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An XTO Energy disposal well sits just outside the city limits of Reno, Texas.
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The Dallas Morning News
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Stanford Report
Professor Rod Ewing sits in his office at Stanford
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Stanford News
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Transforming the carbon economy: U.S. Energy Dept. task force recommends research
sun shines on U.S. grasslands

Stanford study shows U.S. grasslands affected more by atmospheric dryness than precipitation

Stanford School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences
Climate Change, Food and Agriculture
Local girls bringing back firewood near Jinka, Southern Ethiopia.
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Scientific American
A housing development outside of Cheyenne, Wyoming.
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The Bill Lane Center for the American West
Human Dimensions and Sustainability
coral bleaching
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TIME
Point Lobos rock formations

Navigating the guts of an ancient submarine canyon

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Dynamic Earth, Energy, Evolution of Earth and Life
Pam Matson

Pamela Matson to step down as Stanford Earth dean

Stanford School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences
Pam Matson
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Stanford News
Child wears mouth mask in Beijing with air pollution in background.

Stanford Earth’s Rob Jackson urges community to convey the multiple benefits of climate action

Stanford School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences
Climate Change, Energy, Human Dimensions and Sustainability, Natural Hazards
fault slip diagram

Stanford scientists develop new tool to reduce risk of triggering manmade earthquakes

Stanford School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences
Energy, Natural Hazards

Stanford researcher examines unsung hero of science: Assessment

Stanford School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences
Climate Change
Oroville Dam spillway

Q&A with Stanford experts puts Oroville Dam breach in context

Stanford News Service
Climate Change, Fresh Water Resources
young boy collecting water
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Brookings
flag pole sticking up above flood waters
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The New York Times
Jamal Cherry portrait

Pursuing a career in energy

Stanford School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences
satellite crop yield estimates

Stanford researchers measure African farm yields using high-resolution satellites

Stanford School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences
Food and Agriculture
smoke from steel factory in china
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Los Angeles Times
Stanford fossil collection

Stanford researchers among those discussing the future of conservation

Stanford News Service
Human Dimensions and Sustainability
Susan Holmes and Margot Gerritsen
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Stanford’s Women in Data Science
closeup of mosquito

Drought identified as key to severity of West Nile virus epidemics

UC Santa Cruz
Climate Change, Fresh Water Resources, Human Dimensions and Sustainability
solar panels on house roof

Stanford engineers create a low-cost battery for storing renewable energy

Stanford News Service
Energy
gas hydrates map

Modeling Gas Hydrates

Stanford School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences
students at Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute

Stanford Earth course takes students to the extremes

Stanford School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences

Holiday Party 2017

snow covered mountains
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Water Foundation
Jiuzhaigou National Park

China to protect areas of high ecological importance identified by Stanford researchers

Stanford News Service
Human Dimensions and Sustainability
Jiuzhaigou National Park, in Sichuan Province. (Image credit: Zhiyun Ouyang)
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Stanford News
grey reef shark

Large marine protected areas effectively protect reef shark populations, Stanford scientists find

Stanford School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences
Evolution of Earth and Life, Human Dimensions and Sustainability
Wolf Hollow generating station

Action is needed to make stagnant carbon dioxide emissions fall, Stanford researcher says

Stanford School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences
Climate Change, Energy
raindrop on car windshield
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91.5 KJZZ
Ellen Ward portrait

Stanford Earth’s Ellen Ward Receives AGU Outstanding Student Paper Award

Stanford School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences
grass flowers

Bacterial discovery solves 20-year-old molecular paleontology mystery

Stanford School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences
Evolution of Earth and Life
Graphic of satellite taking images of Earth from space

Study tracks “memory” of soil moisture

MIT News
Climate Change, Dynamic Earth, Food and Agriculture
Infrared image of methane leak in Aliso Canyon.
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The Conversation
Climate Change, Energy
boats docked at Chinese fishing port

How China is poised for marine fisheries reform

Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
Food and Agriculture, Human Dimensions and Sustainability, Oceans
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Stanford Report
Tom Hayden

The role public understanding of science played in the election

Stanford News Service
Map
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AGU Publications
Map
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AGU Publications
Data visualization showing vegetation patterns in the United States

Stanford Earth launches new Big Data intro course

Stanford School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences
Greenland ice sheet meltwater

Radar reveals meltwater’s year-round life under Greenland ice sheet

Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University
Climate Change, Oceans
Ali picture - public service

Ali Hoffer (BS '18)

Earth Systems Program
Jonathan Fisk Public Service Photo

Jonathan Fisk (BS '17, MS '17)

Earth Systems Program
Erika Lynn Public Service Photo

Erika Lynn Kreeger (BS '17)

Earth Systems Program
Jon Payne holding whale vertebrae

Editors' picks: Favorite Stanford Earth research stories of 2016

Stanford School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences
Climate Change, Dynamic Earth, Energy, Evolution of Earth and Life, Food and Agriculture, Fresh Water Resources, Human Dimensions and Sustainability, Natural Hazards, Oceans
solar panels in Kern County, Calif.

Stanford unveils innovative solar generating station

Stanford News Service
Energy
cattle with wind farms in the background

Methane from food production could be wildcard in combating climate change

Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
Climate Change, Food and Agriculture
Scientists at AGU 2016

Stanford Earth Ice Research at AGU 2016

Stanford School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences
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Stanford Law School

Syrian crisis altered region’s land and water resources, Stanford study finds

Stanford School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences
Food and Agriculture, Fresh Water Resources
Oklahoma earthquake map
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Popular Science
Oil storage tanks outside Cushing, Oklahoma
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The Atlantic
Jef Caers, Lewis Li, Tony Kovscek, and Pam Matson at the celebratory lunch.

Lewis Li - First Siebel Scholar in SE3

Siebel Scholars Foundation Announces 2017 Siebel Scholars
Oklahoma oil rigs

Number of manmade earthquakes in Oklahoma declining, but risk remains high

Stanford School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences
Energy, Natural Hazards
Ray Kemble holds two samples of well water from his neighborhood in Dimock, PA.
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Marketplace
Steven Gorelick and AAAS logo
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Stanford Medicine
Shannon Switzer Swanson
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Stanford News
underwater shot of Dennis Islands

New Emmett family gift will extend Stanford’s leadership in environmental education

Stanford School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences
abandoned natural gas well

Study of abandoned oil and gas wells reveals new ways of identifying and fixing the worst methane emitters

Stanford School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences
Climate Change, Energy

ESS at AGU Fall 2016 Meeting

Stanford School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences
Texas and Oklahoma stress maps

New maps reveal safe locations for wastewater injection

Stanford School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences
Dynamic Earth, Energy
Polar bear standing on an ice flow

Rapid Arctic warming has global effects

Stanford School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences
Climate Change
Fran Ulmer

Rapid Arctic warming has global effects

Stanford School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences
Katherine Mach

Q&A with Katharine Mach: How can the world manage a historic climate agreement?

Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
Climate Change

A. J. Horn Lecture on Energy 2016

Ice from above
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Journal of Glaciology
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Stanford News
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Starting Autumn 2016-17
Richard Nevelle hugging student

Stanford Earth Reunion 2016

Stanford School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences
young girl at Sentebale health-care center

Stanford researchers find 15 million children in high-mortality hotspots in Sub-Saharan Africa

Stanford Health Policy
Human Dimensions and Sustainability
natural gas pipes

'Super emitters’ are responsible for more than half of U.S. methane emissions

Stanford School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences
Climate Change, Energy
Antarctica glaciers

Studies offer new glimpse of melting under Antarctic glaciers

Stanford School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences
Climate Change
SURGE class of 2016

Six Years of SURGE

Stanford School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences
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Indie Alaska
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The Washington Post
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Stanford News
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Climate Central
Ice flow

Future of Antarctic marine protected areas is at risk

Stanford School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences
Food and Agriculture, Oceans

Central Asia’s 'de-greening'

Stanford School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences
Climate Change, Dynamic Earth
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The Christian Science Monitor
Margot Gerritsen
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Leadership Climate
Students explore the archaeological site of Cumae

Humans, Volcanoes, and Archeology: A seminar experience in Italy

Program's Summer Fellowship/Award Deadlines approaching in February

Earth Systems Program

Are we in a "Sixth Extinction"?

Stanford School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences
Evolution of Earth and Life, Natural Hazards

Sumeet Trehan Receives First Place in SPE International Student Paper Contest

Stanford Energy Resources Engineering
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KQED
Climate Change
grasslands
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Associated Press
Climate Change, Food and Agriculture
Satellite image of plant growth

Measuring land use change and human impact with technology

Stanford School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences
Food and Agriculture, Human Dimensions and Sustainability

Hai Vo and Lou Durlofsky Receive Best Paper Award

Mathematical Geosciences
Pam Matson in front of a screen with a blue globe

State of the School 2016

Stanford School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences
Mark Zoback

Mark Zoback receives AGI public service award

Stanford School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences
Student holding a notebook

Field Learning at Stanford Earth

Stanford School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences
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The Washington Post
earthquake damaged wall

Satellites help link Texas earthquakes to wastewater injection

Stanford School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences
Energy, Natural Hazards
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Emerson Collective

Space-Based Remote Sensing to Inform Food Security

Stanford School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences
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