Earth and Planetary Science
EPS Highlights
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Professor Inez Fung studies climate change and the carbon cycle.
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Ranked as one of the top departments in earth and planetary science, our program engages students with award winning faculty and renowned research facilities. ...
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A study by EPS Assistant Prof. Swanson-Hysell and Prof. Macdonald of Earth Science at UCSB, published today in Science.
Research Spotlight
A meteor impact 66 million years ago buried the first victims of the last mass extinction event. The scene from within an hour of the impact has been excavated at an fossil site in North Dakota.