News and Press Releases
Study: Climate Threatens Snowpack, Freshwater Source for Billions »
Stanford Woods Center Fellow Noah Diffenbaugh analyzes future snowpack decline from California to the Himalayas.
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Rob Jordan
Superstorm Sandy a Reminder that Climate Change isn’t ‘Science Fiction,’ Top UN Official Says »
UNDP Administrator Helen Clark visits Stanford to set the stage for international climate talks taking place in Doha, Quatar later this month.
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Rob Jordan
EPA Head Meets with Young Scholars at Stanford »
Technological Innovation “is the only way forward,” Administrator Lisa Jackson tells Rising Environmental Leaders Program participants.
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Rob Jordan
Preparing the Next Generation of First Nations’ Leaders »
First Nations’ Futures Institute helps young indigenous leaders integrate community values and resource management.
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Rob Jordan
Experts Available: Climate Change, Hurricane Sandy and the 2012 Election »
Stanford Woods Institute scholars available to comment for news media covering the role of climate change and the environment in the 2012 election as well as recent extreme weather .
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Taking the Pulse of Earth’s Life-Support Systems »
A new paper proposes a framework for monitoring nature’s benefits to society.
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Stanford’s Global Climate and Energy Project Turns 10 »
The Global Climate and Energy Project recently celebrated its 10th anniversary.
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Kelly Servick
Finding Common Threads in Global Water Crises »
What does drought in Kansas have to do with under-utilized groundwater in Sub-Saharan Africa?
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Rob Jordan
Study Assesses Impact of Proposed International Airport in Southern Costa Rica »
Case study explores options for siting a new airport near renowned ecotourism destinations; examines ecological and economic impact in most comprehensive, unbiased study of plan to date.
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Rob Jordan
Oil Palm Plantations Clearing Carbon-Rich Tropical Forests »
Expanding production of palm oil, a common ingredient in food and personal care products, is driving deforestation and massive carbon dioxide emissions.
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Rob Jordan
Mel Lane Student Grants Program Accepting Proposals »
Stanford students invited to submit grant proposals for environmental projects.
Researchers Awarded National Science Foundation Grants »
Research projects started with funding from the Stanford Woods Institute receive major grants.
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Rob Jordan
Tropical Rain May Have Formed Utah's Great Salt Lake, Says Stanford Researcher »
"If the Pacific storm track hypothesis is correct, then we would expect to find wet conditions along that storm track from the coast inland," said Noah Diffenbaugh.
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Bjorn Carey
Stanford Researchers Wire Kelp Forests Off California Coast »
The Kelp Forest Array, located just offshore of Stanford's Hopkins Marine Station, will provide the Power and real-time data access scientists need to monitor the effects of climate change on the
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Max McClure
Stanford Woods Institute Seeks Next Class of Rising Environmental Leaders »
The Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment is recruiting for its 2012-13 cohort of “Rising Environmental Leaders.”
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Dean Pam Matson Featured in Latest Generation Anthropocene Podcast »
Pam Matson, a Stanford Woods Institute senior fellow, discusses agriculture and feeding the world's growing population on podcast.
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Rob Jordan
Green Bioplastics Closer to Reality »
Biodegradable plastics project with Stanford Woods Institute roots wins international award.
Scientists Predict Major Shifts in Location of Pacific Ecosystems »
Results of scientific modeling could help manage potentially significant commercial and conservation impacts of marine habitat shifts.
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Karen Marvin
Wind Could Meet Global Power Demand by 2030 »
Adapting a sophisticated climate model, researchers show that there is plenty of wind available to supply half to several times the world's total energy needs within the next two decades.
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Andrew Myers
Senior Fellow Gretchen Daily Wins Volvo Environment Prize »
Stanford Woods Institute Senior Fellow Gretchen Daily recently won the 2012 Volvo Environment Prize, a prestigious $226,000 (1.5 million Swedish krona) award.
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