A study by Dr. Joseph Meert — Professor in the Department of Geological Sciences — and his colleagues suggests an unstable magnetic field may provide an explanation for major evolutionary changes at the end of the Ediacaran Period (542Ma). Read more about their study in a recent article featured in Science Magazine, “Hyperactive magnetic field […]
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By Richard Whitely WUFT.org February 17, 2016 The University of Florida Department of Geological Sciences wants to show young students that geology rocks. It’s doing that through a local outreach program which, among other things, gives elementary school students a chance to meet scientists and to participate in interactive lessons about rocks, minerals and fossils. […]
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“Discovering the Deep: A Photographic Atlas of the Seafloor and Ocean Crust,” co-authored by University of Florida Geological Sciences Professor Michael R. Perfit, was recently honored with the 2016 PROSE Award for Earth Science from the Association of American Publishers, Inc. Presented on February 4, 2016 in Washington, DC, the PROSE Awards recognize the best […]
As the debate on the impact of climate change continues, a recent study of the St. Elias Mountains on the Alaska coast provided new insights into the interconnectivity of global atmospheric changes and tectonics. Dr. John Jaeger, Associate Professor in the Department of Geological Sciences, was a co-chief scientist for an international team of scientists on […]
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A recent study conducted as part of the Department of Geological Sciences undergraduate paleontology class was published in PeerJ. The article, entitled “Spider crabs of the Western Atlantic with special reference to fossil and some modern Mithracidae,” describes two new species of spider crab (Mithrax arawakum sp. nov. and Nemausa windsorae sp. nov.) discovered in […]
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