UC Riverside |

It’s not just hot. It’s dangerous

Physicians advise on how to stay safe and hydrated as an already record-breaking summer proceeds.

UC Riverside |

UC Riverside joins forces with NASA on missions to Venus

The trips hope to illuminate how Earth’s evil twin became uninhabitable.

UC Santa Barbara |

Up close with Iceland’s new (and erupting) volcano

A geology professor witnesses the birth of Iceland’s newest volcano, which is still erupting.

Berkeley Lab |

Solving the mystery of floating rocks

Scientists uncover how pumice can remain buoyant for years.

UC Berkeley |

Calaveras-Hayward fault link means potentially larger quakes

Seismologists have proven that the Hayward and Calaveras faults are essentially the same system, meaning that a rupture on one could trigger a rupture on the other, producing considerably larger quakes than once thought.