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A new study using a reconstruction of North American drought history over the last 1,000 years found that the drought of 1934 was the driest and most widespread of the last millennium. Ellen Gray, writing for NASA’s Earth Science News Team on October 14, goes on to say: Using a tree-ring-based drought record from the years 1000 to 2005 and modern records, scientists from NASA and Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory found the 1934...

Many thanks to Geography graduate student Yingjie Hu for contributing the following article: The UCSB Department of Geography held its traditional Fall BBQ on Friday, October 10, 2014. Balmy weather, a beautiful beach, and delicious food conspired to make this event perfect. As always, this BBQ provided a warm welcome for our latest cohort of grad students, as well as a golden opportunity for faculty, grads, alumni, and staff to...

In 2011, Ed Keller, a Professor in the Department of Earth Science and the Department of Environmental Studies, as well as an Affiliated Faculty Member of the Department of Geography, wrote and privately financed a book titled Santa Barbara, Land of Dynamic Beauty: A Natural History. He dedicated the book “to the people of Santa Barbara today and the next generation who will become responsible for the land we love,” and he...