Month: October 2025
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Andy Fisher wins the NEXTies “Brainwave Award”
The “Brainwave Award” recognizes groundbreaking research, innovation, or scientific discovery. It was awarded to Andy Fisher in 2025 for his research into urban flooding, saltwater intrusion, and freshwater supply in the Pajaro River Valley.
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October 20, 2025 – Voon Hui Lai, Australian National University
Speaker: Voon Hui Lai, Australian National University Title: Advancing Fault and Coastal Monitoring with Fibre Optic Sensing Time: Monday, Oct 20 at 1:00pm PST Location: EMS C332 Abstract: Understanding and monitoring environmental hazards, ranging from catastrophic events like landslides and debris flows to gradual processes such as ground subsidence, requires high-resolution, long-term observational data. However, these processes often…
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October 22, 2025 – Hadar Cohen Sadon, UC Santa Cruz
Speaker: Hadar Cohen Sadon, UC Santa Cruz Title: The Role of the Reactive Iron-to-Sulfate Ratio in Organic Matter Preservation and the δ³⁴S Record of Sedimentary Rocks Time: Wednesday, Oct 22 at 12:00pm PST Location: EMS B210 Abstract: Microbial sulfate reduction (MSR) occurs in oxygen-depleted environments and is one of the most effective processes shaping global sulfur…
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October 24, 2025 – Ian McBrearty, Stanford University
Speaker: Ian McBrearty, Stanford University Title: Enhanced Earthquake Detection with Graph Neural Networks Time: Friday, Oct 24 at 12:00pm PST Location: EMS B210 Abstract: Developing accurate earthquake catalogs is an essential goal in seismology, where improved catalogs can enhance our view of active seismogenic processes, fault network distributions, velocity models of the Earth, and earthquake…
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October 29, 2025 – V.K. Pedersen, Aarhus University, Denmark
Speaker: V.K. Pedersen, Aarhus University, Denmark Title: The influence of Quaternary erosion and deposition on solid Earth deformation, ice sheets, and sea level Time: Wednesday, Oct 29 at 12:00pm PST Location: EMS B210 Abstract: For decades, scientists have studied the interactions between ice sheets, the solid Earth, and sea level. However, the role of surface processes…
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*CANCELLED* October 15, 2025 – Margaret Duffy, UC Berkeley
Speaker: Margaret Duffy, UC Berkeley Title: Atmospheric Mechanisms of the Pattern Effect Time: Wednesday, Oct 15 at 12:00pm PST Location: EMS B210 Abstract: Climate feedbacks are expected to amplify over time due to the “pattern effect.” The pattern effect describes the influence of the pattern of surface warming on global climate feedbacks. In particular, delayed…
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October 31, 2025 – Burkhard Militzer, UC Berkeley
Speaker: Burkhard Militzer, UC Berkeley Title: Phase Separation At High Pressure Explains Why Uranus and Neptune Generate so Unusual Magnetic Fields Time: Friday, Oct 31 at 12:00pm PST Location: EMS B210 Abstract: It was a major surprise when the Voyager 2 spacecraft discovered that Uranus and Neptune have disordered, nondipolar magnetic fields. For many years, it…
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October 10, 2025 – Franck Marchis, SETI
Speaker: Franck Marchis, Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence (SETI) Institute Title: Stargazing and Beyond: A Global Network of Citizen Astronomers Time: Friday, Oct 10 at 12:00pm PST Location: EMS B210 Abstract: Astronomy is a science that inspires everyone, which makes it a great tool for expanding scientific literacy. It also has a uniquely powerful ability to…