The following article is by Whitman College news writer Gina Ohnstad, posted December 19, 2014, and titled “Whitman College professor and students discover new species in the deepest trench on earth”: The Mariana Trench – located in the Western Pacific near Guam – has been the focus of high-profile voyages to conquer Challenger Deep, the deepest place on Earth. This recent expedition to the Trench onboard...
Read MoreUCSB Geography staff had their annual Christmas lunch together on the 19th at Mulligan’s Café in Santa Barbara, and the good cheer and good humor overflowed. As a matter of fact, it became a deluge in terms of presents handed out, food packed in, drinks poured down, and laughing out loud. The staff get together was a “white elephant” affair, consisting of a lot of regifting, regaling, and revenge. Patricia...
Read MoreThe following is a University of Toronto news article written by Kim Luke and posted on December 17, 2014, with the title above: A team of scientists led by the University of Toronto’s Barbara Sherwood Lollar has mapped the location of hydrogen-rich waters found trapped kilometres beneath Earth’s surface in rock fractures in Canada, South Africa, and Scandinavia. Common in Precambrian Shield rocks – the oldest rocks...
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