior Fellow Mark Jacobson (civil and environmental engineering) explains how developing countries can bypass coal and go straight to low-cost renewables.
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Are We Heading Into A New Ice Age?
Senior Fellow Chris Field (biology, earth system science) and Katherine Mach of the Carnegie Institution discuss a new paper in Nature that concludes we are not headed for a new ice age and that human-caused climate change will delay the next one.
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Gas Leak Pollution Monitoring Took Months to Put in Place
Woods Senior Fellow Rob Jackson (earth system science) states that the delay in setting up pollution monitoring equipment undermined the ability to measure health impacts of the leak.
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An Invisible Leak, With Glaring Consequences
Woods Senior Fellow Rob Jackson (earth system science) discusses the severity of the Aliso Canyon gas leak.
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Obama Announces Moratorium on New Federal Coal Leases
Woods Consulting Professor David Hayes, also a visiting lecturer at Stanford Law School, discusses how the current federal coal program is outdated.
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