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Analysis of volcanic glass from the Transantarctic Mountains suggests that 90 Million years ago glaciation was widespread in Antarctica

In a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), Weldeab and co-authors present evidence for massive methane hydrate destabilization during a period called the Eemian when the global climate was, on average,  warmer by 1-1.5 °C than today.

Professor Emerita Tanya Atwater has received the Geological Society of London's highest honor, the Wollaston Medal. 

Hunga eruption atmospheric waves: Prof. Robin Matoza, Dr. Alex Iezzi, Hugo Ortiz, and Rodrigo de Negri in international collaboration to analyze exceptional multi-technology observations of this extraordinary event in the modern digital record. 

Professor Toshiro Tanimoto has been named a Gugenheim Foundation Fellow

Emeriti Frank Spera and Alumna Melissa Scruggs were featured in UCSB's The Current.

Congratulations to Francisco Apen, who has accepted a Presidential Postdoc offer from Princeton University! 

MSA Members who have contributed significantly to the advancement of mineralogy, crystallography, geochemistry, petrology, or allied sciences and whose scientific contribution utilized mineralogical studies or data, may be designated as Fellows

Professor Emeritus Art Sylvester’s 1988 paper “Strike-slip faults” was selected in June 2021 as one of 48 “Must-Read” papers by the Tectonics and Structural Geology Division of the European Geosciences Union. 

Emeritus Jim Boles was recently featured in The Santa Barbara Independent