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UCLA’s largest science event went virtual! Scientists at UCLA brought interactive laboratories, demos, and Q&As right into people's own homes.

UCLA geochemist helps identify sources of DDT contamination in ocean

Indira Venkatesan worked with a team of scientists to illuminate the history and impact of DDT-contaminated barrels of acid between Palos Verdes and Catalina Island.

Everything Scientists Know So Far about the First Interstellar Objects Ever Detected

Strange bodies from beyond the solar system have defied predictions.

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Upcoming Events

EPSS 245C - Seismology, Tectonics and Earth's Interior Seminar

Title: Are hotspots hotter than ridges? -&- Earth’s Early Magnetic Field Powered by Exsolution of Silicates from Liquid Iron
Date: Nov. 25, 2020
Time: noon - 1 p.m.
Speaker: Xiyuan Bao Speaker: Leslie Insiexingmay

EPSS 286A - Planetary Science Seminar

Title: Moon Diver Mission Concept
Date: Nov. 25, 2020
Time: 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.
Speaker: Dr. Laura A. Kerber

EPSS 295B - EPSS Colloquium

Title: Methane Emissions from the Seafloor -- Implications for Past and Future Climate
Date: Dec. 1, 2020
Time: 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Speaker: Carolyn Ruppel

EPSS 245C - Seismology, Tectonics and Earth's Interior Seminar

Title: Laboratory Heat Transfer Measurements of Magnetoconvective (MC) in Liquid Gallium - & - Radial Anisotropy in the Indian Ocean from Higher Mode Surface Waves and a Hierarchical Transdismensional Approach
Date: Dec. 2, 2020
Time: noon - 1 p.m.
Speaker: Yufan Xu