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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.