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Earth Day, Every Day @StanfordEarth

At Stanford Earth, every day is an opportunity to explore our planet and identify sustainable practices to manage our resources for the next generation.

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At the Stanford School of Earth, Energy amp Environmental Sciences, faculty and students engage in research and problem solving critical to 21st century issues, including a secure energy future, climate solutions, reducing disaster risks, and food an
Student in forest
Measuring biodiversity in the forests of Hawaii as part of the annual Wrigley Field Program #EarthDayEveryDay (photo by Bjorn Carey)
Professor and student with ice drill
Drilling ice cores to test the health of the Arctic Ocean’s food chain #EarthDayEveryDay (photo by Amanda Kowalski, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
Student scuba diver next to coral
Extracting coral in Palau to investigate how Earth’s climate has changed over the past thousand years #EarthDayEveryDay (photo by Rob Dunbar)
Student in lab
Using micro-models to optimize reservoir engineering and energy extraction as part of the Stanford Summer Undergraduate Research in Geoscience and Engineering (SURGE) program #EarthDayEveryDay (photo by Stacy Geiken)
Student with dirty hands
Helping to drill a safe drinking water well in Cambodia as part of a BING Overseas Studies program, avoiding dangerous arsenic contamination #EarthDayEveryDay (photo courtesy of Arjun Krishnaswami)
Student in cave
Tracking sediment flow across New Zealand to understand erosion and deposition rates on a geological sciences field research trip #EarthDayEveryDay (photo courtesy of Miles Traer)
Student standing atop mountain
Solving the mystery of the contentious age of California’s iconic Sierra Nevada mountain range using advanced chemical analysis techniques #EarthDayEveryDay (photo courtesy of Hari Mix)
Student mixing compost
Testing alternative composting methods for small-scale sustainable agriculture practiced at the O’Donohue Family Stanford Educational Farm on campus #EarthDayEveryDay (photo by Linda Cicero, Stanford News Service)
Professor and student in laboratory
Investigating natural gas extraction by simulating underground reservoir conditions in the lab at Energy Resources Engineering #EarthDayEveryDay (photo by John Todd)
Student on Monterey beach
Using electrodes to measure saltwater intrusion into precious freshwater resources along the California coast #EarthDayEveryDay (photo by Stacy Geiken)
Student on New Zealand beach
Understanding seafloor evolution, hazards posed to underwater telecommunications cables, and the formation of sandy reservoirs in New Zealand #EarthDayEveryDay (photo by Miles Traer)
Student on mountain in South Africa
Probing the origins of Earth’s atmosphere and early life’s response to massive meteor impacts in South Africa #EarthDayEveryDay (photo by Don Lowe)
Students snorkeling in lake
Relaxing by swimming in Jellyfish Lake in tropical Palau after a long day’s work in the field (each yellow dot is a jellyfish) #EarthDayEveryDay (photo by Rob Dunbar)

 

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