How Virtual Reality Can Help Us Feel the Pain of Climate Change
Feature on educational virtual reality software developed in lab of Woods Senior Fellow Jeremy Bailenson (Communication) and released to the public for free.
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Think China's Pollution is Bad? Try Northern California
Woods Senior Fellow Mark Jacobson (Civil and Environmental Engineering) explains why Northern California is a "hotbed" for air pollution.
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Can Stanford’s Deep Dive Into Virtual Reality Help Save the Oceans?
Review of Stanford Ocean Acidification Experience, a virtual reality science education tool developed in the lab of Senior Fellow Jeremy Bailenson (Communication).
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'We Cannot Breathe:' A Poor Alabama Town has Lived with the Rotten Egg Stench of Gas for 8 Years
Robert Jackson is quoted based on expertise regarding methane leaks.
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California’s New Water Data Law Will Have Far-Reaching Benefits
Op-Ed references a report from Water in the West which surveyed groundwater managers in California regarding their need for groundwater data.
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Ask a MacArthur ‘genius': Who owns science?
Profile of Manu Prakash, whose work includes an initiative to develop a device that can test mosquito saliva for pathogens and vector species, and could lead to early warning systems for health epidemics.
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To Save the Planet, First Put On a VR Headset
Discusses study co-authored by Jeremy Bailenson showing that virtual reality simulations caused a greater sense of empathy than a similar video-only experience.
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Happy Droughtiversary, California!
Leon Szeptycki discusses precipitation, groundwater and related legislation in California.
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Protecting the Big Sur redwoods: How is climate change a threat
Discusses work by Nicole Ardoin to survey park visitors in an effort to promote climate change awareness and spur action on the issue.
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Using Virtual Reality to Avoid Catastrophe
Profile of work in lab of Senior Fellow Jeremy Bailenson (Communication) to use virtual reality as an environmental behavior change tool.
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Future Climate Change Field Test Doesn't Make Earth Greener
A new study from Chris Field puts to rest idea that increased carbon dioxide from climate change makes plants greener.
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A Transcript of Jill Stein’s Meeting with The Washington Post Editorial Board
Cites research by Mark Jacobson showing that metrics of health would improve with phase out of fossil fuels.
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Global Warming Means Smoggier Autumns in US Southeast: Study
Quotes Chris Field on "indirect mechanisms" of climate change risks.
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This is the ‘Fuse’ That Ignites California’s Explosive Fires
Quotes Noah Diffenbaugh on California's historic drought.
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Bracing Ourselves for the Climate Tipping Point
Chris Field and Katharine Mach discuss upcoming meeting of IPCC in Geneva.
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Divided America: Temperatures rise, US splits
Cites Woods-funded survey findings about commonalities and differences in climate change beliefs among Republicans and Democrats.
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Why Snails Are One of the World's Deadliest Creatures
Interview with Susanne Sokolow regarding freshwater snails that carry a parasitic disease called schistosomiasis.
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