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Setting Climate Priorities for the Next U.S. President
White House veterans gather at Stanford for a conference on the climate agenda for the next administration.
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FUEL for Green Careers
Future environmental leaders face a bewilderingly broad array of challenges and opportunities. Woods' Forum of Undergraduate Environmental Leadership (FUEL) helps navigate.
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Amazon Rainforest Responds Quickly to Extreme Climate Events
Tropical ecosystems might be more sensitive to climate change than previously thought, according to a study co-authored by Senior Fellow Noah Diffenbaugh (Earth System Science).
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Populations of Early Humans Grew Like Invasive Species
The history of human colonization of South America – explosive growth that rapidly reached the environment's carrying capacity – could have implications for future global population change, according to a study co-authored by Senior Fellow Elizabeth Hadly (Biology).
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Understanding the Economics of Climate Change
Gaps in social science knowledge of climate change constrain the policy impact of natural science research, according to research by a Stanford team including Center Fellow Marshall Burke (Earth System Science) and Woods-affiliated economist Charles Kolstad.
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Selected media coverage of the Stanford Woods Institute and its
fellows, affiliated scholars and supported research |
Could Vegetarians Save the World's Forests?
The Christian Science Monitor, April 23
Senior Fellow Eric Lambin (Earth System Science) discusses food security.
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California's Extreme Dry Patterns are Becoming More Common, Study Says
Washington Post, April 4
Cites research co-authored by Woods-affiliated postdoctoral scholar Daniel Horton and Senior Fellow Noah Diffenbaugh (Earth System Science).
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Scientists Find Groundwater in Wyoming Impacted by Fracking
The Weather Channel, March 31
Cites research co-authored by Senior Fellow Robert Jackson (Earth System Science).
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To Save South America's Forests Harmonize Tough Environment Rules - Study
Reuters, March 28
Quotes Woods-affiliated postdoctoral scholar Yann le Polain de Waroux on deforestation research.
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We've Barely Begun to Tap the Sun's Mighty Power
Newsweek, March 27
Cites renewable energy research by Senior Fellow Mark Jacobson (Civil and Environmental Engineering).
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