geological sciences

ESWN leadership board members are, from left: Amanda Staudt, National Wildlife Federation; Arlene Fiore, NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory; Tracey Holloway, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Meredith Hastings of Brown; Christine Wiedinmyer, National Center for Atmospheric Research; and Allison Steiner, University of  Michigan-Ann Arbor. (Missing: Erika Marin-Spiotta, University of Wisconsin-Madison.)

$1 million NSF grant funds grassroots support network for women geologists

Women in the male-dominated earth sciences often experience isolation and low self-confidence. Now, a Brown-based peer support network is helping them succeed.
READ MORE September 16, 2009
The R/V Knorr, home to a Brown geology team for two weeks, boasts the longest sediment corer of any U.S. research ship.
Stalking El Niño: Part One

Brown geologists search for climate clues deep in the Pacific Ocean

A team led by Professor Timothy Herbert is roaming the eastern part of the Pacific Ocean in search of data that can illuminate climate changes over hundreds of thousands of years. Grad student Caitlin Chazen’s blog comes directly from the research ship.
READ MORE April 6, 2009
A diagram of the Nili Fossae Trough on Mars shows an area ripe for remote mineral analysis. The proposed rover landing site is an oval outline at center.

Brown team’s Mars site makes short list for 2009 NASA mission

At a Mars landing site selection workshop in California, scientists seeking evidence of past life on the red planet promoted seven potential sites for exploration. Professor Jack Mustard and his team made a strong case for the Nili Trough’s mineral riches.
READ MORE September 18, 2008
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