Celebrating the golden age Oct 13, 2008
There were also technical sessions on 'recent trends in earth sciences' by eminent scientists from India and abroad. The Geological Society of India was founded in Bangalore on May 28, 1958 with two main objectives. (Times of India)
"Daisy Chains" of Fossil Creatures Found in China Oct 10, 2008
The extinct species, which is due to be named shortly, was a crustacean ancestor with a head shield or carapace and a segmented body, said team member Derek Siveter, professor of earth sciences at the University of Oxford in the U.K.. "If you found one on your plate at the local restaurant, you'd identify it as a shrimplike thing," Siveter said. (National Geographic)
Stanford receives $1 million Chevron grant Oct 8, 2008
Stanford's School of Earth Sciences received a contribution of $1 million from the Chevron Corporation, the university announced Friday, Oct. 3 ... Chevron has long been involved with the School of Earth Sciences, including collaborative research and sponsoring affiliate programs within the school, Chevron spokesperson Kimberly Beman said ... In addition to the $1 million contribution to the School of Earth Sciences, Chevron is planning to give another $1. (Palo Alto Online, CA)
Earliest Footprints: Animals Walked Sooner Oct 6, 2008
Scientists once thought that it was primarily microbes and simple multicellular animals that existed prior to the Cambrian, but that notion is changing, explained Loren Babcock, professor of earth sciences at Ohio State University. "We keep talking about the possibility of more complex animals in the Ediacaran -- soft corals, some arthropods, and flatworms -- but the evidence has not been totally convincing," he said. (Science Daily)
ABSTRACT: Evidence for Avian Intrathoracic Air Sacs in a New Predatory Dinosaur from Argentina Oct 4, 2008
1 Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, 2 Museo de Ciencias Naturales, San Juan, Argentina, 3 Museum of Paleontology and Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America, 4 Department of Earth Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America, 5 Redpath Museum, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Abstract. (USA Today -- Tech)
Stanford's Lambie Named A Finalist For NCAA Woman Of The Year Award Oct 3, 2008
School of Earth Sciences Graduate Student Advisory Committee, 2007-08. Excerpt from personal statement: "Nothing taught me the worth of listening to mind, body and other people's needs as did running at Stanford. With patience has come the equally invaluable acquisition of perspective. Stanford's encouragement to pour myself into each of my several passions at the appropriate times has been one of the greatest gifts the school provided.". (Pac-10.org)
Rubber duckies help track melting glacier Sep 24, 2008
"We're a little frustrated right now," said Seelye Martin, the program manager for NASA's Earth sciences division. "The water has to go somewhere but we don't know where.". (MSNBC -- Environment)
Abrupt Climate Change Focus Of U.S. National Laboratories Sep 24, 2008
Through its Climate Change Prediction Program, the U.S. Department of Energy s Office of Biological and Environmental Research (OBER) recently launched IMPACTS Investigation of the Magnitudes and Probabilities of Abrupt Climate Transitions a program led by William Collins of Berkeley Lab s Earth Sciences Division (ESD) that brings together six national laboratories to attack the problem of abrupt climate change, or ACC.. See also. (Science Daily)
Scientists looking for secrets in outback reef Sep 23, 2008
ALISON CALDWELL: From the School of Earth Sciences at the University of Melbourne, PHD student Jonathan Giddings is a member of the team that identified the reef. JONATHAN GIDDINGS: Certainly people would have been walking on some very interesting terrains, but obviously it says a lot about Earth's history and not really knowing what they're looking at. (ABC Online)
Reef could provide clues to evolution Sep 23, 2008
The reef was discovered in the Northern Flinders Ranges in outback South Australia, said Giddings and his colleagues, Associate Professor Malcolm Wallace and Estee Woon from the university's School of Earth Sciences. It is the only known reef complex of this age anywhere in the world, with the closest being reefs around 800 million years old located in Arctic Canada, they said. (Globe and Mail)
USD professor to accept award at burial ceremony Sep 23, 2008
VERMILLION, S.D. -- Timothy Heaton, chair and professor of the department of earth sciences at the University of South Dakota, will be recognized this week during ceremonies in Alaska. Heaton will receive the U.S. Department of Agriculture award recognizing the cooperation between scientists and Indians during the burial of ancient bones he discovered more than 10 years ago. (Sioux City Journal)
AHS welcomes new science wing Sep 22, 2008
In April 2007, we had this open, said Wayne Adams, science director for the Amesbury school system, but the science teachers that taught earth sciences to the freshman had been exiled to Amesbury Middle School for four years ... Sophomores continue with biology and can take as an elective one of the earth sciences. (Amesbury News, MA)
Reef could provide clues to evolution: Australian scientists Sep 22, 2008
Welcome to The Sydney Morning Herald. September 22, 2008 - 9:56PM. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Small Glaciers -- Not Large -- Account For Most Of Greenland's Recent Loss Of Ice, Study Shows Sep 19, 2008
Ian Howat, an assistant professor of earth sciences and researcher with Ohio State's Byrd Polar Research Center, said their discovery came through combining the best from two remote sensing techniques. It provides perhaps the best estimate so far of the loss to Greenland's ice cap, he says. (Science Daily)
My, What Big Teeth You Had! Extinct Species Had Huge Teeth On Roof Of Mouth Sep 13, 2008
The scientists named the species for James Collinson, a professor emeritus of Earth sciences at Ohio State University who made important contributions to the study of Antarctic geology. Hammer collected the fossil in 1986 from an Antarctic geological layer called the Fremouw Formation. (Science Daily)
Leading scientist urges teaching of creationism in schools Sep 12, 2008
All biology, all earth sciences, an awful lot of physics - h 0000143D ow can you possibly accommodate Creationism and call yourself a decent science teacher. Sophie, London. (Times Online)
Good Luck Gave Dinosaurs Their Edge Sep 12, 2008
Steve Brusatte, who conducted the research while an MSc student in Bristol University's Department of Earth Sciences, said: "If we were standing in the Late Triassic, 210 million years ago or so, and had to bet on which group would eventually dominate ecosystems, all reasonable gamblers would go with the crurotarsans. There was no sign that dinosaurs were eventually going to succeed so why did they? The answer is two mass extinction events: the dinosaurs not only got lucky, but they got lucky... (Science Daily)
Dirty Air Brings Rain – Then Again, Maybe Not: Scientists Reconcile Contradictory Effects Sep 12, 2008
Daniel Rosenfeld of the Institute of Earth Sciences at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, has come up with a surprising finding to the disputed issue of whether air pollution increases or decreases rainfall. The conclusion: both can be true, depending on local environmental conditions. (Science Daily)
Last year at Wellesley High Sep 12, 2008
He is taking almost all AP level classes, including AP chemistry and AP physics, is a teacher s assistant for a freshman-level earth sciences class, is heavily involved in Key Club (a community service organization) and does martial arts. The college application process weighs heavily on his mind. (Wellesley Townsman, MA)
* Vesuvius eruption cant be ruled out, research team says Sep 11, 2008
Lead researcher Bruno Scaillet of the Institute of Earth Sciences in Orleans, France, said it was crucial to identify the composition of the magma lurking at the top of the chamber. If this magma is of a more acid composition, a type similar to the one which caused the Pompei eruption, you can expect an extremely explosive, dangerous eruption, Scaillet said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Virginia Tech scientists, students conduct research at Coles Hill Sep 11, 2008
From left are Dr. Robert J. Bodnar, a distinguished professor in the Department of Geosciences at Virginia Tech; Dr. Thomas J. Burbey, an associate professor of hydrogeosciences at Virginia Tech; Virginia Uranium chief geologist Joe Aylor; Virginia Tech graduate student J.P. Gannon ; Virginia Uranium vice president of operations Mick Mastilovic; Dr. James S. Beard, curator of earth sciences for the Virginia Museum of Natural History in Martinsville; and Dr. Marilyn Maisano, a professor at... (Chatham Star Tribune, VA)
Supply glut worries Chinese pearl industry Sep 10, 2008
"It's important that pearl farmers know that producing 100 kilograms of pearls is not more profitable than producing 20 kilograms," said Qiu Zhili, associate professor of earth sciences at Sun Yat-sen University in Guangdong Province. In French Polynesia, where Tahitian pearls are cultivated, the local industry association compiles output plans and strictly regulates market access. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
Scientists find heavy air pollution reduces rainfall Sep 10, 2008
Daniel Rosenfeld of the Institute of Earth Sciences, developed a model that shows how particles in the air influence cloud formation and rain. The findings were published Friday in the latest issue of the journal Science. (Xinhuanet, China)
More offshore oil drilling might clean beaches Sep 7, 2008
Luyendyk is a marine geophysics professor in the university s Earth Sciences Department. During a phone interview Wednesday, he said his main complaint is that these various proponents (of increasing offshore drilling) have taken our study and extrapolated it into unknown territory. (Santa Maria Times)
Think You Are Lead-Free? Check Your Soil Sep 5, 2008
D., professor and department chair, earth sciences, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis; Ruth Ann Norton, executive director, Coalition to End Childhood Lead Poisoning, Baltimore; August 2008, Applied Geochemistry ) ... "In urban areas -- Indianapolis, Detroit, St. Louis -- soil lead, even away from the home or the road, is 8 to 10 times higher than natural soil [not exposed to the burden of lead]," noted Gabriel Filippelli, professor of earth sciences and department chair at... (Health-Finder)
ANU geoscientists go-to gurus for research Sep 3, 2008
BY ROSSLYN BEEBY SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT REPORTER 3/09/2008 12:00:00 AM If publishing influential scientific papers were an Olympic sport, the earth sciences team at the Australian National University would be our gold medallists ... With a tally of more than 1000 research papers published over five years, from January 2003 to December 2007, the ANU Research School of Earth Sciences notched up more than 6200 worldwide citations or quotes in other scientific publications ... The Essential Science... (The Canberra Times)
NIU students working with museum to dig up major cache of dinosaur fossils Sep 2, 2008
D. candidate Mike Henderson, curator of earth sciences at the Burpee; geography graduate student Josh Mathews and undergraduates Mindy Householder and Katie Tremaine. Basically, everywhere you looked, there were bones, said Householder, a senior anthropology major from Lake in the Hills. (DeKalb Daily Chronicle, IL)
Crystals Improve Understanding Of Volcanic Eruption Triggers Sep 2, 2008
" Professor Jon Davidson, Chair of Earth Sciences at Durham University, said: "We hope that what we find in the crystals in terms of timescales can be linked with phenomena such as earthquakes. "If we can relate the timescales we measure to such events we may be able to say when we could expect a volcano to erupt. "This is an exciting new method that will help us understand the timescales of fundamental volcanic processes driving eruptions. (Science Daily)
Gender Change for Sodus Teacher Aug 29, 2008
On August 21, the district sent saying an earth sciences teacher at Sodus High School is having a sex change ... Laurie Kinsman's son is taking earth sciences this year. (WOKR13 Rochester)
* Academics urge ministry to scrap its latest guidelines Aug 29, 2008
Chang Yu-ching (itt), a high school science teacher, said the new curriculum guidelines failed to integrate physics, chemistry, biology and earth sciences, leaving teachers with limited material. The academics suggested that the ministry abolish the guidelines and establish a national academy for educational research as soon as possible, then draw up a new set of guidelines. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
authors & referees @ NPG Aug 29, 2008
Launched in January 2008, Nature Geoscience publishes cutting-edge research across the entire spectrum of the Earth Sciences, along with the most significant work in related areas ... Important developments in the Earth Sciences are discussed in Research Highlights, News & Views and Commentary articles. (Nature News Service)
Endocrinology Aug 29, 2008
This page allows you to find all relevant Nature Publishing Group resources in the field of earth sciences. New from NPG. (Nature News Service)
Earth sciences Aug 29, 2008
earthsciences@nature. Nature Geoscience first issues now published. (Nature News Service)
Antarctic research helps shed light on climate change on Mars Aug 29, 2008
"These bowl-shaped depressions reflect the former location of relatively pure glacier ice," noted David R. Marchant, an Associate Professor of Earth Sciences at Boston University, and co-author of the study published in the August 25th issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences with James W. Head of Brown University, lead author, and Mikhail A. Kreslavsky of the University of California, Santa Cruz. As conditions on Mars shifted toward reduced snowfall at this site, clean ice... (EurekAlert!)
Yellowstone's Ancient Supervolcano: Molten Plume Of Material Cooler Than Expected Aug 28, 2008
The scientists published results of their research, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF)'s division of earth sciences, in the August, 2008, issue of the journal Geology. "Yellowstone is located atop of one of the few large volcanic hotspots on Earth," said Schutt. (Science Daily)
* Wenshan residents work to preserve archeological site Aug 24, 2008
X Liu Ying-san, dean of National Dong Hwa Universitys Institute of Earth Sciences ... Weve done tests on them and found that these items date back to the Neolithic Age, which was about 2,000 to 3,000 years ago, said Liu Ying-san (BT), dean of National Dong Hwa Universitys Institute of Earth Sciences. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Your views: As Primary Day nears Aug 23, 2008
I am a huge fan of NASA, but I believe, as does the National Academy of Sciences, it was a mistake for NASA to shift from its mission of Earth sciences and global climate change research to a mission to build manned lunar outposts. I was also accused of "outrageous attacks" on the military service of my opponent, fellow Democrat Paul Rancantore, who claims, as an Air Force reservist, to have "worked directly under the secretary of defense and the director of national intelligence.". (Florida Today)
Local heroes Aug 22, 2008
The 33-year-old was born in Sutton Coldfield and studied Earth Sciences at Birmingham University , which gave him a sporting achievement award last year. He now lives in Stockport, where the Stockport Express has given him a new nickname - the Stockport Flyer. (BBC News -- UK)
20 mn US kids prone to lead poisoning Aug 22, 2008
Gabriel M. Filippelli, professor of earth sciences at Indiana and Purdue universities, noted that about two percent of these children (approximately 400,000) have lead poisoning, many in epidemic proportions. Filippelli conducted a review of studies of urban soils as a persistent source of lead poisoning and also investigated the lead burden in the soils from a number of cities, including Indianapolis. (India Times, India)
More than 20 Birmingham firms make Inc. 5000 list Aug 21, 2008
Other local companies listed include Teklinks at 666; Gerald Robertson enterprises at 706; Draphix at 1,601; Medseek at 1,723; Summit Products at 1,983; Bowlin at 2,160; Brown Mechanical Contractors at 2,335; NaphCare at 2,604; Energy Systems Southeast at 2,703; Employment Screening at 2,718; Cahaba Meeting Group at 2,977; Sentry Heating, Air Conditioning and Plumbing at 3,129; American Legal Search at 3,165; Enjoy the City at 3,723; Ram Tool & Supply at 3,944, Building & Earth Sciences at... (Birmingham Business Journal, AL)
Chronic Lead Poisoning From Urban Soils Aug 20, 2008
D., professor of earth sciences and department chair at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, conducted a literature review of studies of urban soils as a persistent source of lead poisoning and also investigated the lead burden in the soils from a number of cities, including Indianapolis. His findings reveal that older cities like Indianapolis have a very high lead burden resulting in a lead poisoning epidemic among their youngest citizens. (Science Daily)
City hall mulls bottled water ban Aug 20, 2008
"Our tap water is excellent," said Nihar Biswas, a professor in the earth sciences department at the University of Windsor and associate dean of engineering. "If the tap water is OK, why would we drink the bottled water?". (Canada.com)
Debate poses one hell of a question Aug 20, 2008
Awe also featured in the speech from Ian Plimer, an emeritus professor of earth sciences at the University of Melbourne and a speaker for the negative: a technical argument that environmentalism is religion, "fundamentalist religion with a fear of nature," and that you could not argue for atheism and climate consciousness at the same time. The argument was attacked by both Richard Ackland - a journalist and lawyer - and Vic Stenger on the affirmative, each speculating on the purpose of religion... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Seagliders swim for data off Oahu Aug 19, 2008
Karl said he has acquired four seagliders from the University of Washington's School of Oceanography and Applied Physics Laboratory, and Brian Taylor, dean of the School of Ocean and Earth Sciences and Technology, bought two. Seagliders are described as "a buoyancy driven autonomous underwater vehicle" on the Hawaii Ocean Time-series Web site. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Better off without religion? Your say Aug 14, 2008
Rounding out the team is Professor Ian Plimer, Emeritus Professor of Earth Sciences at the University of Melbourne and Professor of Mining Geology at the University of Adelaide. Tickets for the event, which begins at 6 pm, are $30 and are on sale to the general public. (Sydney Morning Herald)
Hales goes where the wild things are Aug 13, 2008
It stayed with him as he grew older, and when he enrolled at the State University of New York he decided to major in earth sciences. A lifelong fan of dinosaurs, he also minored in paleontology, as well as boat architecture, just for good measure. (Slidell Sentry-News, LA)
X-rays use diamonds as a window to the center of the Earth Aug 13, 2008
Dr. Michael Walter, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, said: "The resources available at Daresbury's SRS for high-pressure research have been crucial in helping us determine the origin of these diamonds and their inclusions.". . (EurekAlert!)
Govt to develop stronger discipline of international law Aug 7, 2008
He told a press conference this after opening the inaugural Malaysian International Law Symposium, jointly organised and sponsored by Universiti Malaya's Law Faculty and the Institute of Ocean and Earth Sciences, the Asian Society of International Law and the Japan Foundation, at a hotel here on Thursday. "We do have little problems, for example, in the interpretation of human rights; what is more important is the tenets of human rights and tenets of international law ought to be the bread and... (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)
AGU journal highlights -- August 6, 2008 Aug 7, 2008
P.-Y. Shen: Department of Earth Sciences, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada. Source. (EurekAlert!)
Prehistoric Antarctic Bugs and Plants Discovered Aug 6, 2008
"We have documented the timing and magnitude of the tremendous climate shift in Antarctica," said study co-author David Marchant, a professor of earth sciences at Boston University. "The transition marks a shift from warm, temperate glaciers with patches of fringing [forest] to tundra to today's cold polar glacier, set within a barren polar desert.". (National Geographic)
Convincing the climate-change skeptics Aug 4, 2008
This is also the overwhelming majority view among the faculty members of the earth sciences departments at every first-rank university in the world. All three of holders of the one Nobel prize in science that has been awarded for studies of the atmosphere (the 1995 chemistry prize to Paul Crutzen, Sherwood Rowland, and Mario Molina, for figuring out what was happening to stratospheric ozone) are leaders in the climate-change scientific mainstream. (Boston Globe)
Cold And Ice, Not Heat, Episodically Gripped Tropical Regions 300 Million Years Ago Aug 2, 2008
"This study is an example of the wealth of untapped climate information stored in Earth's 'deep time' geologic record millions of years ago," said H. Richard Lane, program director in NSF's Division of Earth Sciences, which funded the research. "These kinds of discoveries may greatly improve our understanding and prediction of modern climate change.". (Science Daily)
H. Tracy Hall, 88, scientist created synthetic diamonds Aug 1, 2008
Although Dr. Hall never received it, the work was worthy of the Nobel Prize, according to Robert M. Hazen, an earth sciences professor at George Mason University and a research scientist at the Carnegie Institution of Washington who wrote a book about the development of the synthetic diamond industry. "Tracy Hall is justifiably called by some people the father of synthetic diamonds," Hazen said in an interview. (Boston Globe)
Anthropologist Helps Unravel Mummy Mystery Jul 29, 2008
Nelson's work was funded by a Faculty Enhancement Grant from Tulane University and through a grant from National Geographic's Committee for Research and Exploration, a century-old body that funds important work in the earth sciences throughout the world. Adapted from materials provided by. (Science Daily)
Typhoons Bury Tons Of Carbon In The Oceans Jul 28, 2008
Anne Carey, associate professor of earth sciences at Ohio State, said that she and her colleagues have braved two typhoons since starting the project in 2004 ... Carey and Goldsmith did those calculations with study coauthor Berry Lyons, professor of earth sciences at Ohio State. (Science Daily)
Fee for Nevada mining claims could increase $2-if Gibbons approves Jul 24, 2008
The commission plan would raise an estimated $400,000 for the Mackay School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, for which Gibbons is an alumni. Gibbons said he has not seen the plan and wants to make sure that the money is going for the intended purpose. (KRNV.com, NV)
Scientists predict tsunami impact within minutes Jul 23, 2008
Australian scientists can now predict the size and impact of a tsunami within minutes of an earthquake striking, giving emergency services at least 90 minutes to respond to the potential natural disaster, an earth sciences convention was told this morning. If a tsunami-causing earthquake occurred in the region to the north or east of Australia we would know about it and where it occurred in six minutes, Geoscience Australia Earth Monitoring Groups Barry Drummond told delegates at the 2008... (The West Australian)
Hall of Honor inductees, distinguished alumni recipients named Jul 23, 2008
D. (1988) from the Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. She was a Research Fellow (1989-1994) for the Australian National University and a von Humboldt Fellow (1987-89), Max-Planck-Inst. (Odessa American, TX)
Icelandic Volcanoes Help Researchers Understand Potential Effects Of Eruptions Jul 18, 2008
Knowing where magma chambers are located is a key first step to understanding the chemical composition of the molten rock that is flowing within them - and of the gases that are released when a volcano erupts, explained Daniel Kelley, doctoral student in earth sciences at Ohio State University. Kelley and Michael Barton, professor of earth sciences at Ohio State, have determined that the volcanoes in Iceland are likely to have explosive eruptions that shoot debris far into the atmosphere. (Science Daily)
Projected California Warming Promises Cycle Of More Heat Waves, Energy Use For Next Century Jul 15, 2008
Co-authors included Maximilian Auffhammer, of the Agricultural and Resource Economics Department at UC Berkeley, and Jiming Jin, formerly of the Earth Sciences Division at Berkeley Lab and now at Utah State University. "Electricity demand for industrial and home cooling increases near linearly with temperature," said lead author Miller, a climate scientist and a principal investigator with the Energy Biosciences Institute in Berkeley. (Science Daily)
He says unmanned craft helped save Paradise by identifying hot ... Jul 15, 2008
The infrared vision system "lets us look through the smoke and create what's virtually an MRI of the fire," said Steve Hipskind, chief of the earth sciences division at the research center, referring to magnetic resonance imaging. Firefighters "can make tactical decisions on the fire in near real time," he said. (San Francisco Chronicle)
UA turning Biosphere 2 into climate research hub Jul 15, 2008
"The beauty of the Biosphere for the UA is that it can really crystallize and focus all of the Earth sciences that we do so well," said Joaquin Ruiz, dean of the UA's College of Science. "It just fits us perfectly with our strengths.". (Casa Grande Valley Newspapers, AZ)
A clean slate Jul 14, 2008
The old science complex had housed the chemistry, earth sciences and life sciences departments. The college planetarium was located there until July 1, when the building was demolished. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Two-ton, 500 Million-year-old Fossil Of Stromatolite Discovered In Virginia, U.S. Jul 13, 2008
The exquisite preservation of the surface of this stromatolite will allow museum scientists a rare opportunity not only to look at the stromatolite itself, but also to look for other organisms that may have been living on our around it, said Dr. James Beard, assistant director of research and collections for earth sciences, and curator of earth sciences at the Virginia Museum of Natural History ... VMNH representatives at the stromatolite unveiling include Executive Director Tim Gette, Curator... (Science Daily)
Geologists study China earthquake for glimpse into future Jul 7, 2008
The researchers, who include Tom Parsons, research geophysicist, U.S. Geological Survey, Chen Ji, assistant professor of Earth sciences, University of California-Santa Barbara, and Kirby, used a model to see how the Sichuan earthquake, which took place on the Beichuan fault, affected other portions of that fault and others in the area. They looked at physical characteristics of the faults including the directions and amounts of movement of the faults whether and how much they moved up and down... (EurekAlert!)
