Posts by geogadmin

UCSB Geography staff had their annual Christmas lunch together on the 19th at Mulligan’s Café in Santa Barbara, and the good cheer and good humor overflowed. As a matter of fact, it became a deluge in terms of presents handed out, food packed in, drinks poured down, and laughing out loud. The staff get together was a “white elephant” affair, consisting of a lot of regifting, regaling, and revenge. Patricia...

The following is a University of Toronto news article written by Kim Luke and posted on December 17, 2014, with the title above: A team of scientists led by the University of Toronto’s Barbara Sherwood Lollar has mapped the location of hydrogen-rich waters found trapped kilometres beneath Earth’s surface in rock fractures in Canada, South Africa, and Scandinavia. Common in Precambrian Shield rocks – the oldest rocks...

The following blog is from Geography grad student Blake Regalia who is a member of the Spatio-Temporal Knowledge Observatory (STKO) which is headed by Professor Krzysztof Janowicz: “A couple of weeks ago, we were white-listed [given early access] to receive a Project Tango device from Google. This device creates virtual 3D models of its surroundings in real-time. It combines data from several sensors to do things such as area...