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Faculty Position in Earth and Planetary Science

The University of California, Berkeley Department of Earth and Planetary Science invites applications for a position at the Assistant Professor level to begin July 1 2014. We seek outstanding...
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South Pole photo by UCB Climate Scientist Professor Inez Fung. The ice at the South Pole is moving at the rate of 10 meters per year. So there is a row of flags marking the previous positions of the ceremonial marker.
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Professor Fung reaches South Pole during Antarctic visit.

Climate scientist Professor Inez Fung visited Antarctica at the invitation of the National Science Foundation. Her blog details activities including...
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Waveform Tomography Reveals Channeled Flow at the Base of the Oceanic Asthenosphere
Research Spotlight

SEPT 2013 - Applying novel seismic computations, Barbara Romanowicz's group reveals the presence of low velocity channels at the base of oceanic asthenosphere

Applying a new waveform imaging methodology that takes advantage of accurate numerical seismic wavefield computations, Barbara Romanowicz's group has constructed a global shear velocity model in the...
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