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F.W. Olin Building Weather Station
The Geosciences department just installed a new weather station atop the F.W. Olin building! Check out the current weather conditions at
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Professor John Garver Addresses Ice Jams on the Lower Mohawk River
Local news outlets relied on Professor of Geosciences, John Garver, for his expertise regarding ice jam mitigation and last week's breakup on the Mohawk River.
WNYT story before breakup (16 Feb) John Garver interviewed by Jon Hunter on tug boat use and ice breaking.
The Daily Gazette article by Shenandoah Briere after successful breakup (19 Feb 2021) - this has a key public message that jams are being mitigated.
To read more about ice jams along the Mohawk River, and other environmental issues, check out Professor John Garver's blog "Notes from a Watershed."
Frey and Manon Awarded NSF RAPID Grant
$15,691; NSF Rapid Response Research (RAPID)
Principal Investigator: Holli Frey, professor and chair of geology; Co-Principal Investigator: Matthew Manon, lecturer in geology
RAPID: The effusive to explosive transition of La Soufrière, St. Vincent: Insights from petrology and hygrometry
The on-going eruption of La Soufrière, St. Vincent provides a unique opportunity to understand and evaluate a volcanic event as it occurs and evolves. After exhibiting no volcanic activity since 1979, a lava dome began extruding from the summit crater of La Soufrière in late December 2020, and on April 9, 2021, the eruptive style transitioned to an explosive phase. https://www.union.edu/news/grants/202106/frey-awarded-nsf-rapid-grant
Rodbell, Gillikin lead $1.5 M NSF grant to study tropical climate record
Two of our Union College geology professors – Donald Rodbell and David Gillikin – are leading an international team of scientists in a project to develop the longest continuous paleoclimate record from the region known as the “heat engine” of Earth. Rodbell, Gillikin lead $1.5 M NSF grant to study tropical climate record. https://www.union.edu/news/grants/202108/rodbell-awarded-nsf-p2c2-grant