Congratulations to Shaunna Morrison (Earth & Planets Laboratory, Carnegie Science), the recipient of the 2023 Mineralogical Society of America award. The award was presented at the #GSAConnects meeting.

She studies crystal chemical behavior and bonding systematics in minerals, is part of the #MarsCuriosity science team and is a pioneer in #MineralInformatics.

https://msaweb.org/msa-award/

https://carnegiescience.edu/dr-shaunna-morrison-0

#GSA2023 #MinSocAm #GeoSociety #Minerals

Seen at the #GSAConnects meeting

Bare floors rather than temporarily carpeted floors to reduce meeting's impact.

Repost from X site of JosephKerski

#GeoSociety #sustainability #GSAConnects2023 #GSA2023

Talk this afternoon by Kathryn Smith, Dalhousie University at #GSAConnects:
Creating groundwater-sourced thermal refuges in rivers to adapt to a warming world
191: T21. Environmental and Engineering Geology Division II
Tues., 17 Oct. 2023, 1:35–1:50 p.m.
https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2023AM/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/392393

Smith and coauthor Barret Kurylyk added cold pumped groundwater to a Nova Scotia stream to aid spawning salmon and trout.
#GeoSociety #Salmon #DalhousieUniversity #EarthSystemScience

CREATING GROUNDWATER-SOURCED THERMAL REFUGES IN RIVERS TO ADAPT TO A WARMING WORLD

Climate change is causing widespread river warming and a loss or fragmentation ...

GSA - GSA Connects 2023 Meeting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania