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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.
California Earthquake Warning System Stymied By Budget Shortfall
Submitted on May 4 2012
A system giving Californians warning of an impending earthquake may not be operational any time soon despite the success of similar programs in other countries.
Seven Stanford faculty awarded Sloan Fellowships
Submitted on Apr 13 2012
Seven members of the Stanford faculty are among the 126 U.S. and Canadian researchers to be awarded Sloan Research Fellowships for 2012. Eric Dunham, assistant professor of geophysics, is one of the Stanford recipients.
Paleontology of Earth's Mantle
Submitted on Apr 9 2012
Professors Dennis Bird and Norman Sleep demonstrate that the mantle preserves a concentrated biological record throughout Earth history, thus giving expectation of finding a Hadean record of life.
Stanford's Quake-Catcher Network detected Monday's tremor 10 seconds before the shaking reached campus
Submitted on Mar 7 2012
The Quake-Catcher Network, a web of sensors plugged into the computers of 2,000 volunteers, detected the shaking of Monday's 5:33 a.m. earthquake in less time than it took the motion to travel through the ground from the epicenter in the East Bay town of El Cerrito to the Stanford campus in Palo Alto. The detection system runs on relatively inexpensive sensors, and could provide a few extra seconds for people in an earthquake zone to duck under a desk.
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 6 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 9 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.
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