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An article published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B in 2010, titled “Iron Defecation by Sperm Whales Stimulates Carbon Export in the Southern Ocean,” is receiving a lot of renewed attention, thanks to a delightfully illustrated summation of it by Robert Krulwich, an NPR science writer, titled “The Power of Poop: A Whale Story.” According to the abstract of the 2010 article, “The iron-limited...

How many palm trees are in the courtyard beside Storke Tower? What color are the door handles on the Thunderdome? These and other trivia questions were devised by Santa Barbara County 4-H members, ages 9–16, in a project to create a scavenger hunt on the UCSB campus while learning about GIS. 4-H is an international youth development organization that focuses on science, citizenship, and life skills. Members participate in...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has announced this year’s recipients of Graduate Research Fellowships (GRF), and the UCSB Department of Geography would like to congratulate our own Kate Voss for being offered a fellowship and Michelle Oyewole for receiving an honorable mention. There were over 14,000 applications for this highly competitive program which awarded 2,000 fellowships and 1,992 honorable mentions this year. GRF...