EEPS to host Breakfast with Dr. Richard Fortey
Join EEPS and the Wiess School of Natural Sciences for a special seminar and breakfast with Richard Fortey, Ph.D. Richard Fortey is a paleontologist who studies trilobites and graptolites. […]
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Entries by Linda Welzenbach
After the fire, charcoal goes against the grain, with the flow
After the fire, charcoal goes against the grain, with the flow JADE BOYD – DECEMBER 11, 2017 Rice U. wildfire study: Soil charcoal became more concentrated over time When a forest […]
Heavy nitrogen molecules reveal planetary-scale tug-of-war
JADE BOYD – NOVEMBER 17, 2017 Rice, UCLA, Michigan State, UNM find unusual enrichment in 15N15N molecules Nature whispers its stories in a faint molecular language, and Rice University scientist Laurence […]
Reefs near Texas endured punctuated bursts of sea-level rise before drowning
Fossil coral reefs show sea level rose in bursts during last warming JADE BOYD – OCTOBER 19, 2017 POSTED IN: CURRENT NEWS, FEATURED STORIES https://youtu.be/jv9VA797Veo Reefs near Texas endured […]
Rice’s Clint Miller ready to study first cores from Gulf of Corinth rift
Rice scientist ready to study first cores from active continental rift JADE BOYD – OCTOBER 19, 2017POSTED IN: CURRENT NEWS Rice’s Clint Miller ready to study first cores from Gulf of Corinth […]
Rice’s Laurence Yeung named 2017 Packard Fellow
JADE BOYD – OCTOBER 16, 2017 Rice’s Laurence Yeung named 2017 Packard Fellow Geochemist wins prestigious grant for innovative research into ‘clumped’ isotopes HOUSTON — (Oct. 16, 2017) — Rice University’s […]
Xiaodong Gao aiming for the six World Marathon Majors
Research scientist aiming for the six World Marathon Majors B.J. ALMOND – OCTOBER 6, 2017 POSTED IN: RICE CURRENT NEWS When research scientist Xiaodong Gao crossed the finish line at […]
Hot spot at Hawaii? Not so fast
MIKE WILLIAMS – AUGUST 18, 2017 Hot spot at Hawaii? Not so fast Rice University scientists’ model shows global mantle plumes don’t move as quickly as thought HOUSTON – (Aug. 18, […]
Data mining finds more than expected beneath Andean Plateau
JADE BOYD – AUGUST 23, 2017 Seismic data suggests means of producing massive volumes of continental crust Seismologists investigating how Earth forms new continental crust have compiled more than 20 years […]
Hidden river once flowed beneath Antarctic ice
Rice U. study: Flowing water influenced retreat of ancient Antarctic ice sheet JADE BOYD AUGUST 21, 2017 Antarctic researchers from Rice University have discovered one of nature’s supreme ironies: On […]