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Grassland fire
December 11, 2017
Long-term effects of repeated fires on soils found to have significant impacts on carbon storage not previously considered in global greenhouse gas... Read More
AGU conference attendees
December 8, 2017
Woods fellows, affiliates, students and researchers join scientists from across the nation and the world at the annual American Geophysical Union... Read More
Pamela Matson
December 1, 2017
Stanford Earth professor Pam Matson, who served as dean of that school for 15 years, spoke with Stanford Woods Institute Director Chris Field about... Read More
oil rigs
November 27, 2017
New research shows hydraulic fracturing wells and domestic wells are found closer together than expected.
Bright award recipients Andrij and Roman Zinchenko
November 20, 2017
Cofounders of Ukraine energy innovation network announce plans to use Stanford award money to establish new center showcasing green tech innovators.
vertical wind turbine in Alaska
November 17, 2017
New research suggests vertical axis turbines, which may have fewer impacts on birds and the environment, could increase public support for new wind... Read More
Traffic passes through polluted air in Ningbo, China.
November 13, 2017
An international research team reports that the increase in global carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels has resumed after a 3-year respite and... Read More
Fish in the waters of Palmyra Atoll
November 9, 2017
Federal regulators have indicated they may open some marine national monuments to commercial fishing. Researchers who have studied these and adjacent... Read More
November 7, 2017
Experts from around the world are gathering in Bonn, Germany for the 23rd annual United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 23) to discuss a path... Read More

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