2008 News Archives
Emily Brodsky awarded the James B. Macelwane medal from AGU
December 17, 2008
James Badro, Emily E. Brodsky, and Diane E. Pataki were awarded the 2008 James B. Macelwane Medal at the AGU Fall Meeting Honors Ceremony, held 17 December 2008 in San Francisco, Calif. The medal is for "significant contributions to the geophysical sciences by a young scientist of outstanding ability."
Graduate Student Nicholas van der Elst receives ARCS Foundation Scholarship
October 20, 2008
This award carries with it honors for Nicholas' work on the physics of earthquake triggering, as well as a scholarship in the amount of $10,000. The ARCS Foundation has given UC Santa Cruz over $1.2 million over the last thirty years to support extremely talented students.
Study by graduate student Charlie Barnhart and colleagues at NASA Ames suggests that valley networks on Mars formed during long period of episodic flooding
September 17, 2008
"Our results argue for liquid water being stable at the surface of Mars for prolonged periods in the past," said Charles Barnhart, a graduate student in Earth and planetary sciences at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
Article in Discover magazine features work by Slawek Tulaczyk on the stability of the Antarctic Ice Sheet
September 1, 2008
Antarctica's Whillans Ice Stream helps researchers predict climate change—and the fate of coastal cities around the world.
The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation has chosen Robert Coe and James Zachos, both professors of Earth and planetary sciences at UC Santa Cruz, to receive Humboldt Research Awards this year
July 14, 2008
The award is conferred in recognition of lifetime achievements in research and provides support for the recipient to carry out research projects in cooperation with specialist colleagues in Germany.
Planetary Scientists at UCSC carry out computer simulations that provide evidence of massive asteroid impact on Mars
June 25, 2008
The dramatic differences between the northern and southern hemispheres of Mars have puzzled scientists for 30 years. One of the proposed explanations--a massive asteroid impact--now has strong support from computer simulations carried out by two groups of researchers. Planetary scientists at the University of California, Santa Cruz, were involved in both studies, which appear in the June 26 issue of Nature.
Seismologist Thorne Lay elected to American Academy of Arts & Sciences
April 29, 2008
Thorne Lay, professor of Earth and planetary sciences at UCSC, has been elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, one of the nation's oldest and most prestigious honorary societies.
New findings by UCSC Earth & Planetary Sciences researchers suggest that uplift of Tibetan Plateau occured in stages
March 24, 2008
New evidence from an eight-year study by U.S. and Chinese researchers indicates that the plateau rose in stages, with uplift occurring first in the central plateau and later in regions to the north and south.
Earth scientist James Zachos elected fellow of the American Geophysical Union
February 14, 2008
James Zachos, professor of Earth and planetary sciences at UCSC, has been elected a fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU).
Jim Zachos participates in AAAS Symposium on ocean acidification
February 14, 2008
Zachos and his collaborators have been studying marine sediments deposited on the deep ocean floor during the PETM and recovered in sediment cores by the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program. He will discuss their findings, which reveal drastic changes in ocean chemistry during the PETM, in a presentation at the annual meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Boston on Friday, February 15.
Matthew Clapham new Assistant Professor of geobiology
January 1, 2008
This year's search in geobiology led to the appointment of Matthew Clapham (M.S., Queen's Univ., 2002; Ph.D., Univ. of Southern California, 2006). Matthew is a paleoecologist and geobiologist who has studied the structure of the earliest metazoan communities and the paleoecology of the Permo-Triassic transition. Matthew is currently a post-doctoral researcher at Queen's Univ., Ontario.
Alumna Lisa White receives the first Bromery Award for the Minorities from the Geological Society of America
January 1, 2008
The Bromery Award recognizes the outstanding education and service contributions and commitment to the advancement of minorities that characterized Bill Bromery’s career.
