The following article was written by grad student Brett Hartman, after much pestering from his esteemed editor. Mr. Hartman entered the UCSB Geography program in 2007 and is in the process of wrapping up his PhD on “The influence of social factors on land restoration success: Watershed rehabilitation and wet meadow (bofedal) restoration in the Bolivian Andes” with Oliver Chadwick and David Cleveland as his PhD committee...
Read MoreGeography Professor Keith Clarke and his gracious wife Margot once again hosted a potluck dinner as an end of year holiday celebration for the Geography Department at their charming and spacious Westside home on Friday, December 6, 2013. Despite the relatively cold weather, close to 100 guests congregated in the Clarke family’s stylish living room, kitchen, and backyard for the feast. As usual, the unanimous description of the food...
Read MoreScientists have discovered huge reserves of freshwater beneath the oceans kilometers out to sea, providing new opportunities to stave off a looming global water crisis. The following is a media release by the National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training at Flinders University, Australia dated December 5, 2013 and with the title above: A new study, published yesterday (Thursday, December 5) in the international scientific...
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