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Green Scholar applications now open


Applications open for two-year postdocs ($70K/yr) in research areas at IGPP/Scripps Oceanography/UC San Diego: https://igpp.ucsd.edu/about.

Deadline 10/31/2024. PhD award after 10/31/20 & before 3/31/25. Apply at https://igpp.ucsd.edu/greenfoundation/application

Agnew presents Earth time change in "Nature"

Rapid ice melt in Greenland & Antarctica is flattening Earth's shape—as mass moves from the poles to the Equator—enough to slow its rotation. Duncan Agnew explains the ramifications in the 27 March 2024 issue of Nature: "A global timekeeping problem postponed by global warming." See https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07170-0

Kilb, colleagues discuss the use of turbidites in EOS

Deborah Kilb and her colleagues present turbidites value to paleo seismology despite the difficulties in characterizing & determining their source, in EOS article "Submarine Avalanche Deposits Hold Clues to Past Earthquakes.” See: https://eos.org/science-updates/submarine-avalanche-deposits-hold-clues-to-past-earthquakes

Bock, CSRC, to establish formal Geodesy Program


CNN features Greenbaum, Pelle findings on Increased Antarctica ice melt rate

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