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Environment and Climate Change
November 13th, 2012
Climate change threatens military readiness and global security
CISAC, Shorenstein APARC in the newsThe National Research Council released an 18-month study which finds that climate change, whether natural or man-made, poses a major threat to global security. Read more »
September 14th, 2012
Study in Nature suggests wind power could meet global energy needs
in the news: Nature Climate Change on September 9, 2012Former Perry Fellow Katherine Marvel and colleagues at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory published a major study challenging conventional ideas about the limits of wind power. Through simulations and models, they find that wind power could meet global energy needs but caution that growth will likely be determined by economic, political, or technical factors and not global geophysical limitations.
- » Geophysical limits to global wind power
- » Washington Post: Could wind power ever meet the world's energy needs?
March 12th, 2012
Stanford experts look at lessons learned from Japan crisis
in the newsMarch 11 marked the one-year anniversary of Japan's 9.0 earthquake and the meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. CISAC's experts examine what Japan and the world have learned from these catastrophic events.
- » Ed Blandford: The events at Fukushima Daiichi were due to a series of failures
- » Rodney Ewing: We need to know more about what happens when hot seawater hits nuclear fuel
March 8th, 2012
Rodney Ewing in Science magazine reviews irradiated nuclear fuel on Fukushima anniversary
in the news: Science on March 9, 2012On anniversary of Japan's nuclear disaster, CISAC affiliate Rodney Ewing reviews in Science magazine the various nuclear fuel interactions after a meltdown.
February 29th, 2012
Stanford’s Straub, Hecker explain North Korea’s plan to halt nuclear program
CISAC, FSI Stanford, Shorenstein APARC NewsIn an agreement with Washington, Pyongyang will allow nuclear inspectors into North Korea and also receive much-needed nutritional assistance to the impoverished country. David Straub and Siegfried Hecker discuss Pyongyang’s moratorium on nuclear testing. Read more »
November 21st, 2011
CISAC Honors graduate awarded a Rhodes Scholarship
CISAC, FSI Stanford AnnouncementCongratulations to Anand Habib, selected this weekend for a Rhodes Scholarship. Habib, a biology major, was a Class of 2011 CISAC honors graduate. His thesis focused on health governance, and he is currently working at a medical clinic about 100 miles outside of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Read more »
November 18th, 2011
CISAC Honors graduate wins George J. Mitchell Scholarship
CISAC, FSI Stanford AnnouncementCongratulations to Philippe de Koning, recipient of the George J. Mitchell Scholarship. De Koning, 22, of Paris, France, earned a bachelor's degree in international relations at Stanford in 2010, and was a Class of 2010 graduate of the CISAC honors program. Read more »