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Natural Hazards

Optical fiber map
October 19, 2017

Building a ‘billion sensors’ earthquake observatory with optical fibers

Stanford School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences

The same optical fibers that deliver high-speed internet and HD video to our homes could one day double as seismic sensors for monitoring and studying earthquakes.

 

Natural Hazards
illustration of satellite approaching Florida
September 1, 2017

Climate change, infrastructure and the economic impacts of Hurricane Harvey

Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment

Stanford experts comment on how climate change and infrastructure planning contribute to the severity of impacts from extreme weather events like Hurricane Harvey.

Climate Change, Natural Hazards
view of Cajon Pass
March 14, 2016

Double whammy of multi-fault ruptures can unleash stronger earthquakes

Stanford School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences

Research based on a new study of California's 1812 earthquake yields insights to improve future seismic hazard predictions.

Natural Hazards
Fukushima power plant worker pointing his finger
March 7, 2016
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Stanford News Service

On the fifth anniversary of the partial meltdown at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi Power Plant, Stanford's Rodney Ewing says we should rethink our language, reassess natural disaster risks and appreciate the links between nuclear energy and renewables.

Energy, Natural Hazards
Mark Zoback
February 22, 2016

What's Behind the Earthquakes in Oklahoma?

Stanford School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences
Research by Stanford Earth's Mark Zoback finds that the recent spike in triggered earthquakes in Oklahoma is primarily due to the injection of wastewater produced during oil production.
Energy, Natural Hazards
Rod Ewing talking
January 22, 2016

Reset Nuclear Waste Policy

FSI & CISAC
America’s nuclear waste is accumulating at over seventy sites in 39 states – but there is no clear way forward for its final disposal.
Energy, Natural Hazards
Aliso Canyon gas leak
January 22, 2016
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Medium

Rob Jackson breaks down the massive natural gas storage facilities leak in Southern California.

Energy, Natural Hazards
Mexican powerplant worker investigating a radioactive leak
January 15, 2016

Plan to Bury Plutonium in New Mexico Underestimates Safety Risks

Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies

Rod Ewing and coauthors warn that a proposal to bury plutonium in New Mexico underestimates the risks.

Energy, Natural Hazards
A graph
January 4, 2016

Natural or manmade quakes? New Stanford technique can tell the difference

Stanford School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences

A study by Stanford geophysicists shows that earthquakes resulting from wastewater injection follow several indicative patterns that are starkly different from natural causes.

Human Dimensions and Sustainability, Natural Hazards
Miles drawing
December 17, 2015

Earth and space science, in cartoons!

<p>Stanford School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences</p>

Stanford Earth’s multimedia producer Miles Traer captures the latest scientific discoveries presented at the American Geophysical Union’s Fall Meeting in this ongoing series of cartoons drawn live from the event.

Climate Change, Dynamic Earth, Energy, Evolution of Earth and Life, Natural Hazards
Algorithm earthquake data
December 4, 2015

Stanford scientists develop 'Shazam for earthquakes'

<p>Stanford School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences</p>

A new algorithm designed to find matching seismic signals in large earthquake databases could find previously missed microquakes.

Dynamic Earth, Natural Hazards

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