Policy Options for CO2 Capture & Storage

September 27, 2011

Recorded 27 September 2011 at the Carnegie Institution Dept. of Global Ecology at Stanford University with Sally M. Benson, Director, Global Climate and Energy Project, and Professor, Dept. of Energy Resources Engineering, Stanford University. Video Courtesy of: Ken Caldeira, Near Zero

Global Warming's Impact on Premium Wines

June 29, 2011

By 2040, the amount of land suitable for cultivating premium wine grapes in high-value areas of northern California could shrink by 50 percent because of global warming, according to a study by Stanford climate scientist Noah Diffenbaugh.

Video Courtesy of: Mark Shwartz

Stanford Scientists Forecast Permanently Hotter Summers

June 7, 2011

Large areas of the globe are likely to warm up so quickly that by mid-century the coolest summers will be hotter than the hottest summers of the past 50 years, according to a study co-authored by Noah Diffenbaugh, assistant professor of environmental Earth system science and center fell at the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University.

Video Courtesy of: Mark Shwartz

What Americans and Massachusetts Residents Think About Climate Change

April 6, 2011

Jon Krosnick from HUCE.

California Water Woes: A Way Out

February 23, 2011

California policies are failing to meet the demand for water supply reliability, water quality, flood protection, and ecosystem health. Today's problems are likely to worsen unless the state makes broad and bold changes in water management policy, says Ellen Hanak, senior fellow at the Public Policy Institute of California.

Video Courtesy of: PPIC

Leatherback Turtles Dive For Jellyfish

February 8, 2011

Tagging and tracking leatherback sea turtles has produced new insights into the turtles' behavior in a part of the South Pacific Ocean long considered an oceanic desert. The new data will help researchers predict the turtles' movements in the ever-changing environment of the open ocean, with the goal of reducing the impact of fishing on the endangered leatherback population.

Video Courtesy of: Mark Shwartz

Environmental Venture Projects: Faux Wood / Bio-Composite Made from Landfill Waste

December 10, 2010

Woods researchers, including Senior Fellow Craig Criddle (Civil and Environmental Engineering) and Woods-affiliated Milligan Family University Fellow in Undergraduate Education and Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Sarah Billington, explain their research on biodegradable composites.