COP27 leaves world on dangerous warming path despite historic climate fund
Article quotes Rob Jackson, professor of Earth system science and senior fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment, arguing it's "inevitable" that the world will pass the safe warming threshold.
Arun Majumdar’s mom cooked over a coal stove on the floor, and now he’s the first leader of Stanford’s new climate school – here is his story
A profile of Arun Majumdar, dean of the Doerr School of Sustainability, professor of mechanical engineering, and senior fellow at the Precourt Institute for Energy.
Unless CO2 plummets, nations may breach warming limit by 2030
Article quotes Rob Jackson, professor of Earth system science and senior fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment, on the seriousness of a 1% growth in pollution.
Massive learning setbacks show COVID’s sweeping toll on kids
Article quotes Sean Reardon, professor of poverty and inequality in education and senior fellow at SIEPR, on how the effects of a crisis are felt the most by those with the least resources.
Climate pledges depend too much on natural carbon sinks
Article quotes Rob Jackson, professor of Earth system science and senior fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment, on the debate to determine the carbon sequestration potential of lands and land uses.
Swimming with a robot ‘mermaid’: Up close with Stanford’s deep-water explorer
Article quotes Oussama Khatib, professor of computer science, explaining form follows function as the reason the haptic-controlled deep water robot OceanOneK has a humanoid form.
Behind U.S. Supreme Court race cases, a contested push for ‘color blindness’
Quotes Michael McConnell, professor of law and senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, arguing the Supreme Court should "move slowly" in regards to affirmative action.
How the sound of music helps change nightmares into happy dreams
Quotes Rafael Pelayo, clinical professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, commenting on a study that showed combining imagery rehearsal therapy with a sound led to fewer nightmares among participants for as long as three months afterward.
Quotes Matthew Rascoff, vice provost for digital education, on how a Stanford self-study showed community rallied around a shared goal of academic continuity during the pandemic. Also commenting on the study are John Mitchell, professor of computer science, Kenji Ikemoto, academic technology specialist, Lisa Anderson, associate director of digital partnerships and Cindy Berhtram, associate director of project management for digital education.
Researchers find benzene, other toxics in gas piped to California homes
Quotes Rob Jackson, professor of Earth system science and senior fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment, on how electrification is not only good for the environment, but for personal health.
California wildfires reversed years of climate change progress in 2020 alone, study says
Quotes Michael Wara, director of the Climate and Energy Policy Program and a senior research scholar at the Woods Institute for the Environment and the Doerr School of Sustainability, arguing against equating wildfire carbon with carbon from exhaust pipes.
In California, unhealthy pollution from wildfire smoke has become dangerously common
Article quotes Kari Nadeau, director of the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research, on how wildfire smoke dissipates but the polluting byproducts get worse over time.
Article quotes a tweet from Keith Humphreys, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, outlining the difference between "re-scheduling" and "de-scheduling" marijuana.
Nobel Prize in Chemistry is awarded to three scientists for work ‘snapping molecules together’
Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and K. Barry Sharpless were honored for their advances in “click chemistry,” which could have important applications in treating and diagnosing illnesses.
Article quotes Anna Lembke, associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, on how we construct our identities by how we are seen by others.
Russia is losing the edge in Ukraine, but Putin still seems ready to double down
Interview with Michael McFaul, professor of political science and senior fellow at FSI and Hoover Institution, about Putin's mindset as the war in Ukraine shifts out of Russia's favor.
The big picture: Bay Area space scientists build world’s largest digital camera
Article quotes Aaron Roodman, professor of particle physics, on the world’s largest digital camera, which is being assembled at SLAC and has 3.2 billion pixels.