A Fossil Mecca
MSU Students revitalizing Carter County Museum. Read the full story here.WISSARD project explores subglacial lake (Antarctica Special Assignment: Part 4) KBZK Reports
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First class of MSU undergraduates heads to Antarctic Peninsula
BOZEMAN - Eight Montana State University students majoring in everything from English to earth sciences will soon head to Antarctica to learn more about the ecology, climate and geopolitics of the Antarctic Peninsula. Read More...
Article in the April print version of Earth Magazine, published by American Geosciences Institute entitled “Ice-dwelling bacteria thrive”. The article is based on the results of the following paper Bakermans, C. and Skidmore, M. (2011b). Microbial Respiration in Ice at Subzero Temperatures (-4 to -33oC). Environmental Microbiology Reports, 3(6), 774-782. The April print issue of Earth Magazine.
MSU geology professor heads for Mount Everest
March 16, 2012 -- By Evelyn Boswell, MSU News Service
http://www.montana.edu/cpa/news/nwview.php?article=10993&origin=homepage
MSU paleontologists excavate dinosaur clutches in China
http://www.montana.edu/cpa/news/nwview.php?article=10804
Department of Earth Sciences and Institute on Ecosystems receives Joint Fire Science Program grant to develop Northern Rockies Fire Science Network with team of fire scientists from the Northern Rockies
The USDA Joint Fire Science Program has awarded a two-year grant to a collaboration of university and federal scientists involved in fire science research to develop a Northern Rockies Fire Science Network (NRFSN) - Knowledge Exchange Consortium. The purpose of the NRFSN is to improve fire science and delivery to forest managers, identify research gaps and strengthen collaborations between fire science researchers and managers. David McWethy from the Department of Earth Sciences is a Co-PI on the grant with scientists from the University of Montana, Salish-Kootenai College, University of Idaho-Moscow, National Park Service, US Geological Survey and the Rocky Mountain Research Station.
Dinosaur hunter: Jack Horner
MSU paleontologists, colleagues discover new raptor species in dinosaur "graveyard"
http://www.montana.edu/cpa/news/nwview.php?article=10234&origin=homepage-l
Sediment at the bottom of Yellowstone National Park lakes a window on ancient world
August 22, 2011 - By Carly Flandro, Bozeman Daily Chronicle
http://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/news/region/article_0a7900a0-cc4b-11e0-a6ca-001cc4c002e0.html
New MSU research sheds light on South Pole dinosaurs
August 03, 2011 -- By Evelyn Boswell, MSU News Service
http://www.montana.edu/cpa/news/nwview.php?article=10033&origin=homepage-l
MSU moves forward with U.S. Department of Energy backed carbon dioxide storage project in northern Montana
http://www.montana.edu/cpa/news/nwview.php?article=10021&origin=homepage
ASMSU Exponent: Bringing the Classroom Outdoors
Article by: Nathan Carroll 2011 Field Geology student
MSU grad student will use NSF fellowship to uncover secrets of ancient Montana rocks
http://www.montana.edu/cpa/news/nwview.php?article=9998&origin=homepage
Breaking ground
David Varricchio's findings have cast a new light on dinosaurs and their young
by Evelyn Boswell
http://www.montana.edu/mountainsandminds/article.php?article=9651 http://www.montana.edu/mountainsandminds/2011/spring/breakingground.php
MSU grad student thrilled to study ancient marine mammals
http://www.montana.edu/cpa/news/nwview.php?article=9818&origin=homepage-l
