Joe Biasi, a geology graduate student at the California Institute of Technology, explains how lava flows can tell us about Earth’s history.
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Seriously, science: Recent Midwestern flooding leaves devastation in its tracks, affects 5C students’ hometowns
Stories of recent flooding in the Midwest have made headlines across the country, and the disaster has affected 5C students.
Why weekend snoozes may not be the respite your body really needs
According to Paul Shaw, a neuroscientist at Washington University in St. Louis, catching up on sleep isn’t as simple as it seems.
University at Buffalo’s Tracy Gregg on creating a more diverse STEM field
Professor Tracy Gregg, the guest at Pomona College’s 39th Woodford-Eckis Lectureship last week, is paving the way for women in STEM. As the first woman hired in the geology department at the University at Buffalo, she said she has dealt with her fair share of gender discrimination, but ultimately worked
Frigid polar vortex takes over Midwest, but climate change might not be to blame
Many 5C students lamented the cold weather and rain that hit Claremont and the surrounding Los Angeles area this week. And although 50 degrees and cloud cover is unusual for Southern California, no one has been hit harder by the elements this January than those living in the Midwest or
Forecasting the future of climate change: What next?
5C students joined Pomona geology professor Robert Gaines in a discussion on the future of global warming and climate change last Wednesday, as part of the Pomona Student Union’s Chat and Stew series. The discussion stemmed from a recent Global Warming report published by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.