Overview: Winter Quarter Whole Earth Seminars

January 7, 2026

Title: An extensive and short-lived eruption of fayalite-bearing high-silica rhyolite at  Mono Craters during the mid-Holocene

Speaker: Genna Chiaro, USGS

January 14, 2026

Title: Understanding physical landscape effects of climate change: how much do we know, and what are we doing about it?

Speaker: Amy East, USGS

January 21, 2026

Title: Changing fire regimes and fire management strategies in California’s diverse ecosystems

Speaker: Ashley Grupenhoff, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

January 28, 2026

Title: From Grains of Sand to Coastal Margins: How Small River Mouths Play a Key Role in Coastal Geomorphology in California

Speaker: Mara Orescanin, Naval Postgraduate School

February 4, 2026

Title: TBA

Speaker: Isabel Montanez, UC Davis

February 11, 2026

Title: TBA

Speaker: Ciara Willis, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute

February 18, 2026

Title: Climate Justice

Speaker: Jabari Jones, Bowdoin College

February 25, 2026

Title: TBA

Speaker: Claire Jasper, UC Santa Cruz

March 4, 2026

Title: TBA

Speaker: Anthony Gargano, Lunar and Planetary Institute

March 11, 2026

Title: Investigating the potential for volcanic island flank collapse and tsunamis: application to the Pacific and Indian Oceans

Speaker: Dan O’Hara, USGS

March 18, 2026

Title: TBA

Speaker: Matt Savoca, Hopkins Marine Station

Last modified: Jan 15, 2026