What we can learn from the biggest extinction in the history of Earth
...ccording to Jonathan Payne, assistant professor of geological and environmental sciences. Payne, a paleobiologist who joined the Stanford faculty in 2005, studies the Permian-Triassic extinction and the following 4 million years of instability in the global carbon cycle. In the July issue of the Geological Soci......he helm. Bill Roggenthen, professor of geology and geological engineering at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, became the Homestake Collaborations co-principal investigator. In his statement following the NSF announcement, Governor Rounds said, We must all extend our deep appreciation to Barr...Satellite images reveal link between urban growth and changing rainfall patterns
... co-authored by Karen Seto, assistant professor of geological and environmental sciences and a fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University. ''The exciting thing is really for the first time, using a time series of satellite images, we can monitor Earth in a way that we haven't bee...Researchers examine carbon capture and storage to combat global warming
...ing lead author of the IPCC chapter on underground geological storage. With fossil fuels already comprising 85...on said, ''permanent meaning very, very long-term, geological time periods.'' The greatest concern surrounding carbon dioxide storage is the potential for it to...MBL scientist Julie Huber receives 2007 LOral USA Fellowship for Women in Science
... environments, and the connection between life and geological processes that extend to global and extra-terrestrial scales. Having logged over six months at sea on research cruises around the Pacific, Dr. Huber has professional and research experience that rivals those of peers beyond her age. As a graduate ...2007 Joint Assembly in Acapulco -- press conference schedule
...ameter crater, where crater walls expose layers of geological history. Spirit is in a range of hills, gathering clues to a complex geological history that includes volcanism and water. The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter's High Resolution Imaging...Ocean observing contracts awarded to UC San Diego and University of Washington
... sensor systems to measure the physical, chemical, geological and biological variables in the ocean and seafloor. The transformative OOI will provide continuous, interactive access to the ocean for the oceanographic research and education communities. The OOIs observatory elements will address science questions...Jaap Sinninghe Damst awarded the Vernadsky Medal for innovative use of biomarkers
... by other records. "I like to solve a puzzle and geological records are a kind of puzzle. For example in a core from the Mediterranean seabed you'll see lots of light coloured sediments, then you see a distinct black layer containing lots of organic matter and it's interesting to find out why this black layer......pecies back and forth at different points in their geological history. This discovery further enhances the conservation importance of the West Indies, where habitat loss and climate change embodied in the intensification of hurricanes threaten natural habitats more acutely than on the continent....An ancient bathtub ring of mammoth fossils
...day Spokane to the Tri-Cities, creating a distinct geological region known as the Channeled Scablands. The only outlet for this tremendous outpouring was a southern ridge-opening called Wallula Gap. But Wallula Gap was too narrow to handle all the massive flow; the water would back up, creating temporary Lake L...72 new members chosen by academy
...e of Marine and Coastal Sciences and department of geological sciences, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick FAYER, Michael D.; David Mulvane Ehrsam and Edward Curtis Franklin Professor of Chemistry, department of chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif. FLEMING, Graham; Melvin...Ancient coral reef tells the history of Kenya's soil erosion
...use of the landscape," said Dunbar, a professor of geological and environmental sciences. "Today, the Kenyan landscape continues to lose topsoil to the Indian Ocean, primarily because of human pressure." Erosion is a serious threat, he noted, because the loss of fertile soil often is accompanied by a decrease...3.2 billion-year-old surprise: Earth had strong magnetic field
...ese rocks have also witnessed billions of years of geological activity that could have reheated them and possibl...o suffer magnetic contamination from later warming geological events. Once he isolated the ideal crystals, Tarduno employed a carbon dioxide laser to heat individ...500,000 years of climate history stored year by year
...ed pollen Even earthquakes in this area of high geological activity are painstakingly stored in these archives. What is the most interesting aspect for Thomas Litt, however, is the biological filling contained in the summer layers, especially. The microscopically small pollen tells the palaeobotanist what so...New UA / private partnership appraises climate and environmental risks by address
...rie. Beck specializes in seismology, tectonics and geological hazards, and Comrie specializes in air quality science, climatology and climate and health. Overpeck said, "Now people can have much the same information the insurance companies have when they assess the risks of a property."...Press conferences at the year's largest physics meeting
...N MARS The mystery of pattern formation in certain geological formations has been solved, just in the past year, using mathematical and modeling techniques employed in condensed matter physics. Speakers at session B7 explain why this is. Troy Shinbrot (Rutgers) will talk about how granular materials can self-se......here? Was it once there but then torn away on huge geological faults? If so, then how and why?" To answer some of these questions Dr MacLeod with a team of scientists, led by marine geophysicist Professor Roger Searle, Durham University, will travel to the area which lies mid-way between the Cape Verde Island...2006 AAAS International Scientific Cooperation Award goes to Arizona State U. landscape ecologist
...al in his field. Jonathan Fink, a professor of geological sciences at Arizona State, noted in his nomination letter that Wu is widely known and respected. During the opening in 2006 of the U.S. National Science Foundation's office in Beijing, Fink said it became clear that all of the NSF staff members at th...Cold storage solution for global warming?
...t Earth, reveals that CO2 can be contained in cool geological aquifers or reservoirs, where it can remain harmle...nts, is believed to offer an alternative method of geological sequestration to the current practices of storage in warm, deep sediments in the North Sea. Recent...World's oldest rocks show how Earth may have dodged frozen fate of Mars
... and doctoral student Nicole Cates of CU-Boulder's geological sciences department and Vincent Busigny, now of the Institut de Physique du Globe in Paris. The new study helps explain how Earth may have avoided becoming frozen solid early in its history, when astrophysicists believe the sun was 25 percent fai...