Past News: 2011
Workshop on Projecting Climate Change Effects on San Francisco Bay »
Changes are ahead for San Francisco Bay, some of which are planned, but many of which are not. This estuarine system is evolving as we try to restore some of its habitats and other characteristic features. To understand the...
Planting trees may save Costa Rican birds threatened by intensive farming »
Stanford biology professors Gretchen Daily and Paul Ehrlich established the study a decade ago to address a critical question: how to sustain vital life-support services in farmland
By Dan Stober,
Rosemary Knight: Geophysicist, senate chair, hitchhiking advocate »
Rosemary Knight, who joined the Stanford faculty in 2000 after teaching for a decade at the University of British Columbia, loved math, physics and chemistry in high school and was elated when she "discovered" geology, a field that...
By Kathleen J. Sullivan,
Mapping underground water sources for drip irrigation could change African village life »
Investments in small-scale irrigation and geophysical mapping will help relieve food insecurity in Sub-Saharan Africa, Stanford researchers say.
By Sarah Jane Keller,
A New Approach to the Ethics of Environmental Policy »
Though the scientific community has reached a consensus about the dangers of climate change, there has been disagreement about how governments should cooperate to limit greenhouse gas emisions. International treaties have been...
By Matthew Shechmeister,
Stanford-Cargill partnership addresses food security »
Stanford’s Center on Food Security and the Environment (FSE) has received a $2 million grant from Cargill, a second gift from the company that raises its total contribution to FSE to $5 million over 10 years.
By Ashley Dean,
Kofi Annan warns of worldwide hunger, political unrest if climate change persists »
Blaming leaders in America and abroad for not doing enough to combat climate change, former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan said continued failure to tackle the problem will result in worldwide hunger, social unrest and...
By Adam Gorelick,
Q&A: Paul Ehrlich Views on the World with 7 Billion People »
Stanford biologist Paul Ehrlich still sees runaway population growth as a threat to the planet, but is hopeful that humans can avoid the first catastrophic collapse of a global civilization.
By Sarah Jane Keller,
Urban 'Heat Island' Effect, White Roofs and Global Warming »
Heat emanating from cities - called the "urban heat island" effect - is not a significant contributor to global warming, Stanford researchers have found. They also concluded that if all the roofs in urban areas were painted white,...
By Louis Bergeron,
No Decline in Massachusetts Residents' Belief in and Concern About Global Warming »
Jon Krosnick has released survey that found that the proportion of Massachusetts residents who think that global warming has been happening remained extremely high and has not declined during the last year according to a new survey...
By Ana Villar, Jon Krosnick and Steve Koczela,
No Decline in Massachusetts Residents' Belief in and Concern About Global Warming »
Jon Krosnick has released survey that found that the proportion of Massachusetts residents who think that global warming has been happening remained extremely high and has not declined during the last year according to a new survey...
By Ana Villar, Jon Krosnick, and Steve Koczela,
Gretchen Daily Wins Prince Albert II Biodiversity Award »
Gretchen Daily, the Bing Professor in Environmental Science and senior fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment, was in Monaco last week to receive the Biodiversity Award given annually by the Prince Albert II of Monaco...
By The Dish, staff,
Ethanol Policy Major Contributor to Food Price Volatility »
Stanford food policy economists Rosamond Naylor and Walter Falcon argue in a new paper released in The American Interest that we have entered a new era where agricultural commodity prices are increasingly driven by U.S. biofuel...
By Ashley Dean and Matthew Shechmeister,
Mountain Lions Caught on Camera at Stanford's Jasper Ridge »
While there is plenty of evidence of mountain lion activity at Stanford's Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve - including the occasional deer carcass - actual sightings of the feline predators are rare. However, footage from...
By Mark Shwartz,
Decline and recovery of coral reefs linked to 700 years of human and environmental activity »
Changing human activities coupled with a dynamic environment over the past few centuries have caused fluctuating periods of decline and recovery of corals reefs in the Hawaiian Islands, according to a study sponsored in part by the...
By Cindy Yeast,
Three Woods Institute Faculty Receive Grant to Study Environmental Impacts of Solar Plants »
The Precourt Institute for Energy and the TomKat Center for Sustainable Energy are awarding a new round of faculty seed grants for promising research in clean technology and large-scale solar power.
By Mark Golden and Mark Shwartz,
New 'Decision Guide' on Tools for Marine Spatial Planning »
The job of coastal planners and managers is a delicate balancing act played out on a massive scale. The jurisdiction of these practitioners may be thousands of square miles of ocean or shoreline that often includes everything from...
By Meg Caldwell, Karen K. Marvin and Erin Prahler,
"Green" Views May Help Win Major Elections »
Stanford researchers have released two new studies - one of the 2008 presidential election and one of the 2010 congressional elections that examined whether candidates' statements on climate change translated into real votes. The...
By Sascha Zubryd,
"Green" Views May Help Win Major Elections »
Stanford researchers have released two new studies - one of the 2008 presidential election and one of the 2010 congressional elections that examined whether candidates' statements on climate change translated into real votes. The...
By Sascha Zubryd,
National Survey of American Public Opinion on Global Warming »
Global warming has been a central focus in the recent Republican presidential primary debates. What do the American people actually think on the issue?
By Jon Krosnick and Bo MacInnis,