An opportunity to do graduate work at UNC Charlotte with excellent and enthusiastic aquatic biogeochemist Sara McMillan: We are seeking qualified applicants for a graduate assistantship at the MS or Ph.D. level, starting in the summer or fall of 2010 (summer preferred) in Dr. Sara McMillan’s laboratory at the University …
I’m delighted to be hosting Dr. Chris Rowan of the University of Edinburgh. Chris’s specialty is paleomagnetic applied to both neotectonic and paleoclimatic problems, and he’s worked in some fabulously exotic locations. Chris is also the lead blogger at Highly Allochthonous, where I occasionally contribute posts as well. Dr. Rowan …
The National Weather Service has produced a pretty map of snowfall totals from the storm a few weeks ago. Mecklenburg County (Charlotte) got around 4″, which is a hair more than I measured at home on Monday morning (~3.5″ plus an ice layer). At our field site in Gaston County, …
While all eyes are already on Gustav (and for good reason), here in Charlotte we’re still drying out from heavy rains on August 26-27. Tropical Cyclone Fay made landfall in Florida a record four times and then wandered up towards the Carolinas from the Gulf Coast. In Mecklenburg Count (where …