Past Media Coverage: 2013
Plan Calls for Renewable Energy to Power NY State and More »
Discusses Mark Jacobson's proposal for powering New York State with renewable energy. He is a senior fellow with Stanford Woods Institute.
By Carolyn Weaver,
Offshore Wind Farms Could Protect Cities From Hurricanes »
Details research by Woods Senior Fellow Mark Jacobson that finds giant offshore wind farms could such the power out of major storms
By Bobby Magill,
Viewpoints: How Should California Pay For Its Water System »
Op-ed by Newsha Ajami, director of urban water policy for Water in the West and ReNUWIt
By Newsha Ajami,
Climate Scientists, Then and Now, Espousing ‘Responsible Advocacy’ »
Refers to lecture in memory of the late Stephen Schneider, Woods senior fellow, on Schneider's views regarding the climate change debate
By Andrew Revkin,
Are Antibacterial Soaps Really Better? »
Senior Fellow Stephen Luby discusses Food and Drug Administration action on active ingredients in antibacterial soaps
By Ashley P. Taylor,
Poll: Americans See Impact of Global Warming »
Story and graphic about new survey by Woods Senior Fellow Jon Krosnick that finds Americans believe the Earth's temperature will continue to rise if nothing is done
By Wendy Koch,
Tracking the Secret Lives of Great White Sharks »
Article mentions Stanford Woods Institute Senior Fellow Barbara Block, who leads a team of researchers in tagging great white sharks; their studies have revealed the sharks' regular migration patterns and a number of their hotspots
By Peter Brannen,
Cites Woods Senior Fellow Chris Field as one of "Five to Watch" during 2014 because of his work with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Environmentalists Split Over Need For Nuclear Power »
Quotes Woods Senior Fellow Mark Jacobson as advocate for wind and solar power in debate over whether to use nuclear energy
By Richard Harris,
Palm Oil Proving Unhealthy for People, Environment »
Refers to study led by Woods Senior Fellow Lisa Curran that found cutting down palm-oil plantations would add significant amounts of CO2 to the atmosphere
By Joel Brinkley,
Restoring Life to S.F.'s Long-Blighted Mountain Lake »
Describes efforts to clean Mountain Lake in San Francisco by Niveen Ismail, a Stanford graduate student in environmental engineering working with Woods Senior Fellow Dick Luthy
By David Perlman,
How We Can Use Nature to Fend Off Flooding in Puget Sound »
Op-ed co-authored by Stanford Woods Institute Consulting Professor Mary Ruckelshaus
By Michael Stevens and Mary Ruckelshaus,
Abandoned Mine Could Yield Clues to Stopping Global Warming »
Discusses research co-authored by Stanford Woods Institute-affiliated Professor of Geology Gordon Brown
By John Roach,
A Closer Look at Tornadoes in a Human-Heated Climate »
Times columnist quotes scientists, including Woods Senior Fellow Noah Diffenbaugh, critiquing a recent op-ed that declared there has been a decline in tornadoes.
By Andrew Revkin,
Climate Extremes on the Rise, With Worse to Come, IPCC Leader Says »
Quotes Woods Senior Fellow Chris Field, who is co-chair of Working Group 2 of the Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change, on climate change tipping points
By Peter Hannam,
Experts: Polls Now Show Americans of All Stripes Want Action on Climate Change »
Describes survey findings by Woods Senior Fellow Jon Krosnick that majorities of Americans in every state said the government should limit greenhouse gas emissions
By Michael Krancer,
Stanford Indian American Prof Gets Gates Foundation Grant »
Cites $100,000 award to Manu Prakash, a Stanford assistant professor of biochemistry who is affiliated with the Stanford Woods Institute
Slashing Fossil Fuel Consumption Comes With a Price »
Quotes Woods Senior Fellow Sally Benson, who is challenging her Stanford students to reduce emissions from all energy sources
By Richard Harris,
The Great Greening of the Global North »
A radio discussion on NPR's Boston station about how farming is changing due to climate change, including comments by Woods Senior Fellow David Lobell
By Tom Ashbrook,
National Polling: American Electorate Sees Effects on Climate Change and Wants Action »
Discusses new polling data by Woods Senior Fellow Jon Krosnick and Visiting Scholar Bo MacInnis on changing American attitudes regarding climate change
By Ashley Ahearn,