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17 March 2020
It’s a great time to take a virtual field trip
Spring field trips are canceled, which makes it really hard to get students charged up about Earth sciences. Here’s a selection of virtual field trips that can’t replace the real thing, but may help students not lose interest, and may even whet their appetites for the day we can venture out again, field notebooks and rock hammers in hand.
23 November 2018
The best inspiration is hand-on experience
Field scientists, I have decided, are the lucky ones. Unlike a variety of other professions, field scientists have the opportunity to travel to remote places and observe the wonders of the world, to see magnificent environmental beauty and escape boring everyday life, all in the name of science. I had the chance to be one of these lucky field scientists up in the Arctic in August 2018.
12 January 2018
Water and sediment: news from the Mara Wetland, Tanzania
I realised that even in remote areas you are never alone. Thanks to the support of BirdLife International I had the chance to talk with people of the local communities.
10 January 2018
Life in the deep blue
The surface of the ocean is a deep blue, with white-tipped waves crashing around the RV Investigator and towards the horizon.
9 January 2018
Into the mud of the Great Australian Bight
The voyage brings together 20 students from universities all over Australia aboard the RV Investigator to learn and gain hands on experience in marine sciences. From a range of universities, we share our experience with grab sediment sampling.
7 December 2017
Across the Front! An interdisciplinary perspective
After spending the first few days hugging the coast of the southern parts of Western Australia it is now time to let go of the protection of the land and venture further south.
28 November 2017
Rookies at Sea
Have you ever been on a field trip to the middle of the Southern Ocean? Well, we – Peta Vine, Sam Wines, Ajinkya Koleshwar and Rhiannan Mundana – have done exactly that by participating in the CAPSTAN Program.
13 October 2017
De Estudiante De Geofísica a Jefe Científico (por un Día)
Hace dos años, antes de convertirme en estudiante de posgrado, nunca habría pensado que estaría en el mar en una expedición de investigación sísmica.
2 August 2017
Water chemistry field work leads to startling discoveries!
As the summer draws to a close, I look back fondly on the field days I have had this summer, perhaps most fondly on June’s water chemistry field day.
29 June 2017
We Probably Should Have Waterproofed That: Terrestrial Volcanism
Yesterday we were investigating marine volcanism via underwater fumaroles, and today we’re exploring the terrestrial side of Dominica! Scott Brame, a professor at Clemson University, took us to some of the most interesting geological features this volcanic island has to offer.
27 June 2017
We Probably Should Have Waterproofed That: Swimming in Bubbles
One of the more unique environments in Dominica are the marine fumeroles (underwater gas seeps) that occur mere steps from the beach. There are a few locations on the island that display this phenomenon; one of which is the appropriately-named Champagne Beach.
26 June 2017
We Probably Should Have Waterproofed That: Welcome to Dominica!
Welcome to Dominica, the Nature Island! Located in the Lesser Antilles of the Caribbean Sea, Dominica (not to be confused with the Dominican Republic) is a tropical island with nine active volcanic centers and is a great place to study geology.
1 June 2017
High school students in the field, monitoring streams
The Nichols College Pipeline program has completed the 18th consecutive year of field work on streamflow and water quality in the same streams at the same time of year with high school students. Our most useful measurements have proved to be the combination of the aesthetic underwater view of clarity and substrate covering.
6 December 2016
Local high school students get “into” water chemistry!
Encouraging students to be involved in hands-on collection of scientific data and to be confident in teaching others about their findings is one of the greatest aspects of citizen science.
15 November 2016
Porcupines of the Rio Grande
Thus far, about 90 quill samples have been collected. Quills are modified hairs that are easily detached when the porcupine smacks its body into something. Contrary to popular belief, a porcupine cannot “shoot” its quills as a defensive strategy.
14 November 2016
Hunting The Natural Treeline in Central Nepal, Part 3
Landslide season conspires with apple season and the Hindu festival of Dashain to push three field researchers to the limit.
11 November 2016
Hunting The Natural Treeline in Central Nepal, Part 2
Three hundred sheep, four frightful dogs and one week of treeline work in an incredible landscape.
10 November 2016
Hunting The Natural Treeline in Central Nepal, Part 1
Achyut Tiwari relates how he and his colleagues endured everything from a drunken porter to huge dogs, dizzying mountain trails and even a landslide to conduct their field work in Nepal. His research is on climate responses in treeline dynamics and growth climate in central Himalaya and Hengduan mountain, China. Tiwari is originally from Nepal and is affiliated with Xishungbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
