New deep-sea hydrothermal vents, life form discovered
...Greek myth," said expedition leader Emily Klein, a geologist at Duke University. The bell-shaped jellyfish si...as seen this color before," said Karen Von Damm, a geologist at the University of New Hampshire. According to Von Damm, stauromedusae are usually found away fr...Volcanic plumbing dictates development of deep-sea hydrothermal vents
...s that repeatedly dogged him, University of Oregon geologist Douglas R. Toomey decided to follow the trail of data surfacing from the Pacific Ocean. In doing so, he and his collaborators may have altered long-held assumptions involving plate tectonics on the ocean floor. Reporting in the March 22 issue of Na...Biology professor helps others go with the flow of dam removal
...t Abe Springer, an associate professor in geology; geologist Rod Parnell, director of geology; engineer Charlie Schlinger, an associate professor in civil and environmental engineering; social scientist Martha Lee, a forestry professor; biologist Maribeth Watwood, chair of biological sciences; and biologist Br......n the seafloor, 3000m below the surface. Marine geologist Dr Chris MacLeod, School of Earth, Ocean and Planetary Sciences said: "This discovery is like an open wound on the surface of the Earth. Was the crust never there? Was it once there but then torn away on huge geological faults? If so, then how and w...Worldwide research network needed to really understand what is changing in the Arctic
COLUMBUS, Ohio An Ohio State University geologist today outlined a new plan to oceanographers that would consolidate much of the world's studies on the Arctic region into a global observation network. "This is basically a plan to better understand how the Arctic is changing, but doing it in a new...Duke geologist's book assails unrealistic mathematical models
...cording to a new book by a retired Duke University geologist and his geologist daughter. In a preface to "Useless Arithmetic: Why Environmental Scientists Can't Predict the Futu...ASU researchers test antibacterial effects of healing clays
...th clay started when she was a mineral exploration geologist looking for ore deposits. She worked with 'the father of clay mineralogy,' Bob Reynolds, at Dartmouth College. Later, as a research associate at Louisiana State University, a colleague was studying geophasia eating clay, a behavior seen in animals a...Dinosaurs' climate shifted too, reports show
...vant to the ongoing climate change discussion, IUB geologist Simon Brassell says, because it portrays an ancient Earth whose temperatures shifted erratically due to changes in carbon cycling and did so without human input. "Combined with data from the Atlantic, it appears clear that climate changes were taki...Clemson research cleans up with edible oil
...ducation Foundation (SCUREF). Clemson University geologist Larry Murdoch said the oil is injected through hydraulic fractures made 20 to 30 feet into the ground. When injected, the vegetable oil draws in oil-based contaminants that have leaked from pipes or tanks. If mixed with water, the contaminants separa...At an underwater volcano, evidence of man's environmental impact
...too familiar: pollution. A University of Florida geologist is among a team of geologists that is the first to observe "anthropogenic influence" in hydrothermal deposits, according to an article in the June issue of the journal Marine Geology. Examining deposits retrieved from the site of an underwater volcan...Drug discovery team to explore newly discovered deep-sea reefs
...esearchers, led by geophysicist Mark Grasmueck and geologist Gergor Eberli, began mapping deepwater habitats off Miami and Bimini using an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) equipped with advanced sonar technology. AUVs operate without a tether to the surface and are pre-programmed to independently perform ta...Research into salt, oil, ice and fossils
...versity of California Davis, USA Lars Schmitz is a geologist and palaeontologist working on reconstructing the vision of fossil vertebrates. To accomplish this, he is studying the demands on vision in various habitats, the resolution needed in each case, and the various activity patterns (e.g. diurnally active...Hominid fossils from Ethiopia link ape-men to more distant human ancestors
...omagnetic and argon-argon methods by a team led by geologist Paul Renne, UC Berkeley adjunct professor of earth... WoldeGabriel of Los Alamos National Laboratory, a geologist and co-leader of the Middle Awash project. The Middle Awash team, consisting of 60 scientists from 1...Spectacular new discoveries arising from deep ocean hot springs
...w and earthquakes (paper OS22A-07). Rona, a marine geologist at the Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Colin Devey of the University of Kiel; Robert Reves-Sohn of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; Bramley Murton of the British National Oceanography ...Microfossils show promise in prospecting climate history
...Foundation, Hippensteel and University of Delaware geologist Ronald E. Martin analyzed sediment cores taken from a South Carolina back-barrier marsh and indeed found numerous layers that contained foraminifera that originated in off-shore water (results published in Topics in Geobiology, Vol. 15, 2000). "At Fo...Groundwater sampling goes tubular
...ditional wells has been a real benefit," said PNNL geologist Bob Peterson. "And being able to do it while leaving an area essentially untouched makes the sampling tubes an even better idea." The tubes provide the ability to get an accurate picture of the vertical distribution of contaminants in groundwater at ...Scientists find evidence of catastrophic sand avalanches, sea level changes in Gulf of Mexico
...expeditions/exp308.html Carlos Pirmez, a research geologist with Shell International E&P in Houston and a member of the science party explains, "Bowl-shaped basins such as the Brazos Basin IV are now buried thousands of meters beneath the Gulf of Mexico seafloor and host billions of barrels of oil and gas. Se...Researchers discover underwater volcano
...cording to co-chief scientists Hubert Staudigel, a geologist at Scripps's Cecil H. and Ida M. Green Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, and Stan Hart, a geochemist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. With a growth rate of at least eight inches per day, the volcanic cone has rapidly emerged sinc...Great White shark evolution debate involves WSU Lake Campus geology professor
...rly journal article on the subject is pending. The geologist joined the Lake Campus faculty two years ago, and one of the reasons he selected Wright State was the extensive opportunity for fossil research in this region of Ohio....Executive director Marcus Milling receives Pick and Gavel Award
...iversity of Iowa, Dr. Milling worked as a research geologist in the petroleum industry and later as Associate Director at the Texas Bureau of Economic Geology. He joined AGI as Executive Director in 1992. "He proved to be the right person at the right time," said Fisher, a long-time friend and colleague. "He...