Climate

Climate Cast: The Science Behind Methane Gas

Woods Senior Fellow Robert Jackson (Earth System Science) explains methane's role as a greenhouse gas and discusses the new plan issued by the White House to cut methane emissions.
August 20, 2015 - By Paul Huttner, MPR News

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EPA Moves to Cut Methane Leaks from Oil and Gas

Woods Senior Fellow Robert Jackson (Earth System Science) discusses the importance of new rules meant to help combat climate change by curbing methane emissions from new hydraulically fractured crude oil wells and natural gas pipelines and other infrastructure
August 18, 2015 - By Bobby Magill and Climate Central, Scientific American

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Signs of a Historic El Niño, but Forecasters Remain Wary

Stanford doctoral student Daniel Swain (Environmental Earth System Science), a 2013 Rising Environmental Leadership Program fellow, states that while El Niño has potential to bring a lot of water to California, it doesn't necessarily mean snow. 
August 13, 2015 - By John Schwartz, New York Times

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U.S. Candidate to Run IPCC Says Rich Nations Must Help Steer the World Away From Coal

Features interview with Woods Senior Fellow Chris Field (Biology, Earth System Science) who is in the running to head the world's premier scientific body on climate change.
August 13, 2015 - By Gayathri Vaidyanathan, Environment and Energy News

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Where Presidential Candidates Stand On Climate Change

Woods Affiliate Jon Krosnick (Humanities and Sciences) discusses how the majority of Americans believe in climate change, and that according to his research, presidential candidates actually stand to gain by taking an environmentally friendly stance.
August 11, 2015 - By Lauren Leatherby, NPR

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A Once-Flourishing Pima Cotton Industry Withers in an Arid California

Quotes Tara Moran, Program Lead of Sustainable Groundwater at Water in the West, about how the San Joaquin Valley’s two groundwater basins are probably the most over-drafted in the state.
August 7, 2015 - By Hiroko Tabuchi, New York Times

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The Point of No Return: Climate Change Nightmares Are Already Here

Mentions the Ridiculously Resilient Ridge, a term coined by Stanford doctoral student Daniel Swain (Environmental Earth System Science), a 2013 Rising Environmental Leadership Program fellow.
August 5, 2015 - By Eric Holthaus, Rolling Stone

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