This recent update by the Union of Concerned Scientists shows just how efficient new EVs are regardless of where you are on the national grid. Even on Oahu, where I believe diesel is predominantly used for electricity, one would need a gas car that gets ~47 mpg to best the efficiency of the newest EVs. As the grid continues to add renewable energy to the mix these numbers will only grow. See the original post and maps HERE. 

New paper entitled "Mio-Pliocene aridity in the south-central Andes associated with Southern Hemisphere cold periods" is now out in PNAS thanks to the hard work of Professor Amidon at Middlebury College.  Have a look at it HERE.

New paper (Bagby et al., 2017) entitled "Persistence and biodegradation of oil at the ocean floor following Deepwater Horizon" is now out in PNAS. We also got the cover photo (look left)!! Give it a read along with some good PRESS if you are interested.

Check out the Timelapse searchable imagery time series video for the globe created using Google Earth Engine. Really cool for detecting land cover change across the globe over the past 33 years!!

We have just published a new paper in Environmental Science and Technology that identifies an extensive bacterial mat along the seafloor in the Santa Barbara Basin. The discovery was made possible by an autonomous underwater vehicle armed with two high resolution cameras and has implications for nitrogen and sulfur cycles in the basin. An interesting read if you get a chance! Also see some PRESS from UCSB here.

Started my new position as a postdoctoral associate in the Department of Geology and Environmental Science at the University of Pittsburgh. I will be working with Eitan Shelef on a host of new and interesting problems related to landscape evolution across the globe. Exciting times in the 'burgh and stop by if you are in the area!

A new paper (Amidon et al.) on the age, provenance, and sedimentation rates of the Toro Negro Formation in northwest Argentina has recently been published in the Journal of South American Earth Sciences. A nice collaborative effort spearheaded by Professor William Amidon and Argentinean collaborators. Give it a read!

Just back from two weeks on the R/V Atlantis as part of the SEEPS '15 cruise in the Gulf of Mexico. Good times, good people, and great science. Check out the highlights movie by clicking on the following link for cool Alvin submarine footage etc - LINK

Google Earth Pro has now been made FREE!!! Tell your family and friends and look at all the cool ways you can use it in earth surface processes (Fisher et al., 2012). See press release from Google here.