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I have long enjoyed exploring the Ordovician and Silurian rocks of Estonia with my Estonian friend Olev Vinn. We have done a lot of work together, and Estonia continues to provide fascinating fossils for our studies. Our circle of paleontologists … Continue reading →

Phoenix, Arizona — It was a small group of Wooster Geologists at the annual meeting of the GSA held in Phoenix last week. The very early date (about a month earlier than usual) and the consequently earlier abstract deadline reduced … Continue reading →

Welders in a Texas swamp have built a starship. But don’t bet against SpaceX. Starship is a prototype upper stage for a next-generation, fully reusable, two-stage-to-obit launch vehicle designed to explore and colonize Mars. Starship is made from stainless steel, … Continue reading →

Four new studies from the Wooster Tree Ring Lab have recently appeared in Ecology, Journal of Geophysical Research – Biosciences, The Holocene and Chemosphere. Brian Buma lead the study published in Ecology that described the results of revisiting a classic … Continue reading →

One of my colleagues shared this article from Truthout with me because the title was about how Alaska has no sea ice within 150 miles of its coastline for the first time in recorded history of Alaskan sea ice. That’s … Continue reading →

Thank you to Patrice Reeder for her epic work on this report, from its design and art to content. Click away and enjoy!

The class stands in front of one of the unconformities in Wooster Memorial Park (aka Spangler). There was some discussion if this is a disconformity (yes) or a nonconformity (maybe yes). The lodgment till at the base is overlain by … Continue reading →

Most people are familiar with Neil Armstrong’s iconic photograph of Buzz Aldrin during the first moon walk. Much less well-known are this pair of photographs taken just after the moon walk. To my eyes, Armstrong seems exhausted but happy; Aldrin … Continue reading →

by Lauren Gunderson Directed by Professor Jimmy A. Noriega Dates: February 27, 28 & 29, 2020 Times: 7:30 PM Location: Freedlander Theatre Silent Sky tells the true story of Henrietta Leavitt, a female astronomer who worked at the Harvard Observatory in the … Continue reading →

Dr. Geraldine Richmond, Presidential Chair of Science and Professor of Chemistry, University of Oregon (About Dr. Richmond) Dr. Richmond is an international expert in environmental chemistry who has also dedicated her career to increasing the success of women in the … Continue reading →