What Killed Off the Wooly Mammoths?
What Killed Off the Wooly Mammoths?
Professor Glen MacDonald featured in Discover Magazine on the impact of humans and climate in What Killed Off the Wooly Mammoths?
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Editor’s Choice Award for Graduate Student
Editor’s Choice Award for Graduate Student
Graduate student McKenzie Skiles receives an Editor’s Choice award for her paper, Dust radiative forcing in snow of the Upper Colorado River Basin: 2. Interannual variability in radiative forcing and snowmelt rates, published in Water Resources Research.
Rim fire and cities in the west
Rim fire and cities in the west
Professor, John Muir Chair, and IoES Director Glen MacDonald on the Rim Fire and its effects on cities in the west in the San Francisco Chronicle.
End of the Little Ice Age in the Alps
End of the Little Ice Age in the Alps
Adjunct Professor Thomas Painter’s recent work, End of the Little Ice Age in the Alphs forced by industrial black carbon, is published in PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences).
Additional coverage: NPR || Scientific American || LA Times
Switzer Foundation Fellowship Awarded
Switzer Foundation Fellowship Awarded
Congratulations to graduate student Michael Antos, who was selected to receive a Switzer Environmental Fellowship by the Robert and Patricia Switzer Foundation.
This year, the Switzer Foundation awarded 22 Fellowships “for emerging environmental leaders who are pursuing graduate degrees and are dedicated to positive environmental change in their careers.”
ESRI UC Map Gallery Winners
ESRI UC Map Gallery Winners
Graduate student Scott Stephenson’s map, New Trans-Arctic shipping routes navigable by midcentury, wins Best Analytic Presentation at the ESRI International User Conference Map Gallery.
Credit to Scott Stephenson, Professor Laurence Smith, and Matt Zebrowski.
Research Awards for Studying Indonesia Borneo
Research Awards for Studying Indonesia Borneo
Graduate student Jenny Elaine Goldstein receives multiple awards for research on degraded tropical peat forest in Indonesian Borneo.
A Scramble for the Amazon
A Scramble for the Amazon
Professor Susanna Hecht’s new book, A Scramble for the Amazon, release party on Tuesday 4 June.
Assessment of Climate Change in the Southwestern United States
Assessment of Climate Change in the Southwestern United States
Professor and IoES Director Glen MacDonald contributes to Assessment of Climate Change in the Southwest United States.
Geography in LA Times
Geography in LA Times
Professor and IoES Director Glen MacDonald in the LA Times, Geography is covering new ground for travelers.
