Stories about "Geology"
New confocal microscope is a ‘future-proof’ game-changer
Thursday, January 15, 2015 3:38 pm
Bates College is now home to a state-of-the-art confocal microscope, only the second of its kind in the state, that professors call a "game-changer" for student learning and faculty research.
Dead clams talking: $337,000 grant supports clamshell-climate research
Monday, October 27, 2014 1:31 pm
An oceanographer and a geologist at Bates have received a National Science Foundation grant to create a 1,000-year record of changing sea and climate conditions in the Norwegian Arctic.
Bates welcomes new faculty: Geneviève Robert, geology
Wednesday, September 24, 2014 8:48 am
Geneviève Robert, an assistant professor of geology who started at Bates in August, researches the rheology -- the factors that influence the flow -- of volcanic molten rock.
Video: 11 moments from a Short Term geology kayak trip to a coastal Maine island
Friday, May 16, 2014 12:00 pm
Videographer Sarah Crosby transports you to Cranberry Isles for brief moments of geology, kayaking and camaraderie.
Bates to screen ‘Shored Up,’ exploring the shoreline’s fate in the age of climate change
Tuesday, May 13, 2014 8:34 am
Described as "a thought-provoking documentary about the folly of shoreline construction in the Hurricane Sandy age," the film "Shored Up" will be shown on May 19.
Video: Visiting the Sprague Marsh to measure sea level change
Friday, May 2, 2014 9:00 am
Geology faculty and students head to Bates-Morse Mountain to place measurement rods deep in the marsh.
New film features stunning White Mountain views — and Bates geologist Dyk Eusden, too
Friday, March 21, 2014 8:59 am
Eusden enters the film as an expert who links the experiential with the geological.
For geology students, a walk on Garcelon Field becomes a trip back, way back, in time
Thursday, January 30, 2014 2:44 pm
"It's hard to comprehend billions of years," says geology professor Mike Retelle.
Bates-directed climate project in Shetland Islands wins environmental award
Tuesday, December 3, 2013 12:47 pm
A Bates-directed archeological project in the Shetland Islands has won an environmental…
Summer Student Work: Geology major Balter studies climate change in Arctic
Thursday, August 8, 2013 12:21 pm
Alexandra Balter '14 discusses why she chose to spend a cold summer in the Norwegian Arctic.