| Subcribe via RSS
USGS is using their EcoMapper underwater vehicles to map White Bear Lake in Illinois. The small submarine is guided on traverses of the lake by GPS to collect temperature and depth data. It can also collect water samples. Learn more about the EcoMapper in this USGS document (large .pdf)
“Of all the things that might control the onset of plankton disease epidemics in Michigan lakes, the shape of the lakes’ bottoms might seem unlikely – but that’s indeed the case.” Quoted from the NSF press release.
Tags: ads-by-google, archaeology, environment, geology, Geology.com, great-lakes, Jobs, pennsylvania, virginia, waterThe Spring 2010 issue of Arizona Geology has an interesting article about glyptodonts in Arizona. Quoted from the article: “Glyptodonts were 4-legged tanks, pseudo-tortoises with fur, protected by a rigid shell composed of tightly interlocking plates an inch thick and more. The largest glyptodonts weighed a ton, ate plants, and probably spent a
Tags: australia, Geology.com, great-lakes, Jobs, mexico, pennsylvania, washington