Rising waters, shrinking habitats: the influence of fluctuating water levels on the geology and ecology of a Great Lakes archipelago Overview: Global and regional environmental change has resulted in water-level changes in the world’s oceans and large lakes....
Assessing Ground and Surface Water Quality in the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia Overview: The goal of this Advanced Research Project is to equip upper level students with a deeper understanding of environmental geochemistry, fluvial sedimentology, and hydrology while...
Thermal imaging to characterize the spatial distribution of temperature in freshwater springs Overview: During the Wisconsin Springs Gateway project, we will explore how local variations in topography, surficial geology, and bedrock geology influence the spatial...
Carbon sequestration by enhanced silicate weathering in agricultural soils Overview: Amending agricultural soils with powdered silicate rocks (“rock dust”) is an emerging carbon dioxide (CO2) removal technology with reported co-benefits to farmers in the form of...
Using the geochemistry of sediments (and metasediments) as windows into the evolution of ancient and modern mountain ranges Overview: As plates subduct and continents collide, mountains are formed. There are many ways to study mountains; we will focus on the histories...
Biogeochemical controls on natural and anthropogenic groundwater contaminants in California’s Central Valley Overview: California’s Central Valley (Figure 1) is one of the most productive agricultural regions in the world. To support the agriculture industry,...
For someone who’s deathly afraid of drowning, scuba diving was NOT on my bucket list of things to do. But I always had a fascination for the ocean sciences
Storms come up fast on you in Ambergris Caye. One moment you can be engulfed by sun, surrounded by crystal clear, turquoise waters, and the next you can be thrown into a violent thunderstorm that beats the water unmercifully with torrents of rain.