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Many ocean dwellers are much larger than their terrestrial relatives. But why? Research by William Gearty, PhD ‘19, has identified that in many cases, the larger the mammal, the more likely they can survive in frigid water. The same goes for many ancient reptiles, despite being cold-blooded.
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Earth system science professor Kate Maher writes about the mechanisms that heat and cool the planet, knowledge she also contributed to Smithsonian's new Hall of Fossils – Deep Time exhibition opening June 8 at the National Museum of Natural History.
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Brown, a professor emeritus of geological sciences, was honored for scientific excellence and eminence as represented by long-term outstanding scientific publication in mineralogical sciences.
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Stanford Libraries is one of the first academic institutions to add Planet’s dataset to its list of resources.
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The geophysics professor has been recognized for his role in the peer-review process, providing in-depth evaluations that greatly improved the final published papers, often over multiple rounds of revision.
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The hearing, “Creating a Climate Resilient America” was one of many climate-related hearings held in 2019 in the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives.
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Greg Beroza comments on work by his former student, Marine Denolle, PhD '14, who received the 2019 Charles F. Richter Early Career Award for research on ground motion predictions for future earthquakes.
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Architecture magazine dezeen features the work of CAW Architects to create an agricultural complex that serves the needs of farmers, students and the community at the O'Donohue Family Stanford Educational Farm.
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Earth system science professor Rob Jackson is collaborating on a project with the Berkeley Lab to monitor emissions of methane in California.
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Geological sciences professor George Hilley discusses teaching "Our National Parks," a two-unit course that includes a weekend field trip to Pinnacles National Park and helps undergraduates build relationships with the land.
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Alumna Deepti Singh, ESS PhD '15, an assistant professor at Washington State University, has been named to the 2019 Grist 50! for her innovative solutions to the biggest challenges that face our globe.
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Earth system science professor Chris Field is co-chair of a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NAS) committee analyzing geoengineering strategies that reflect sunlight to cool Earth.
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Sarayu Pai writes in The Stanford Daily about her experience taking "GEOLSCI 5: Living on the Edge," a one-unit weekend field trip along the Pacific coast that teaches students about local geology.
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With a few changes to existing energy operations, Stanford could further reduce its carbon footprint and costs in a model that other large campuses, towns and even cities can benefit from, a new study finds.
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Greg Beroza writes about how machine learning offers a new way to use massive amounts of geoscience data to tackle complex, unsolved problems in the context of a March 2019 conference he helped organize.
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Ahinoam Pollack and Ayaka Abe created a project for the 2019 Geothermal Student Competition they hope "will help people better understand geothermal energy."
