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Author: Christyanne Melendez

Toast to the Tap (Water?)!

June 4, 2018August 9, 2022 Christyanne Melendez

                  Upon first glance, our (human) relationship with water is simple: we need water to live.  What is less simple is exactly how we satisfy this fundamental need.  How many of us Read More …

Geology

Do You Know The Flow?

May 3, 2018August 9, 2022 Christyanne Melendez

                                  Do you know the flow?  Do you know where our water has been and where it will go? In a coastal city like Read More …

GeologyEnvironmental Geology, Heal the Bay, SMURRF

Why Can’t Every Class Be Like This?!

May 15, 2017August 9, 2022 Christyanne Melendez

“Why can’t every class be like this!…It’s all making sense!…I never knew there was so much beauty so close to home!”   These are just a few of the comments that students expressed on a hybrid Geology/Geography field trip to Read More …

Geography, GeologyDevil's Punchbowl Natural Area, Geography, Geology, Professor Christyanne Melendez, Professor Jing Liu

Natural History of Santa Monica Bay: Bike & Hike

March 12, 2017August 9, 2022 Christyanne Melendez

  Pictured (from left to right): Jing Liu (SMC Geography Professor), Christyanne Melendez (SMC Geology Professor), Ciaran Brewster (SMC Anthropology Professor), William Selby (retired SMC Geography Professor), and Joan Hackeling (SMC Geography Professor). What do sustainability, our connection to nature, Read More …

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Physical Geology Heads to Devil’s Punchbowl Natural Area

November 14, 2016August 9, 2022 Christyanne Melendez

It’s often said and widely understood that geology is a science that is best understood in context.  Southern California offers no shortage of geologically interesting and complex locations to visit, one of which is the Devil’s Punchbowl Natural Area.   On Read More …

Geology

Geography Tour of the National Weather Service Forecasting Office for Los Angeles and Oxnard

October 21, 2016August 9, 2022 Christyanne Melendez

Interested geography students, Geography Professors Jing Liu and Joan Hackeling, and a weather-loving geologist, Professor Christyanne Melendez, toured the National Weather Service Forecasting office for Los Angeles and Oxnard on Friday, October 14, 2016. Aside from a gorgeous drive up Read More …

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