Half of California could be occupied by new bird communities by 2070, according to a new study by researchers at Stanford  and partner institutions

Tagged: California, climate change, Environmental Research, Environment & Sustainability, Humanities & Sciences

Global warming will likely put enormous strain on California's water supply and energy systems and have a devastating impact on certain crops, say Stanford researchers.

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Stanford professors and an army of 13 graduate and undergraduate students have found that there are major differences in the “bang for the buck” from different technologies proposed for reducing the California’s greenhouse gas emissions by 170 million metric tons a year.

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Stanford researchers have headed an unprecedented investigation into California's troubled K-12 education system. Their findings reveal that millions of students will be able to attain the state's high achievement standards only if what they describe as California's irrational, complex and restrictive school finance and governance system is overhauled from the bottom up.

Tagged: California, Center for Education Policy Analysis, teaching, K-12 Education, Education