Posts for tag "Stanford University"
Method Emerges For Estimating Biodiversity With Tree Cover
After nearly a decade of fieldwork in Costa Rica, Stanford University scientists have devised a method for estimating biodiversity using tree cover.
- Posted November 4, 2016
Deep Groundwater Found In California’s Central Valley
Beyond what is typical for groundwater exploration, at depths of around 1,000 feet, Stanford University researchers have found additional groundwater supplies in California’s Central Valley. But the find doesn’t solve the state’s water woes — pumping it...
- Posted July 7, 2016
Calculating Groundwater From Satellites In San Luis Valley
The quest to answer scientific questions through remote sensing never seems to end, and that is for good reasons: There simply aren’t enough researchers to cover all the areas that need studied and detecting things with satellites...
- Posted June 27, 2016
Modeling Helps Explain How Massive Underwater Canyons Form
Hidden off the central California coast is a gorge carved into the seafloor that rivals the Grand Canyon, its steep walls measuring nearly one mile from top to bottom. The Monterey Canyon is one of thousands of...
- Posted April 7, 2016
Bubbling Technique May Help Combat Ocean Acidification
Researchers find a bubbling technique works well at removing CO2 from seawater. The method might help mitigate effects of ocean acidification.
- Posted April 5, 2016
Study Of Deep Turbulence Reveals Ocean Currents Insights
New findings on small-scale turbulence deep in the Gulf of Mexico aid understanding of ocean currents, with implications for weather and climate models.
- Posted April 4, 2016
Stanford University Study Charts Groundwater Arsenic Formation
Stanford researchers chart groundwater arsenic formation, a problem in Southeast Asia.
- Posted February 8, 2016
Rock Samples Reveal Age Of The Sierra Nevada
Using chemical analysis techniques of rock samples, Stanford University researchers determine the age of the Sierra Nevada mountain range.
- Posted January 7, 2016
New Satellite Method Tracks Crop Yields From Space
NASA scientists have used satellites to collect agricultural data for decades, largely using the “greenness” of plants to track them from afar. But they have advanced the tech since then, producing a new method to measure crop...
- Posted November 18, 2015
Ice Sheets May Be More Resilient Than Once Thought
Many have predicted that ice sheets are gradually going to melt as a result of global warming, but according to a recent Stanford’s School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences press release, the effect of global warming...
- Posted September 11, 2015
Pilot Program Gives Southern Californians Knowledge Of Beach Water Quality
At some Southern California beaches, swimmers and surfers can learn about the water quality before diving in, according to a report from Southern California Public Radio 89.3 KPCC. Santa Monica Pier, Doheny State Beach and Arroyo Burro...
- Posted July 24, 2015
Study finds wastewater injections behind increase in Oklahoma earthquakes
More earthquakes than usual have been hitting Oklahoma lately. While researchers say those quakes would have happened anyway, oil production practices are making them happen much sooner than usual, according to a release from Stanford University’s School...
- Posted June 30, 2015
