April 2011
FOOD SECURITY
Food Security Salon: Advancing Policy-Relevant Research On March 15, the Woods Institute hosted a Food Security Salon focusing on research solutions to global issues of food security, hunger and environmental degradation from agricultural practices. Fellows Wally Falcon, Roz Naylor and David Lobell of the Program on Food Security and the Environment discussed food price volatility, hunger and climate change. Video: Cargill and Gates Foundation CEOs on Global Food Security Video: Research Affiliate Jennifer Burney on the Link Between Hunger and Climate Change Global Warming May Harm Africa's Corn Crops
OCEANS AND ESTUARIES
White Shark Census off California Senior Fellow Barbara Block and colleagues conducted a landmark white shark census along the central California coast.
FRESHWATER
Divvying Up the Water Down Under Australia's approach to groundwater conservation is far more comprehensive than California's, says Rebecca Nelson, a researcher with Water in the West - a joint program of the Woods Institute and the Bill Lane Center for the American West.
CLIMATE AND ENERGY
At House E.P.A. Hearing, Both Sides Claim Science On March 8, Senior Fellow Christopher Field testified at a Congressional hearing on a bill to strip the Environmental Protection Agency of its power to regulate greenhouse gases. Co-Director Buzz Thompson Discusses a Court Challenge to California's Global Warming Law Senior Fellow Terry Root Comments on Cloning Trees to Combat Global Warming
EDUCATING LEADERS
Sustainability at Stanford The spring issue of Stanford's "Cardinal Green" features updates on several academic programs sponsored by the Woods Institute, including Students for a Sustainable Stanford, an undergraduate sustainability course (CEE/Earth Systems 109) and the Center for Ocean Solutions' MARINE graduate education initiative. 'Science, Upstream': Journalism Students Blog from Inside the Natural Capital Project Video: Senior Fellow Scott Rozelle on China's 'Human Capital Challenge' in the 21st Century
OPINION
'The Nuclear Option,' by Senior Fellow Mark Jacobson 'The Twin Elephants in the Room,' by Anne Ehrlich and Senior Fellow Paul Ehrlich 'A Flawed Cost/Benefit Study of a Greener California,' by Senior Fellow James Sweeney and Matthew Kahn
EVENTS
Energy Seminar, Mondays, 4:15-5:15 pm, Huang Engineering Center, NVIDIA Auditorium (Special Seminar on Wednesday, April 13) Connecting The Dots: The Food, Energy, Water & Climate Nexus, April 22, 1:00-6:30 pm, Bishop Auditorium (RSVP Required)
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