May 31, 2017
Assistant professor Graham Slater has published a new paper in which he, along with coauthors from Stanford and the Smithsonian, used macroevolutionary modeling to determine that there was an abrupt shift in baleen whale body size evolution that lead to the giants we have today and that it only occurred within the past 4Myr. Our modeling rules out most previous hypotheses for gigantism and instead implies a role for climate driven changes in ocean circulation and productivity that began in the late Pliocene. This work was covered in the NYTimes, the BBC, the LATimes, The Guardian, PBS Newshour, and Science. He also was interviewed on Canadian and German radio. Congratulations Graham!
May 31, 2017
Professor Doug MacAyeal will be a star interviewee in a new episode of "Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown" on Antarctica that will play on CNN this weekend. You can watch a brief clip here. MacAyeal previously starred in Werner Herzog's Antarctica documentary "Encounters at the End of the World." Great job movie star!
May 31, 2017
Louis Block Professor Nicolas Dauphas has been named as a finalist in the Blavantik national award for young scientists competition. 30 scientists in all fields under age 42 have been selected to compete for three fellowships. Congratulations Nicolas!