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Gabbie Ledesma (Spring 2020) presents her research at the virtual North Central GSA meeting

On Tuesday, May 19, geology graduate Gabbie Ledesma (Spring 2020) presented her undergraduate research at the virtual North Central sectional meeting of the Geological Society of America. Gabbie’s presentation, entitled “Can Terrestrial Manganese-rich Samples Help Distinguish Manganese-enrichments in Gale Crater Mars?”, is the culmination of research conducted with her advisor, Dr. Betsy Swanner, and collaborators … Continue reading Gabbie Ledesma (Spring 2020) presents her research at the virtual North Central GSA meeting

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Kaela Gollob presents her undergraduate research at the Iowa Groundwater Association’s “virtual” meeting

Kaela Gollob received the 2019 Iowa Groundwater Association’s (IGWA) Student Research Grant and presented results from her research project, entitled “Hydrogeology and Geochemistry of an Alluvial Aquifer in Ames, Iowa: Evidence for NO3-N Transport and Denitrification” at Iowa Groundwater Association’s “virtual” meeting on May 1st. She has worked with Dr. Bill Simpkins on the project … Continue reading Kaela Gollob presents her undergraduate research at the Iowa Groundwater Association’s “virtual” meeting

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Glaciologists’ experiments lead to slip law for better forecasts of glacier speed, sea-level rise

A paper published online today by the journal Science describes the new slip law and the experiments and data that motivate it. Authors are Lucas Zoet, a postdoctoral research associate at Iowa State from 2012 to 2015 and now an assistant professor of geoscience at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Iverson. Why do glaciologists need … Continue reading Glaciologists’ experiments lead to slip law for better forecasts of glacier speed, sea-level rise

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Earth may have been a “water world” with submerged continents 3.2 billion years ago

Dr. Ben Johnson, assistant professor in the Department of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences, and coauthor Dr. Boswell Wing, University of Colorado Boulder, studied 3.2-billion-year-old ocean crust exposed in Australia and used that data to build a quantitative, inverse model of ancient seawater. The model indicates the early Earth could have been a “water world” with … Continue reading Earth may have been a “water world” with submerged continents 3.2 billion years ago

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Heat trapped in urban areas tricks trees into thinking spring has arrived earlier

Lin Meng, GEAT PhD candidate, and Dr. Yuyu Zhou, Associate Professor, recently published a study on the urban heat-island effect and phenology in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. In their study, satellite images of 85 large U.S. cities were examined to detect changes in greenness of plants and the timing of spring … Continue reading Heat trapped in urban areas tricks trees into thinking spring has arrived earlier

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Undergraduate Melissa Piper’s Adventures in Meteorology

Melissa Piper, an undergraduate senior in the meteorology program, was recently hightlighted by LAS news. Melissa’s hands-on learning experiences with Iowa State have ranged from studying abroad in New Zealand to conducting an array of meteorological research projects, including two weeks of data collection (by aircraft!) in Costa Rica. You can read the full story … Continue reading Undergraduate Melissa Piper’s Adventures in Meteorology

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Dr. Jerome Fast awarded GEAT Distinguished Alumni Award

Jerome Fast, a Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) atmospheric scientist, received the Distinguished Alumni Award from Iowa State University’s Department of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences at an honors and awards ceremony on Oct. 24 in Ames, Iowa. Fast has three degrees from Iowa State University – a bachelor’s degree in meteorology and mathematics, a master’s … Continue reading Dr. Jerome Fast awarded GEAT Distinguished Alumni Award