The following is a UCSB Office of Public Affairs Press Release dated May 12, 2011: (Santa Barbara, Calif.) –– A network of high-frequency radar systems, designed for mapping ocean surface currents, is now providing detailed data on coastal ocean dynamics along the U.S. West Coast. UC Santa Barbara is part of the multi-institution research consortium that created the radar network, which has grown over the last decade from...
Read MoreThe UCSB GradPost web site features an article by geography graduate student and Academic Peer Advisor Indy Hurt who writes about six undergraduates who have been instrumental in creating a unique web site that relies on volunteered geographic information. But let Indy speak for herself: “A group of illustrious geographers here at UCSB put together a rather unique website to collect interesting data about student life here at...
Read MoreOn April 6, 2009, a 5.8 Richter magnitude earthquake struck the central Italian city of L’Aquila, killing 308 people, damaging several thousand buildings, and leaving some 65,000 people homeless. One month before, a local laboratory technician by the name of Giampaolo Giuliani predicted such a major quake on Italian television, citing increased levels of radon emission in the area. However, “he was accused of being...
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