Where has all the Flora Gone?

Posted on June 8, 2012 by rberkowitz

1929481944Diversity of European alpine plant life may be shrinking.  Read more at Physics Today…

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Mind the Gap

Posted on May 17, 2012 by rberkowitz

1707289011Shells, bones, and teeth evolved in response to seawater chemistry changes triggered by the Great Unconformity.  Read more at Physics Today…

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EGU 2012: Potential Ecosystem Effects of Offshore Windfarms

Posted on May 15, 2012 by rberkowitz

PT.4.0317.online.f1Large offshore wind farms could affect ocean circulation patterns, temperature structures, and nutrient cycling.  Read more at Physics Today…

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EGU 2012: Life and Weather Away from Home

Posted on May 4, 2012 by rberkowitz

PT.4.0317.online.f1Conference participants discuss water stops and weather warnings for the galactic hitchhiker.  Read more at Physics Today…

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Translational Volcanology

Posted on May 4, 2012 by rberkowitz

20120504RBerkowitz_CliveOppenheimer_200x300_3Researchers can have the best monitoring systems in the world and knowledge of what the volcano will do in the next week. But if they can’t communicate that, the knowledge is worthless.  Read more at Science Careers…

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Volcanologists in Public Safety

Posted on May 4, 2012 by rberkowitz

20120504RBerkowitz_KristiWallace_200x200_3Career profiles of three scientists who study volcanoes.  Read more at Science Careers…

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EGU 2012: The Latest Dirt on Reducing Carbon Emissions

Posted on May 2, 2012 by rberkowitz

PT.4.0317.online.f1Scientists gather to discuss permafrost ecosystem recovery and the use of charcoal for counteracting carbon loss from soil.  Read more at Physics Today…

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The Other Gutenberg

Posted on April 19, 2012 by rberkowitz

PT.4.2576.online.f1Seismologist’s legacy includes discontinuities in Earth’s mantle and beyond.  Read more at Physics Today…

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The Notorious E15 in Pictures

Posted on March 29, 2012 by rberkowitz

2165268723Physics Today’s Earth sciences correspondent took her camera on a field trip to the scourge of transatlantic air travelers in 2010, the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull.  Read more at Physics Today…

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Building Sea-floor Features in the Lab

Posted on March 26, 2012 by rberkowitz

3019262095Researchers in Canada investigate overpressures needed to form ocean-floor domes.  Read more at Physics Today…

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