UC Santa Cruz - Earth & Planetary Sciences

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Seismology and Earthquake Physics

Explore Climate Change with Jim Zachos, Paul Koch, and National Geographic

Antarctic Research

Focus on Reserach: Crustal Hydrogeology

Climate Dymanics Group

Focus on Reserach: Costa Rica Seismogenic Zone Structure and Behavior

Undergraduates in 189B summer field

spend three weeks studying geologically complex regions in the White-Inyo Mountains of eastern California

Undergraduate students in the major celebrate their successful completion of the EPS 188B summer field curriculum

Focus on Research: Biogeochemistry - Adina Paytan

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June 2, 2020Alumna Kathy Sullivan embarks on another first, this time to the ocean’s depths
April 27, 2020Planetary scientist Francis Nimmo elected to National Academy of Sciences
January 27, 2020Seismic biomarkers in Japan Trench fault zone reveal history of large earthquakes

Department Events

WES Seminar - June 2, 2020
3:30PM
Speaker: Ryan Emanuel, North Carolina State University

IGPP Seminar - June 5 2020
12:00PM
Speaker: Harsha Bhat, Laboratoire de Géologie, Ecole Normale Supérieure

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