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Stanford-led study reveals a fifth of California’s Sierra Nevada conifer forests are stranded in habitats that have grown too warm for them
March 15, 2023 | Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
Media coverage of a new Stanford-led study, which found that Sierra Nevada conifers are stranded in habitats which have grown too warm for them. The... Read More
Why do rorqual whales need to be enormous? Answer helps identify species threatened by climate change
March 15, 2023 | Down to Earth
Jeremy Goldbogen discusses recent findings of a Stanford-led study concerning the physiology and feeding patterns of rorqual whales. 
Mapping California’s ‘Zombie’ Forests
March 6, 2023 | The New York Times
Reporting on recent Stanford-led research studying the effects of a warming climate on conifer forests of the Sierra Nevada. 
California's 'zombie forests' are 'cheating death' as the climate has changed so drastically it's no longer able to support them
March 6, 2023 | Business Insider
Chris Field and Avery Hill on recent research about the management of impending ecological transitions, specifically when it comes to conifer forests... Read More
Recent storms helps deliver drought relief to California
March 2, 2023 | CBS News
Felicia Marcus weighs in on the relieving impacts of recent storms on California's drought.
Carbon dioxide emissions reached a record high in 2022
March 2, 2023 | The Economic Times of India
Rob Jackson notes that we can't afford any growth or stasis in carbon emissions-- even on the order of partial percentage points. 
Biden-Harris Administration Invests $3.7 Million in Project to Deepen Relationships and Trust Among Key Parties to Improve Hydropower Research and Development
March 2, 2023 | Office of Energy, Efficiency, and Renewable Energy
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) funds a project that expands on the Woods Institute’s "Uncommon Dialogue on Hydropower, River Restoration, and... Read More
Floods, Fires, Drought and…Hope? How L.A. Will Survive the Coming Apocalypse
February 28, 2023 | LA Magazine
Noah Diffenbaugh weighs in on what awaits in 2050, in terms of infrastructure, nature, culture, demography, agriculture, and health.
A ‘climate solution’ that spies worry could trigger war
February 27, 2023 | The Washington Post
Chris Field comments on the geopolitics of solar engineering. 

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