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These stories offer a glimpse of the many ways in which faculty and students are addressing some of today's greatest challenges in the Earth and environmental sciences.
Eric Dunham Awarded Prestigious Sloan Research Fellowship
Submitted on Feb 17, 2012
Geophysics assistant professor Eric Dunham is among the 126 outstanding U.S. and Canadian researchers awarded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation with a prestigious Sloan Research Fellowship for 2012.
Awarded anually since 1955, the felowships are given to early-career scientists and scholars whose achievements and potential identify them as rising stars, the next generation of scientific leaders. “Today’s Sloan Research Fellows are tomorrow’s Nobel Prize winners,” said Dr. Paul L. Joskow, President of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. “These outstanding men and women are responsible for some of the most exciting science being done today."
Administered and funded by the Sloan Foundation, the fellowships are awarded in close cooperation with the scientific community. To qualify, candidates must first be nominated by their peers and are subsequently selected by an independent panel of senior scholars. Fellows receive $50,000 to be used to further their research.
Stanford geophysicist: More environmental rules needed for shale gas
Submitted on Feb 06, 2012
Obama's new rule is only one step toward ensuring the safety of hydraulic fracturing, the booming technology that offers economic and environmental benefits, according to Stanford geophysicist and DOE adviser Mark Zoback.
Stanford scientists' computer models help predict tsunami risk
Submitted on Dec 13, 2011
Stanford scientists are using complex computational models to solve the puzzle of the devastating tsunami that struck Japan earlier this year and predict where future tsunamis might occur.
Rosemary Knight: Geophysicist, senate chair, hitchhiking advocate
Submitted on Dec 09, 2011
Rosemary Knight, who joined the Stanford faculty in 2000 after teaching for a decade at the University of British Columbia, loved math, physics and chemistry in high school and was elated when she "discovered" geology, a field that combined all three.
Honing Hazards Prediction
Submitted on Nov 10, 2011
Video of Geophysics Department's Chair, Greg Beroza, presenting at the National Science Foundation Research Expo, "Which Hazards Are in Your Backyard?"
Mark Zoback talks to Senate committee about shale gas production
Submitted on Oct 12, 2011
Geophysics professor Mark Zoback testified before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources last week. The committee held the hearing to receive testimony on the first report of the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board’s Shale Gas Production Subcommittee, which was released in August.
Amos Nur awarded Maurice Ewing Medal for contributions to geophysics
Submitted on Oct 11, 2011
AMOS NUR, the Wayne Loel Professor of Earth Sciences, Emeritus, has won the Maurice Ewing Medal, presented at the recent annual meeting of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists in San Antonio, Texas. The Ewing Medal is the highest award given by the society, and recognizes contributions to advancing the science and profession of exploration geophysics.
Manslaughter trial of seismologists in Italy highlights need for 'systematic earthquake forecasting,' says Stanford geophysicist
Submitted on Sep 30, 2011
The manslaughter trial of six Italian seismologists highlights the need for scientists to put more effort into explaining their work to the public, says Stanford geophysicist Greg Beroza. He calls for seismologists to issue "earthquake forecasts" on an ongoing basis to help the public understand changes in the likelihood of a major earthquake occurring in a given region.
First life may have arisen above serpentine rock, say Stanford researchers
Submitted on Sep 22, 2011
Stanford Earth scientists lend geophysical support to a theory of life's origins – but show that, if it's accurate, the first organisms could only have arisen during one brief stretch of geological time, long ago.
Stanford geophysicist offers insight into the Virginia earthquake
Submitted on Sep 12, 2011
Tuesday's earthquake in Virginia was not a geological surprise, according to Stanford geophysicist Mark Zoback. The interior of the continent is in a state of stress that periodically gives way, causing earthquakes both large and small. An earthquake in the eastern portion of the country may shake a larger area than a similar quake in California.
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