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artist rendition of asteroid hitting Earth's atmosphere

Researchers model airbursts, a common yet little-understood cosmic impact process

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The cover of “Mighty Bad Land” with Mount Luyendyk in the background.
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Bruce Luyendyk
Peak 1070 — near one of the team’s field camps — was renamed Mount Luyendyk in honor of the author’s contribution to our knowledge of Antarctica.

‘Mighty Bad Land’: A tale of danger and discovery in West Antarctica
Side-by-side headshots of Tanya Atwater, Leda Cosmides and Nelson Lichtenstein
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Left to right: Tanya Atwater, Leda Cosmides and Nelson Lichtenstein

Joining one of the world’s premier honorary societies, three professors are named to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
blue lab coat with UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA in yellow stitching
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Matt Perko

A University of California multi-campus initiative strives to boost diversity within its STEM teaching faculty ranks
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Records from Platform Holly provide a glimpse of how petroleum production affects natural gas seeps
People sit watching erupting volcano in the distance

The Earth’s Newest Secret
Brown mountains in Antarctica along icy blue waters

Magma and Ice

A Prehistoric Climate Feedback Loop

Climate and Conflict

A Remarkable Impact

An Underwater Frontier

Eruption’s Echoes

Cryptic Carbon Sequestration
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