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A newly discovered member of the Megaloptera family may earn an entry into The Guinness Book of Records as the largest aquatic insect in the world. Its wingspan is a whopping 8.2 inches (21 cm). Images of the huge insect appeared on China’s ECNS website on July 21, 2014 and have since gone viral on the internet. The specimen was discovered in the mountains of Chengdu in Sichuan province. (All photos are credited to China News...

The following is from Chapter 7, “Technologic Revolution,” of Susan Baumgart’s “Department History – A Lively Chronicle: 1963-2000.” The Advent of Computers: Dozier and Strahler team-taught the first Department computer course in Spring 1975, Geography 170 “Univariate Statistics.” The course used an IBM main frame, a PDP-11 minicomputer belonging to the university and available through...

UCSB Geography graduate student Kate Voss just received the following announcement from Alberto Montanari, Editor in Chief of Water Resources Research: “Dear Dr. Voss: Starting in 2011, Water Resources Research has instituted the Editor’s Choice Awards. Editors’ Choice Awards are given to about 1% of published articles in any calendar year to provide professional recognition to scientists and students for their...