Want to know what’s going on in UCSB research on, say, oceans or space? Interested in keeping abreast of major environmental events occurring around the world? If so, check out “Earth Gate,” a major feature on the Department of Geography’s web site that provides an interdisciplinary portal to earth science research at UCSB. Funded by Martin Moskovits, Dean of Mathematical, Life and Physical Sciences in 2002, the site is designed to enable researchers in any given field in any particular department to see what other departments are doing in the same area of interest. Earth Gate also features an environmental news map that provides short descriptions of major earth science events occurring on planet Earth during the past 7 days. The site was designed by Eric Ederer (ex Geography Receptionist, now a graduate student in Music) and recently was overhauled by Jon Hall, our web programmer and designer. We are the only web site to provide this unique service—step through our Earth Gate here.
