We are Stanford Earth.
We are Stanford Earth.
We are Stanford Earth.
We are Stanford Earth.
We are Stanford Earth.
We are Stanford Earth.
We are Stanford Earth.
Stanford earth is an
incredibly broad place.
We look both at the fundamentals
of the science of the earth
as well as the
translational results
that go towards applications
that affect society.
We study all
aspects of the Earth
from ice sheets, glaciers,
the oceans, coral reefs,
all terrestrial environments.
There's something to be learned
in all of those settings.
Something that's become
really clear to me is that
the sustainability challenges
that our planet is currently
facing cannot be solved
by one discipline alone.
We combine geologists,
competition of scientists,
and physicists to
solve our problems.
I got into geology in
large part because I
like to look back in time.
I thought the wonder of being
able to take a rock that's
a billion years old tell
what was happening back
a billion years ago on
earth was just marvelous.
In the same way that medical
imaging has revolutionized
our approach to
human health, I am
convinced that Earth imaging
can revolutionize our approach
to our freshwater future.
Our research, for
instance, in oil and gas
helps us to understand
exactly where oil and gas is
in the subsurface and how we
can most efficiently produce
that oil and gas in the most
environmentally safe manner.
With CO2 sequestration
the idea is
to inject CO2 into
the subsurface
in order to control
the emissions of CO2
into the atmosphere.
Being able to connect the
study of the rock types,
too, the cycling of elements
at the atmospheric scale
is really, really
unique and gives us
an advantage I don't see
anywhere else in the world.
I'm one of many people in this
school that works in the field.
We work everywhere on
the planet literally.
I talk to colleagues
at other universities
or other research
institutions that
have start to realize how
fortunate I am to be here.
I love field work with
students and teaching
classes in the field.
Learning not just the
material, but learning
how the material that they
learn in the classroom
was distilled from
real world observations
is really important.
There was only so far
you can go in a classroom
or with textbook.
So we take them out to
see dams, we get them out
on fishing boats, we take
them out into the forest
where logging has
occurred, and they
meet the professionals
that are engaged
in managing these resources.
So our students are
really a remarkable lot.
They seek insight,
they seek knowledge.
And it's fascinating.
It injects you with energy
that keeps you going.
They're entrepreneurial,
they're bright.
I focus on
transportation because I
feel like it's a direct pathway
to making our cities more
equitable and sustainable.
When you're helping the
environment, you also,
you have to be
helping people too.
I'm passionate about empowering
smallholder farmers to create
a world without hunger.
So why should anyone care
to study geosciences?
It's one of the most
applied sciences
you can take that affects your
real world experiences day in
and day out.
There is one earth to be
good to know how it works.
It's really humbling to be part
of a school that was really
a cornerstone of the university
from the very beginning.
I love Stanford
Earth because it's
given me the flexibility
and the support that I
needed to develop into
the student and the person
that I am today.
I am Stanford Earth.
I am Stanford Earth.
I am Stanford Earth.
I am Stanford Earth.
I am Stanford Earth.
I am Stanford Earth.
I am Stanford Earth.
I am Stanford Earth.
This is Stanford Earth.
