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Earthquake prediction from precursory electromagnetic anomalies
This monitoring program tests whether electromagnetic anomalies precede earthquakes and may be useful for earthquake prediction. The experiment was first set up in 1996, then upgraded in 2004,and was largely inspired by the observation that in the epicentral region of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, magnetic field strength in one part of the spectrum increased to 100 times the normal background just before the main shock.
In the hillside above the seismic monitoring station, one set of electrodes is buried. From this set of electrodes, buried wires run 100m in two perpendicular directions and connect to additional electrodes, with the whole array forming a right angle. Near the elctrodes at the vertex, magnetic field sensors are also buried. The equipment is connected to data processing equipment at Searsville Lab.
The monitoring equipment is located directly above, and coordinates with, the seismic monitoring station. The seismic station provides conventional and ... Read More
JRBP faculty director Chris Field to receive Heinz Award for environmental science and leadership
Stanford researcher and JRBP faculty director Chris Field will be one of the 10 recipients of the 2009 Heinz Awards. The Heinz Family Foundation is recognizing Field "for his leadership and innovation in carbon cycle and climate science."
Field, a professor of biology and earth systems science at Stanford, also serves as the director of the Carnegie Institution's Department of Global Ecology and is a co-chair of IPCC Working Group 2.
Read more at Stanford News Service
Jasper Ridge provides hands-on learning for local students
Local high school students are learning ecology at Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve through the Redwood Environmental Academy of Leadership (REAL), a program based at Redwood High School in Redwood City.
The REAL program is funded by a grant from the Stanford Initiative on Improving K-12 Education.
Read more at Stanford News Service
New Restoration Ecology Fellowship Program at JRBP
Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve is pleased to announce a new fellowship program to support a visiting scholar,
focused on the emerging science of restoration ecology.
Click here for details (PDF)
2007-2008 Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve
Annual Report
The 2007-2008 Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve Annual Report is now available for download in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format.
Click here to download.
JRBP Draft Strategic Plan
The draft JRBP strategic plan reviewed by the External Review Committee is available online at
jrbp.stanford.edu/stratplan.php.
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JRBP Mission Statement
The mission of Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve is to contribute to the understanding
of the Earth's natural systems through research, education, and protection of the
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