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A feud over fossil fuel money
Some faculty and students at Stanford want the university to reject industry donations. It’s the latest clash in a wider battle over whether to shun oil and gas money.
Stanford researchers say 1,800-mile squid migration caused by climate change
Stanford researchers have solved a mystery about why a species of squid native to California has been found thriving in the Gulf of Alaska about 1,800 miles north of its expected range: climate change.
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Can California resurrect its lone nuclear power plant because of climate change?
Some Californians and powerful scholars are trying to resurrect nuclear energy in the state from the dead. The reason: California cannot meet its climate change obligations without it.
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Survey suggests climate change has reduced presence of invasive Argentine ants
A nearly 30-year survey, conducted at Stanford's Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve, has found that the distribution of Argentine ants has shrunk as a result of climate change. Meanwhile, native species are faring better.
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Global warming increased U.S. crop insurance losses by $27 billion in 27 years, Stanford study finds
Higher temperatures attributed to climate change caused payouts from the nation's biggest farm support program to increase by $27 billion between 1991 and 2017.
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Former Stanford president Donald Kennedy dies of COVID-19
Neurobiologist was appointed in 1980, served 12 years at helm
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Animal viruses are jumping to humans. Forest loss makes it easier
New research from Stanford University holds lessons for a world reeling from the coronavirus and searching for ways to avert the next global pandemic.
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