Earth & Planetary Sciences

Speaker/Affiliation: Danny May, Stanford University Title: Local and Regional Controls on the Stability and Evolution of Thwaites Glacier’s Eastern Shear Margin When: Wednesday, June 3 12:00pm PST  Location: EMS B214  Abstract: Projecting future ice mass loss from Antarctica remains one of the largest uncertainties in sea level rise predictions. Thwaites Glacier is among the most rapidl…

Speaker/Affiliation: Anastasia Yanchilina, SETI Institute Title: Self-assembly in hydrothermal vent analogue systems: Implications for Prebiotic Chemistry and Biosignature Detection Strategies on Ocean Worlds When: Friday, June 5 12:00pm PST  Location: EMS B214  Abstract: Self-organizing mineral precipitation systems known as chemical gardens provide laboratory analogs for hydrothermal …

Emily Brodsky, an earthquake scientist and UC Santa Cruz professor, discussed the April 2nd earthquake on the Seymour Center Podcast: Science, Solutions, Santa Cruz. Watch the full episode here. The morning of April 2nd gave Santa Cruz a sharp reminder that the ground beneath our feet is never truly still. In this episode, we use […]

Speaker/Affiliation: Benjamin Idini, UC Santa Cruz Title: Lessons from Juno: The Case for Jovian Seismology of deep slow slip and tremor When: Friday, May 29 12:00pm PST  Location: EMS B214  Abstract: Recent observations from NASA’s Juno mission have revealed that Jupiter hosts a dilute core where silicates, metals, and other heavy elements are dissolved in an H-He fluid with […]

Speaker/Affiliation: Benjamin Idini, UC Santa Cruz Title: Lessons from Juno: The Case for Jovian Seismology of deep slow slip and tremor When: Friday, May 29 12:00pm PST  Location: EMS B214  Abstract: Recent observations from NASA’s Juno mission have revealed that Jupiter hosts a dilute core where silicates, metals, and other heavy elements are dissolved in an H-He fluid with […]

Five UC Santa Cruz faculty members have been selected for the University of California’s Early Career Faculty Research Excellence Awards. The inaugural program supports the scholarship and creative activity of early career faculty across the UC system. In total, 54 faculty were selected. The awards reflect a renewed systemwide investment in early-career faculty at a […]

Speaker/Affiliation: Wenbo Wu, UC Berkeley Title: Seismic Ocean Temperature Sensing with Emerging Observing Technologies When: Wednesday, May 27 12:00pm PST  Location: EMS B214  Abstract: The ocean absorbs more than 90% of the excess heat trapped by greenhouse gases, making it a major regulator of Earth’s climate. Much of this heat is stored in the deep ocean be…

Speaker/Affiliation: Wenbo Wu, UC Berkeley Title: When: Wednesday, May 27 12:00pm PST  Location: EMS B214  Abstract:

Speaker/Affiliation: Amanda Thomas, UC Davis Title: The role of rapid fault healing in the dynamics of deep slow slip and tremor When: Friday, May 22 12:00pm PST  Location: EMS B214  Abstract: Despite its status as one of the most important discoveries in geophysics, the physical mechanism(s) responsible for slow slip events (SSEs) are not well understood. Here, we synthesize observatio…

Speaker/Affiliation: Amanda Thomas, UC Davis Title: The role of rapid fault healing in the dynamics of deep slow slip and tremor When: Friday, May 22 12:00pm PST  Location: EMS B214  Abstract: Despite its status as one of the most important discoveries in geophysics, the physical mechanism(s) responsible for slow slip events (SSEs) are not well understood. Here, we synthesize observatio…

Speaker/Affiliation: Margaret Duffy, UC Davis Title: Atmospheric mechanisms of the pattern effect When: Wednesday, May 20 12:00pm PST  Location: EMS B214  Abstract: The “pattern effect” describes the influence of the pattern of surface warming on global climate feedbacks. A consequence of the pattern effect is that climate feedbacks are expected to amplify over time. Specifi…

Speaker/Affiliation: Margaret Duffy, UC Davis Title: Atmospheric mechanisms of the pattern effect When: Wednesday, May 20 12:00pm PST  Location: EMS B214  Abstract: The “pattern effect” describes the influence of the pattern of surface warming on global climate feedbacks. A consequence of the pattern effect is that climate feedbacks are expected to amplify over time. Specifi…

Speaker/Affiliation: Victor Tsai, Brown University Title: The Importance of Fault Network Geometry for Understanding Earthquakes. When: Friday, May 15 12:00pm PST  Location: EMS B214  Abstract: Geologic evidence suggests that most seismogenic faults exist within a complex network of other faults, but most models assume simple fault geometries. In this talk, I discuss recent work I have …

Speaker/Affiliation: Jory Lerback, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Title: Isotope hydrogeology in California: Tools for tracking water for storage and ecosystem functioning When: Wednesday, May 13 12:00pm PST  Location: EMS B214  Abstract: Groundwater provides 40% of the water used in California for public supply and agriculture, and this figure is higher in drought years. Unders…

Speaker/Affiliation: Jory Lerback, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Title: Isotope hydrogeology in California: Tools for tracking water for storage and ecosystem functioning When: Wednesday, May 13 12:00pm PST  Location: EMS B214  Abstract: Groundwater provides 40% of the water used in California for public supply and agriculture, and this figure is higher in drought years. Unders…

Speaker/Affiliation: Brenton Hirao, UC Davis Title: Enhanced multidecadal earthquake catalogs at multiple spatial scales: application to the Pacific Northwest, USA. When: Friday, May 8 12:00pm PST  Location: EMS B214 

Speaker/Affiliation: Christopher Milliner, Caltech guest researcher, Moody’s RMS Title: Localization of Inelastic Strain with Fault Maturity for Strike-Slip Fault Systems: Implications for Earthquake Characteristics When: Friday, May 1 12:00pm PST  Location: EMS B214  Abstract: In this seminar I will examine how coseismic inelastic off-fault deformation (OFD) evolves with fault-system m…

Speaker/Affiliation: Yuancong Gou, UC Berkeley Title: Seafloor Fiber Sensing in Monterey Bay: Earthquake Early Warning and Beyond When: Friday, April 24 12:00pm PST  Location: EMS B214 

Speaker/Affiliation: Donald Fisher, Penn State University Title: What Do Observations of Exhumed Tectonic Plate Boundaries Tell Us About Subduction Zone Earthquakes? When: Wednesday, May 6 12:00pm PST  Location: EMS B214  Abstract: The greatest earthquakes occur on the plate boundary of subduction zones and are typically associated with convergent margins where sediments blanket the dow…

Speaker/Affiliation: Donald Fisher, Penn State University Title: What Do Observations of Exhumed Tectonic Plate Boundaries Tell Us About Subduction Zone Earthquakes? When: Wednesday, May 6 12:00pm PST  Location: EMS B214  Abstract: The greatest earthquakes occur on the plate boundary of subduction zones and are typically associated with convergent margins where sediments blanket the dow…