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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July 22, 2020New study shows retreat of East Antarctic Ice Sheet during previous warm periods
June 22, 2020Evidence supports ‘hot start’ scenario and early ocean formation on Pluto
April 27, 2020Planetary scientist Francis Nimmo elected to National Academy of Sciences

Department Events

WES Seminar - October 20, 2020
3:30PM
Speaker: Francis Rengers, USGS

IGPP Seminar - October 23, 2020
12:00PM
Speaker: Laura Wallace, GNS Science, New Zealand, and the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics

Minecraft Escape Room - October 23, 2020
2:30PM

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