January 2011
FRESHWATER
Using Satellite Data to Monitor Agricultural Groundwater
Senior Fellow Rosemary Knight and colleagues have found a way to monitor aquifer levels in agricultural regions using data from orbiting satellites.

Senior Fellows Craig Criddle, Jeff Koseff and Buzz Thompson Address Silicon Valley Water Summit

LAND USE AND CONSERVATION
Woods Institute Forges Environmental Partnerships in China
At a conference with Chinese business leaders in December, Co-Director Buzz Thompson and other Stanford leaders discussed the broad range of university-sponsored projects in China.
Banking on Biodiversity: The Natural Capital Project’s Marine InVEST
Food Price Volatility and the World’s Poor
Senior Fellow James Holland Jones Tracks How the Flu Virus Spreads
OCEANS AND ESTUARIES
Lessons from the Deepwater Horizon Disaster
Senior Lecturer Meg Caldwell, executive director of the Center for Ocean Solutions, discusses the future of drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.
CLIMATE AND ENERGY
Transforming the Politics of Cap-and-Trade
Center Fellow Michael Wara looks at efforts by the Climate Action Reserve to develop a transparent carbon offsets market in the U.S.
Center Fellow Noah Diffenbaugh Sees Hotter, Drier 21st Century
Public Opinion: Senior Fellow Jon Krosnick Finds Greater Skepticism of Climate Scientists among Fox News Viewers
EDUCATING LEADERS
Leopold Leadership Program Selects 20 Leadership Fellows for 2011
PEOPLE
Senior Fellows Scott Rozelle, Gary Schoolnik Receive Global Action Grants
Senior Fellow Stephen Palumbi, Colleagues Receive Grant to Study Effects of Ocean Acidification
Stanford Remembers Stephen Schneider
ENVIRONMENTAL VENTURE PROJECTS
Stanford Faculty Are Invited to Submit Letters of Intent for 2011 EVP Grants: Deadline Jan. 17
VIdeo: EVP Seed Funding Turns Landfills into Resource Recovery Centers
EVENTS
Energy Seminar - New Day and Location for Winter Quarter: Mondays, 4:15-5:15 pm, Huang Engineering Center, NVIDIA Auditorium
Students for Sustainable Stanford 10th Anniversary Celebration: Feb. 4, 4:00-6:00 pm, Haas Center
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