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Fri, 08/30/2024 - 2:04pm

The Annual Georgia Environmental Conference (GEC) is the largest, most diverse educational opportunity in Georgia, typically attended by government agencies and environmental professionals seeking to exchange knowledge and share ideas about environmental concerns in Georgia and across the Southeast region. The GEC Student Scholarship Program, sponsored by the Georgia Brownfield Association, is a college-level research award hosted by the GEC. On…

Tracy Chukwuma, Geology PhD student, wins the Georgia Environmental Conference's Student Scholarship Program Award

Thu, 08/29/2024 - 9:48am

Article by Meghan Bartels (SCIAM) This Ancient Sea Cow Was Killed by a Croc and Eaten by a Shark - Scientists re-create the last moments of a manateelike animal that was eaten by both a crocodilian and a shark. "The circle of life is beautiful and gruesome—sometimes so gruesome that it makes the fossil record downright macabre, millions of years after the fact. That’s what happened with an ancient manateelike animal whose remains were uncovered…

Scientific American explores the last moments of a manateelike animal that was eaten by both a crocodilian and a shark.

Fri, 08/02/2024 - 3:36pm

The Franklin College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Geology will offer four new minors in: Conservation Paleobiology Environmental Geology Geoenergy and Mineral Resources Solid Earth Dynamics. All programs will be available fall 2024. Details for each new minor can be found here Minors in Geology.

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Department of Geology, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, Minors in Geology

UGA approves new Geology Minors

Thu, 08/01/2024 - 11:00am

GEMS Critical Materials Workshop September 12-13, 2024 | Georgia Tech Campus Please join us for the Fall 2024 Georgia Partnerships for essential Minerals Workshop to be held on the Georgia Tech campus in Atlanta, Georgia. This symposium is hosted by the Georgia Institute of Technology, Geogia State University, the University of Georgia, and the Georgia Mining Association. Together with the GMA and the three…

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Critical Mineral, GEMs

Georgia Partnerships for Essential Minerals II

Mon, 05/06/2024 - 3:05pm

Diving into the roots of continents: Completion of the Phase 1 of scientific drilling of the ICDP-sponsored DIVE project The project DIVE (Drilling the Ivrea-Verbano zonE), sponsored by the International Continental Scientific Drilling Program (ICDP), completed the Phase 1 of scientific drilling activities in the second borehole in Megolo in Val d’Ossola in the core of the Ivrea-Verbano Zone (Western Alps, Italy). This geological body is…

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geology, ICDP

Diving into the roots of continents: Completion of the Phase 1 of scientific drilling of the ICDP-sponsored DIVE project

Tue, 04/30/2024 - 12:54pm

Hello Everyone, Thank you all for attending, participating, and sharing your time celebrating the accomplishments of our students, faculty, and alumni. I am humbled to be a part of this department and I mean it when I say I am excited about the road ahead. We are already planning for next year, and do not forget what I said, we will be looking to add another entertainment component to the awards ceremony so start thinking and…

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University of Georgia's Geology department, geology awards, geology alumni

Thank-you! For a successful, fun, and memorable 2024 Annual Alumni & Awards Ceremony

Mon, 04/29/2024 - 1:16pm

Environments: "Detection and Screening of Organic Contaminants in A Riverine System of Georgia using Non-Targeted Analysis" Authors: Gayatri Basapuram 1 Srimanti Duttagupta 1 Avishek Dutta 1,2 1 - Department of Geology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA 2 - Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, University of Georgia, Aiken, SC 29802, USA Abstract: Numerous organic chemicals exist within aquatic environments…

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pesticide distribution, riverine ecosystems, biotransformation, environmental health

Gayatri Basapuram, Dr. Srimanti Duttagupta and Dr. Avishek Dutta have a new publiction in Environments.

Fri, 04/19/2024 - 12:33pm

The University of Georgia's Geology department recently solidified one of the initial US-Turkey Erasmus+ agreements with Istanbul Technical University (ITU), fostering ongoing international collaborations. Currently, Mr. Alex Drahos, a UGA Erasmus+ exchange student, is immersed in his spring semester studies at ITU. To delve deeper into his achievements, refer to the links provided in the URL below. This milestone signifies the broadening scope…

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US-Turkey Erasmus+, University of Georgia's Geology department, Istanbul Technical University

UGA Erasmus+ agreements pioneered by Geology enables 2024 Truman Scholar, Alex Drahos, exchange at Istanbul Technical University.

Mon, 04/15/2024 - 1:43pm

Congratulations to our amazing Geology Undergrads who presented their work at CURO 2024 at the Classic Center in downtown Athens, GA! Talk Presentation: Jay Mrazek - Preliminary Results from Fiber Optic Distributed temperature Sensing of an Alabama Cave System Poster Presentation: William Bell - Mineral Alteration of Lunar Simulants. Sali Boyer - Mineral analysis of newly discovered granitic pegmatite: What it tells us about the Geologic…

Congratulations to our amazing Geology Undergrads who presented their work at CURO 2024!

Thu, 04/04/2024 - 1:03pm

Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science publication: The “extra pinch” of pseudosand to enhance tropical biogeochemical processes understanding. Authors: Simone Kilian Salas1, Katharina H. E. Meurer2, Diana Boy3, Elisa Díaz García4, Susanne K. Woche4, Jens Boy4, Georg Guggenberger4, Stephan Peth4, Paul. A. Schroeder5, and Hermann F. Jungkunst1 1 - iES Landau, Institute for Environmental Science, RPTU Kaiserslautern…

Dr. Schroeder has a new publication in the Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science.

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