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The Department of Geography is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Peter Alagona as an Affiliated Faculty member of the Department of Geography. Professor Alagona, an Assistant Professor of History and of Environmental Studies at UCSB, received his PhD from UCLA in 2006, joined UCSB in 2008, and has become an environmental historian and historian of science with additional interests and training in ecology, geography, and...

Alumnus Greg Mohr (BA 1976) recently contacted Geography with the following announcement “that might be of interest to Geography faculty, staff and students, especially grad students. Full disclosure: I’m the Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences (AESS) Treasurer; have been since the organization’s founding in April 2008 and was recently re-elected, but don’t get paid anything for it. I just enjoy...

Chinese caterpillars stop a train. Australian camels are adding to climate warming. These are some of the more unusual news snippets available on “Earthweek – A Diary of the Planet: Weekly News” that is featured on our web site as part of “Earth Gate” which includes a weekly environmental news map and short descriptions of major events occurring around the world: Caterpillars Bring China Train to a...