by Iliyah | May 23, 2017 | Astronomy and Planetary Science, Earth and Environment, Physical Science
Professor Darryn W. Waugh – The Polar Vortex: Meshing and Stripping the Gears of the Atmosphere Earth’s atmosphere is composed of multiple interlocked rotating parcels of air. At the poles, rotating vortices form an important part of this system. Climate...
by Iliyah | May 17, 2017 | Agricultural Science, Earth and Environment, Social Sciences
Professor Peggy Petrzelka – Solutions to Modern Challenges in Gender, Agriculture and Conservation In recent decades, farmland in the United States is increasingly cultivated by operators that rent the land, rather than the land owner. This shift holds major...
by Iliyah | May 17, 2017 | Biology, Earth and Environment
Professor Costantino Vetriani | Professor Frank T. Robb – Uncovering the Relationship Between Aquatic Thermophiles and Human Bacterial Pathogens Thermophiles thriving on hydrothermal vents are opening new avenues towards understanding the chemical mechanisms of...
by Iliyah | May 17, 2017 | Biology, Earth and Environment
Dr Branwen Williams – Coralline Algae as a Climate Archive The unique structure and anatomy of a coralline red algae found in the Arctic-Subarctic makes them useful markers, or ‘proxies’ of past climate and environment. Known as Clathromorphum, these encrusting...
by Iliyah | May 16, 2017 | Earth and Environment, Engineering and Tech
Dr Andrew G. Conly – Mining Carbon to Decrease the Carbon Footprint Mineralogist and geologist Dr Andrew Conly and his colleagues at the Lakehead University Mineralogy and Experimental Laboratory at Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, help to keep high tech companies...
by Iliyah | May 14, 2017 | Astronomy and Planetary Science, Earth and Environment, Physical Science
Professor Vassilis Angelopoulos – From THEMIS to ELFIN: Exploring Near Earth Space Dr Vassilis Angelopoulos and his colleagues at the UCLA Earth Planetary and Space Sciences Department in California study the interaction of solar radiation with the Earth’s...
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