| See Dr. Mary Schweitzer's interview on 60 Minutes of the "B-Rex" dinosaur. |
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| Hurricane Floyd (1999) in North Carolina: WRAL-TV and NCSU/RENCI (Renaissance Computing Institute) have made advances in forecasting technology as a result. |
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| MEAS alum, Scott Williams, (BS in Meteorology, 2004) is an on-camera meteorologist for the Weather Channel. |
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| MEAS is awarded a new NOAA climate center. |
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| Wolfpack in the Vortex blog - MEAS' Matt Parker and his grad students are chasing tornadoes this summer as they participate in the VORTEX2 project. Hear Dr. Parker's interview with NC's Scott Fitzgerald on WPTF-680 AM Radio, Tuesday, May 12, 2009. You can also watch their Weather Channel-produced interview on YouTube. |
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| Dr. David Eggleston was named an Outstanding Extension Service Award recipient for the College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences. This award is given in recognition of his dedication and demonstrated achievements in serving the people of North Carolina. |
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| Proteins and Soft Tissue from an 80 million-year-old Hadrosaur show that molecules preserve over time. See Dr. Mary Schweitzer's May 1 article in Science Magazine. |
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| Congratulations to Ernie Yeager, our CMAST Facilities Coordinator, who was honored by PAMS (College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences) with an SPA Award for Excellence. Our other MEAS 2009 nominees were Margo Hickman and Miranda Stamper. Congratulations to our nominees and our winner! |
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| MEAS took off for Antarctica again for more research Feb. 7, 2009! Check out their Antarctica blog. |
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| NC State's CMAST (the Center for Marine Sciences and Technology ) is featured in the current issue of Scope Magazine! Read about Dr. Eggleston and his staff's efforts in preserving the health of NC marine species such as the blue crab and the oyster. |
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| Drilling for oil in North Carolina? Dr. Jeff Reid weighs in on the question... |
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| MEAS is proud to sponsor Dr. Michael Celia, who will be speaking at NCSU on Friday, November 21, 2008. He will be speaking on "Geological Storage as a Carbon Mitigation Option," as part of the 2008 Henry Darcy Distinguished Lecture Series in Ground Water Science. The lecture will take place in 1216 Jordan Addition from 1:00-2:30 pm. |
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| Ryan Boyles is named TarHeel of the Week for taking weather data and making it useful for farmers, businesses and the average consumer in North Carolina. |
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| Logan Dawson, Class of 2012, is one of our new MEAS undergrad students featured on the NC State web site. Logan was a National Achievement Award semifinalist, and he will be studying meteorology here at NCSU. |
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| MEAS' Dr. Lian Xie takes a meteorological role in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. |
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| Check out Drs. David DeMaster and Carrie Thomas' research on his Antarctica blog. |
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| NC State professors Lian Xie and Shu-Cherng Fang help Chinese officials prepare for the Beijing Olympic Games in August '08. |
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| Lian Xie discusses the 2008 Hurricane Season. |
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| "Red Tide" season predicted for 2008 by researchers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and MEAS' physical oceanographer Roy He at NCSU. |
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| Dr. Mary Schweitzer is digging for more dinosaur bones in Montana this summer. Read her blog of her discoveries... |
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Dinosaur info for the kids! See Dr. Mary Schweitzer's Twelve Horses' video. |
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| Protein Sequences from T. rex collagen show evolutionary relationships of dinosaurs. |
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| Dr. Gary Lackmann and his research team, with help from the Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI), learn how climate change might affect tropical storms. Read about their research and view a computer-animated model of Hurricane Katrina. |
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| The Carolinas Section of the Association of Environmental & Engineering Geologists will present the 2008 Jahns Distinguished Lecturer, Dr. John J. Clague of Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, on Monday, April 14th at 3:30 pm in 1220 Jordan Addition, hosted by MEAS. His seminar title will be "Tsunamis--Stealth Killers." |
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| Paleontologist Dr. Julia Clarke, along with her postdoctoral researcher Daniel Ksepka and Peruvian collaborators, has discovered two extinct penguin species that once reached the Earth’s equatorial regions. |
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| MEAS' dinosaur research is once again featured in NC State's Scope Magazine, Fall Issue '07. |
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| Dr. Charles Basalirwa and Mr. Alex Nimusiima from Makerere University in Uganda are
visiting the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder CO and NCSU in
Raleigh, Feb. 21 and 22. Makerere University is
developing a meteorology program and the delegation is visiting the US to explore opportunities
for collaboration and partnerships. |
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| Dr. Mary Schweitzer's dinosaur discovery is ranked No. 10 of 2007 by Discover Magazine (January '08 issue) |
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The third, completely revised edition of the book
"Open Source GIS: A GRASS GIS Approach,"
co-authored by Dr. Helena Mitasova,
has just been published by Springer. The book includes
many examples of geospatial analysis using Wake County and
NC data. Learn more at Grassbook. (Nov. '07) |
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| MEAS' Aneja Receives NC's Highest Civilian Award - Nov. 28, '07. Watch the YouTube video. |
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| NCSU University honored WRAL TV-5's Greg Fishel in November for his long-time help to NCSU's faculty and students. |
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| Dr. Jim Hibbard, PhD student Jeff Pollock, MS student Matt Brennan and their collaborators were featured in a TV documentary on the Science Channel in October 2007 (courtesy of CBC-Canada), called "Geologic Journey: The Appalachians." |
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| View the slideshow from the Geology 2007 Field Course to Newfoundland headed by Dr. Jim Hibbard and PhD student Jeff Pollock. |
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| Height or Flight? Fossil Answers Some Questions About Evolution of Flight in Dinosaurs, Raises Others |
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| Nova (PBS) will air Dr. Schweitzer's findings on T-Rex preserved soft tissue. Tune in at 8:00 pm on Tuesday, July 24th.... |
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| >Giant penguins once lived near the equator according to Dr. Julia Clarke of MEAS at NCSU. Read about her findings in the National Geographic article (June 25, 2007). |
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| >GeoAlumni Newsletter for 2007 |
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| >Read Dr. Mary Schweitzer's abstract and full text article in Science Magazine, "Analyses of Soft Tissue from Tyrannosaurus rex Suggest the Presence of Protein", published April 13, 2007. |
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| >More Big Storms Expected - Weather researchers at NCSU predict 12 to 14 named storms, 8 or 9 hurricanes for 2007 - read the April 20th Raleigh News and Observer article. |
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| > Roscoe R. Braham, Jr., pioneering meteorologist and visiting professor at NC State, received an honorary Doctor of Sciences degree from Chancellor James L. Oblinger during NC State's fall commencement on December 20, 2006. |
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>NCSU's Wolfpack Women in Science (WWiS) will host Dr. Mary Schweitzer for a presentation of her groundbreaking research on soft tissues found in Tyrannosaurus rex fossils. The presentation "Under the Microscope - A New Look at An Old Dinosaur" will be made in the Talley Student Center Brown Room at 5:30 pm on April 16, 2007.
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| > John E. Moylan is the 2007 Jahns Distinguished Lecturer and will be speaking on April 11, 2007 here at NCSU. The Jahns Lecturer is jointly supported by The Association of Environmental and Engineering Geologists and the Engineering Geology Division of the Geological Society of America (GSA). He will speak on Site Characterization for the Design of Effective Groundwater Remediation Projects. More details to come... |
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| >National Academy of Sciences' Cicerone Gives Harrelson Lecture on March 19 at 3:00 pm. View photos from the March 20th MEAS luncheon with Dr. Cicerone and various MEAS faculty and students. |
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| >David Eggleston to direct CMAST (featured in Scope Magazine, NCSU, Winter 2007). |
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| >Viney Aneja named to Governor's Task Force (Scope Magazine, NCSU, Winter 2007). |
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| >Ryan Boyles has been named director of the State Climate Office (SCO) located on Centennial Campus (featured in Scope Magazine, NCSU, Winter 2007). |
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| >Student Makes Rare Dinosaur Find - read about Clint Boyd's discovery featured in Scope Magazine, NCSU, Winter 2007. |
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| >Professor Warms Up to Climate Modeling - Dr. Fred Semazzi featured in RESULTS Magazine (Research and Graduate Studies at NCSU), Fall 2006, Volume VI, No. 3. |
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| >NCSU team called mild hurricane season: Atlantic temperatures are key to accurate forecast - The News and Observer, (Nov. 1, 2006) |
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| >Mary Schweitzer, assistant professor of paleontology at NCSU with a joint appointment at the N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences, has been awarded a five-year, $625,000 fellowship from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. - (Oct. 27, 2006) - featured in Scope Magazine, NCSU, Winter 2007. |
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| >ISET NCSU Announcement - NOAA has awarded $12.5 Million to fund the new (ISET) Research and Education Center. The research team for ISET includes a diverse network of scientists, engineers, and students from NCSU and other institutions. - (Oct. 16, 2006) |
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| See the Construction of Jordan II. |
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| GeoAlumni Newsletter for 2006 |
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| > Lian Xie and colleagues at North Carolina State University in Raleigh analysed typhoon records and satellite data on snow cover on the Tibetan plateau between 1976 and 1998. They found that on average, about 17 typhoons form over the north-western Pacific each year, but in heavy snow years the number fell to about nine. Conversely, a mild Tibetan winter spawned as many as 24 typhoons. (Sept. 10, 2005 ) |
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| > Researchers
at North Carolina State University have developed a new model for predicting the number of hurricanes likely to form in the
Atlantic Ocean during the 2005 season, as well as the number
of those hurricanes likely to threaten the eastern seaboard. (May 13, 2005) |
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| > Graduate student Blake Schaeffer is the recipient of the
2005 Tobias/Williams Award in Marine Science. This award recognizes
outstanding work in Marine Sciences. (Apr. 11, 2005) |
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Soft
tissue found in T-rex fossil (Mar.24, 2005) |
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Tolson
Selected as Langley Professor at NC State.(Feb. 17, 2005)
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Graduate student John Allen
will be presenting research at the 54th annual meeting of the
Southeastern Section of the Geological Society of America, March
17-18 in Biloxi, Mississippi. (Feb. 17, 2005) |
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Jim Hibbard and his
graduate student Jeff Pollock
will both be presenting research at the 40th annual meeting
of the Northeastern Section of the Geological Society of America,
March 14-16 in Saratoga Springs, New York.(Feb. 17, 2005) |
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Graduate Research Opportunities
NASA-Langley Research Center, National Institute
of Aerospace along with NC State's Department of Mechanical
and Aerospace Engineering and the Department of Marine, Earth
and Atmospheric Sciences offer a number of reserach opportunites
for MS and PhD students (Feb. 8, 2005) |
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Scientist says bones show modern birds coexisted with dinosaurs
(Jan.20, 2005) |
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Relatives of Living Ducks and Chickens Existed Alongside Dinosaurs
More Than 65 Million Years Ago (Jan.19, 2005) |
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MEAS is excited to announce Matthew
Parker and Sandra Yuter
will be joining our faculty in Fall 2005. (Jan.19, 2005) |
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Carbon Sink or Carbon Source? Aerosols Play Significant Role
in Shifts (Dec. 8, 2004) |
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NCSU Geology Class Gets Eyeful (Oct. 2004)
--(Produced by The News and Observer)
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Research by Dr. Jim
Hibbard, Dr. John Fountain,
and Dr. Elana Leithold
and doctoral graduate student, Sarah
Decherd will be presented at the 116th Annual Meeting of
the Geological Society of America, Nov. 7-10, in Denver, Colorado.
(Sept. 2004) |
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"Open Source
GIS: A GRASS GIS Approach" by Neteler and Mitasova,
is now available as both hard-bound and eBook. The first book
about open source GIS, co-authored by Dr. Helena Mitasova,
was just published in its second edition by Kluwer/ Springer.
It provides updated information about the use of GRASS, including
geospatial modeling with raster, vector and site data, image
processing, visualization, and coupling with other open source
tools for geostatistical analysis and web applications. Several
sections of the book include examples of modeling and spatial
analysis of North Carolina landscapes.(Aug. 2004) |
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Geology Newsletter (May 2004)
--(Produced by Dr. Charles Welby) |
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Shell
Lecture-Michael Bevis (April 22, 2004) |
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Spring 2004 Student Cruise - QuickTime Movie (April 16,
2004)
--(Photos by Dr. Tom Wolcott, Produced by
Dr. John Morrison) |
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First-of-Kind Study to Analyze Air Quality of Animal Farms (March
15, 2004) |
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NC State Atmospheric Scientist Zhang Earns NSF Career Award
(March 10, 2004) |
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Penguin Bones from “Land of Fire” Rewrite Bird’s
Evolution (Feb. 11, 2004) |
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A
Lot of Hot Air: How the Dinosaurs Grew So Monstrous (Jan.
21, 2004) |
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New
Web Site Gives Citizens Real-Time, Statewide Weather Info
(Sept. 4, 2003) |
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“Science
Champ” Has Been Eating His Wheaties (April 4, 2003) |
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Duke/UNC
Oceanographic Consortium News |
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NC
State Names Three New Department Heads (Sept. 25, 2002) |
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Fish Kill in the Gulf of Oman |
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NC State University to Host Statewide Drought Conference
(July 10, 2002) |
| > Drought Indices Could
Help Forecasters Predict Weather (April 29, 2002) |
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MEAS
Seminar Series
> Job Opportunities |
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