The following is a News Release by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, dated October 30, 2014, and with the title above: Earth is known as the Blue Planet because of its oceans, which cover more than 70 percent of the planet’s surface and are home to the world’s greatest diversity of life. While water is essential for life on the planet, the answers to two key questions have eluded us: where did Earth’s water come...
Read MoreThe following is a University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo news report of October 29, 2014, written by Susan Enright and with the title “Puna lava flow aerial imagery provided by UH Hilo researchers”: Researchers from the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo successfully mapped the active flow front of the June 27, 2014 Kīlauea lava flow on Hawaiʻi Island with an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) on October 22. In a...
Read MoreWHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW (source) If you have a party, know who your guests are: Check your lease. Some leases have restrictions during Halloween weekend, including no parties, no kegs, no overnight guests. No overnight guests are allowed in any of the UCSB residence halls beginning 5 p.m., Friday, 10/31 through 5 p.m., Sun., 11/2. Students want to Keep It Local and Keep it Safe! Please discourage out-of-town visitors to Halloween...
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