Welcome to Earth Systems
The Earth Systems Program is an interdisciplinary environmental science major. Students learn about and independently investigate complex environmental problems caused by human activities in interaction with natural changes in the Earth system. Earth Systems majors become skilled in those areas of science, economics, and policy needed to tackle the globe’s most pressing environmental problems, becoming part of a generation of scientists, professionals, and citizens who approach and solve problems in a new way: a systematic, interdisciplinary way.
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A tale of two atolls: Stanford researchers study the impact of fishing on remote coral reefs
Stanford marine scientists and anthropologists are developing strategies for sustainable fishing by comparing two remote coral reef ecosystems – one inhabited, the other a "no-catch" reserve.
Op-Ed: Regrowing the Farm
"The Trustees…shall have power, and it shall be their duty… to maintain on the Palo Alto estate a farm for instruction in agriculture in all its branches."
Dean's Service Award
Earth Systems staff, Deana Fabbro-Johnston, Melissa Vallejo, and Emily Burns, were honored with the School of Earth Sciences Dean's Award for Distinguished and Exemplary Service in June, 2012.
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