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@osuceoas.bsky.socialHappy Fall Term, CEOAS Beavs! This week, we welcome 200 future earth scientists to Corvallis, with another 100+ online and in Bend! From movie night to Convocation, an ice cream social and experiential learning events, we're excited you're here and ready to help you navigate this next chapter. 🧡🖤
@osuceoas.bsky.socialHow do you obtain ancient ice, millions of years old, to analyze the content of the air bubbles trapped within?
Let Danielle Whittaker, ice core handler for NSF COLDEX, walk you through the drilling tent in Allan Hills, Antarctica, on a bitter cold December night: oregonstater.org/under-the-mi...
@osuceoas.bsky.social“These emissions don’t simply break down over time, they stay in the soil until it’s remediated or removed.”
Check out Alyssa's interactive map for lead levels at airports near your neighborhood: ehsc.oregonstate.edu/our-research...
@osuceoas.bsky.socialCEOAS environmental geochemist Alyssa Shiel has been studying heavy metal contaminants, like lead, for nearly a decade.
Small, regional airports are one of the biggest hotspots of lead emissions in the country. What does this mean for the surrounding neighborhoods?
@osuceoas.bsky.socialCEOAS paleoclimatologist Christo Buizert says that the AMOC - a current system in the Atlantic Ocean - works like a heat valve that controls the energy budget of the entire planet.
And it's weakening.
What you need to know: www.kgw.com/article/tech...
