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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.
Sally Benson discusses the challenges and opportunities of carbon sequestration
"Two major challenges stand in the way of carbon sequestration reaching its full potential," said Sally Benson, a research professor of energy resources engineering at Stanford University. "One is the high cost of capturing CO2. The other is an overall lack of confidence in the capacity, safety and permanence of sequestration in deep geological formations."
Dean Pamela Matson addresses Faculty Senate
Pamela Matson, the Chester Naramore Dean of the School of Earth Sciences, began her presentation on the school with a familiar photo – a satellite image of Earth. "For us, this actually has really significant meaning, because it is actually what we do," said Matson, who also is the Richard and Rhoda Goldman Professor in Environmental Studies and a senior fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment.
Steve Gorelick elected to National Academy of Engineering, one of 66 new members announced today
Election to the National Academy of Engineering is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer. Gorelick was honored for his work on optimization techniques and transport models for groundwater and remediation of contaminated aquifers.
Mark Zoback: More environmental rules needed for shale gas
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.
Wireless power could revolutionize highway transportation
A Stanford University research team has designed a high-efficiency charging system that uses magnetic fields to wirelessly transmit large electric currents between metal coils placed several feet apart. The long-term goal of the research is to develop an all-electric highway that wirelessly charges cars and trucks as they cruise down the road.
Stanford scientists' computer models help predict tsunami risk
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
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.
Scrub carbon dioxide directly from the atmosphere? Too expensive, says Stanford researcher
A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, co-authored by Assistant Professor Jennifer Wilcox, concludes that if air-capture of carbon dioxide with chemicals is ever used, it will be far in the future.
Stanford scientists subject rocks to hellish conditions to combat global warming
A team of Earth scientists at Stanford University is subjecting chunks of rock to hellish conditions in the laboratory – all in the name of curbing climate change.
Mapping underground water sources for drip irrigation could change African village life
Investments in small-scale irrigation and geophysical mapping will help relieve food insecurity in sub-Saharan Africa, Stanford researchers say.
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