Congrats to Vashan Wright, one of 126 early-career researchers selected to receive the 2025 Sloan Research Fellowship. As leader of the Scripps Tectonorockphysics Lab, Wright analyzes sediments & rocks from oceans, lakes, rivers & beaches to reveal the granular physics behind geologic processes.

UC San Diego’s ALERTCalifornia's 115 cameras in #LA support real-time fire detection, evacuation planning, and 24/7 monitoring. Footage from our Topanga Peak 2 camera. See cameras live: cameras.alertcalifornia.org #LosAngelesFires #PalisadesFire #EatonFire

ALERT California @alertcalifornia.bsky.social cameras been helping first responders capture, locate and monitor the So Cal fires. The cameras.alertcalifornia.org site is the fastest available tool for the general public to see live camera views. #PalisadesFire #EatonFire #HurstFire

To our science-obsessed friends on Bluesky: Don't forget to sign up for explorations now, the free award-winning digital science magazine from Scripps Oceanography. Just an FYI, there won't be a newsletter this month. Be on the lookout for the next edition in February!

IGPP is thrilled to congratulate Helen A. Fricker (@helen-amanda.bsky.social) on her receipt of the IGC's Seligman Crystal (@igsoc.bsky.social), in recognition of Fricker as a "generous and tireless contributor to the glaciological community." igpp.ucsd.edu/fricker-awar...