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Hands holding a rope

Improving environmental decision-making processes

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Marshall Burke standing next to a tree

Human conflict heats up with global warming

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Climate Change
Frank Gehrke, Jerry Brown and Mark Cowin at press conference
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Stanford Report
Branner library stacks

Celebrating the Branner Library Centennial

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Rob Jackson

Poet, musician, scientist

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Victor Xu talking to a class

Undergrads as hydro-detectives

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Geothermal research unlocks the clean energy beneath your feet

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Tiziana Vanorio standing in front of the Rock Physics Laboratory

NSF CAREER award for Tiziana Vanorio

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Alessandra

Alessandra Santiago (Earth Systems BS '14, MS '15)

Earth Systems Program
Oil drums
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Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Sarah Brickman

Sarah Brickman (Earth Systems BS'17)

Earth Systems Program
Solar panels

Solar could meet California energy demand three to five times over

Carnegie Institution of Washington
Energy
Palani Akana

Palani Akana (Earth Systems BS '15, MS&E MS '16)

Earth Systems Program
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Washington Post
Gorelick, Lobell, and Lambin

Leading journal honors faculty research

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Test facility for post-combustion carbon capture

For carbon dioxide emissions, a backup plan to business as usual

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Climate Change, Energy
Contestants at table

Oceans of questions, and answers

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Earthquake epicenter of the coast of Japan

Advancing earthquake and tsunami science: Tōhoku four years later

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Natural Hazards

Animal functional diversity started out poor, became richer over time

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Oceans, Evolution of Earth and Life
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Warming temperatures implicated in recent California droughts

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Climate Change, Fresh Water Resources
Students doing field work in Nevada

Ancient 'topsy-turvy' climate in western U.S. informs current climate models

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Climate Change
Grain field

European grain yield stagnation related to climate change

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Climate Change, Food and Agriculture
Jonathan Payne

Animals tend to evolve toward larger sizes over time

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Evolution of Earth and Life
Noah Diffenbaugh
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AGU Blogs
Image of novel carbon bonding at high pressure

Novel Carbon Bonding at High Pressure

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A message from Dean Pamela Matson

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Wheat field
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Stanford Center on Food Security and the Environment
Climate Change, Food and Agriculture
Turtle swimming in the ocean

Bold solutions for high seas marine conservation

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Food and Agriculture, Oceans
A picture of the Earth with the Stanford Earth Logo

Stanford renames Earth Sciences school to convey the breadth of its research and teaching

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Precipitation map of North America
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The California Weather Blog
Offshore oil rig

Stanford scientists use ocean waves to monitor offshore oil and gas fields

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Energy
Margot Gerritsen
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Stanford University

Bob Lindblom on Twenty+ Years as a Pre-Major Advisor

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Daniel Swain
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High Country News
Emissions from a coal fired power plant

Estimated social cost of climate change too low

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Climate Change
Owen Liu
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Santa Barbara Independent
Chinese fisherman
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Stanford FSI
Food and Agriculture, Oceans
Ice sheet in Antartica
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CNBC
Noah Diffenbaugh
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Cartoon image of the Earth receiving an injection
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Rob Jackson
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Wreckage from Japans 2011 earthquake and tsunami
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Miles Traer's cartoon drawing

The latest on Earth, and space

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Sterling silver inductor created by 3D printing
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Stanford News
Page Chamberlain standing in a research lab

Inaugural nature research award to Chamberlain

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Natural gas well
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NPR
People standing under umbrellas
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Stanford News
Tire over dry, cracked earth
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National Geographic
Beach in Monterey Bay

Freshwater challenge

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Fresh Water Resources
'Clue into Climate' ibook icons
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Stanford News
Lynn Orr
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Stanford News
Fracking well
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TribTalk
Dead Chilean sea bass
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Cennamology.com
Eric Lambin

Urban agriculture on the rise

International Water Management Institute
Evolution of Earth and Life
David Lobell
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Forbes
Math on a blackboard

Sensory Earth - Visualizing mathematics

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Sensory Earth Image
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Stanford School Of Earth Sciences

Welcome back to (Stanford) Earth

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Jenny Suckale writing out an equation

The equation that keeps on giving

Stanford School Of Earth Sciences
Natural Hazards
Potable Water tank
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Stanford Report
Kate Maher holding post-it notes

Thanks to the top teachers

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Stanford Report
Satellite using radar technology

Sensory Earth - Seeing Groundwater From Space

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Fresh Water Resources
Volcano

Sensory Earth - Screaming Volcanoes

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Natural Hazards

Sensory Earth - Earth from 750 million miles away

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Peter Vitousek lecturing students outside
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Stanford Report
Kevin Arrigo standing in front of a U.S coast guard ship
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TESTED.com
Coffee
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The Guardian
Margot Gerritsen
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Stanford Report
Climate graph

WATCH: Undergraduates help demystify Earth's climate system

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Power plant releasing carbon emissions
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Stanford Graduate School of Business
Chris Field
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Worldview Stanford
Eric Lambin in front of his computer screen

Eric Lambin wins 2014 Volvo Environmental Prize

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Stanford Report
Greg Beroza standing at the epicenter of the Loma Prieta earthquake
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Stanford News
Natural Hazards
Leslie Stahl
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Stanford Report
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NBC News
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NPR
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Water in the West
Fresh Water Resources
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KQED
Rosemary Knight speaking with KSBW
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KSBW
Roz Naylor

Can we feed the world in the 21st century?

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Stanford Report
Students looking over a map

LISTEN: The next generation of Earth scientists

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Laura Katz
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New York Times
Aerial photo of a resevoir

Causes of California Drought Linked to Climate Change

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Climate Change
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Huffington Post
Mark Zoback

Mark Zoback to receive award for outstanding research

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BBC
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Food and Agriculture
Natural gas plant
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Energy
Kevin Boyce, David Lobell

Stanford ‘Geniuses’ Reflect Back

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Usua Amanam
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Pac-12
Wheat field in China
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Stanford Report
Food and Agriculture
Assistant Professor Tiziana Vanorio in her lab

Vanorio to receive award for innovative teaching

Stanford School Of Earth Sciences
Thermal image of a weather system
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The California Weather Blog
A boy looking at cars in a collapsed garage.
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Stanford Report
Natural Hazards
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Preparing undergraduates for a future in the Earth sciences

Stanford School Of Earth Sciences
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New Scientist

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