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February 20, 2016
Mistletoe is well known for giving license to holiday kisses but has a vampire-like quality for the trees it grows on. It is a hemisparasite: though it photosynthesizes on its own, it extracts water and nutrients from its host tree. Jasper Ridge has a single mistletoe species, and it can... more
February 14, 2016
JRBP was featured on the cover of the January 12, 2016 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, in an image by Greg Asner et al. that illustrates 3-dimensional mapping of the water content of tree canopies by the Carnegie Airborne Observatory. JRBP has been a reference... more
January 22, 2016
Studio 2 is an eco, micro, mobile art space for the street or the foothills. Three weeks before most students arrived on campus to start fall quarter 2015, guest artist David Szlasa was building an arts studio with students at Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve. The studio was built from salvaged... more
July 22, 2015
CHRIS FIELD , a professor of biology and of Earth system science at Stanford, has been honored for the clear and compelling manner in which he explains climate-change science to the public. The 2015 Stephen H. Schneider Award for Outstanding Climate Science Communication is being given to Field by Climate... more
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February 20, 2016
Mistletoe is well known for giving license to holiday kisses but has a vampire-like quality for the trees it grows on. It is a hemisparasite: though it photosynthesizes on its own, it extracts water and nutrients from its host tree. more
February 14, 2016
JRBP was featured on the cover of the January 12, 2016 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, in an image by Greg Asner et al. that illustrates 3-dimensional mapping of the water content of tree canopies more
January 22, 2016
Studio 2 is an eco, micro, mobile art space for the street or the foothills. Three weeks before most students arrived on campus to start fall quarter 2015, guest artist David Szlasa was building an arts studio with students at more
July 22, 2015
CHRIS FIELD , a professor of biology and of Earth system science at Stanford, has been honored for the clear and compelling manner in which he explains climate-change science to the public. The 2015 Stephen H. Schneider Award for Outstanding more
May 1, 2015
A Stanford University committee has completed an extensive, four-year study of the future of Searsville Dam and Reservoir, located in the university's Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve in the San Francisquito Creek watershed. more
December 20, 2013
Local teacher receives Presidential award Eastside Field Studies collaborating teacher, Alma Suney Park, has been honored with the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching ! Congratulations to Suney and all of the hardworking students from Eastside. The more
March 9, 2012
Performance artist Ann Carlson offers unique view of Jasper Ridge Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve recently hosted Picture Jasper Ridge: A Performance Hike – a 70-minute "tableau vivante" experience combining a walk in the preserve with actors recreating historic photos near more