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EARTH & PLANETARY SCIENCES NEWS Support the Casey Moore Fund [Details] Research Scientist Mark Snyder talks about climate change and ocean dead zones on KPFK radio (March 5, 2009 program) [link] Susan Schwartz discusses slow slip earthquakes at the AAAS meeting [link] Learn about Antarctic field expeditions by Slawek Tulaczyk and Jake Walter at "Ice Stories", a site hosted by the Exploratorium [Link] 8th Annual UCSC Earth & Planetary Sciences Alumni Reception at Fall AGU is Tuesday, December 16, 2008 [Details] Alumna Lisa White receives the first Bromery Award for the Minorities from the Geological Society of America [Full Story] Article in Discover magazine features work by Slawek Tulaczyk on the stability of the Antarctic Ice Sheet [Full Story] Study by graduate student Charlie Barnhart and colleagues at NASA Ames suggests that valley networks on Mars formed during long period of episodic flooding [Full Story] Alumna Judith Totman Parrish elected president of the Geological Society of America[Full Story] Rob Coe and Jim Zachos receive Humboldt Research Awards [Full Story] Emily Brodsky awarded the James B. Macelwane medal from AGU [Full Story] Computer simulations by EPS researchers support the idea that a giant impact could explain the bipolar topographic differences on Mars [Full Story] Patrick Chuang and Slawek Tulaczyk promoted The department is pleased to announce the promotion of Patrick Chuang to Associate Professor with tenure and of Slawek Tulaczyk to Full Professor. Graduate student Nicholas Van Der Elst receives ARCS Foundation Scholarship [Full Story] New findings by EPS researchers suggest that uplift of the Tibetan Plateau occurred in stages [Full Story] Graduate alumnus Ian Howat receives AGU Young Investigator Award in cryospheric science [Full Story] Jim Zachos elected a fellow of the American Geophysical Union [Full Story] Jim Zachos participates in AAAS Symposium on ocean acidification [Full Story] Lisa Sloan and Andy Fisher discuss the impacts of future climate change on California water resources at a public forum [Full Story] Casey Moore participates in project to deep-drill into the Nankai Trough seismogenic zone [Full Story] Study by researcher Simon Day finds that oral traditions effectively warn people about tsunamis [Full Story] Graduate alumna Brooke Crowley wins a campus photography prize [Full Story] Rob Coe receives the AGU Gilbert Award [Full Story] Andy Fisher advises regional planners on water resources [Full Story] Quentin Williams appointed chair of the UCSC Academic Senate [Full Story]     News Archive   If you would like to submit a news item, please email a link to the published story (preferred) or full text to webmaster@es.ucsc.edu.

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