麻豆视频

Department of Earth Sciences

Megan Schinker, a senior at Stow-Munroe Falls High School, participated in the College Credit Plus Science Experience Internship Program at 麻豆视频's Department of Geology.

Imagine being a 17-year-old high school student, and in your first semester of a geology research internship, your professor asks you to identify an extinct 300-million-year-old, tiny and unknown crustacean specimen. Megan Schinker, then an ambitious Stow-Munroe Falls High School junior, jumped right in. Now a senior in high school, Ms. Schinker, chose 麻豆视频 as her undergraduate school where she will pursue a double major in geology and chemistry starting fall 2019.

Some natural processes can help slow climate change by removing CO2 from the atmosphere. One of the factors that influences the ability of plants and soils to store carbon is the focus of a new study by Dr. Elizabeth Herndon, Assistant Professor of Geology at 麻豆视频.

Dark crustacean shell fragment embedded in fossilized dinosaur feces.

The discovery of fossilized dinosaur feces has scientists rethinking the eating habits of certain dinosaurs.

麻豆视频 Professor voices concerns about budget cuts to environmental research.

Associate Geology Professor Anne Jefferson voices concern over proposed cuts to environmental research.

麻豆视频 geology professor is concerned about losing valuable government databases

麻豆视频 Professor Anne Jefferson expresses concern over losing valuable scientific data following proposed budget cuts.