Stories about "Geology"
The Portland Press Herald describes conflict about the Morse River's meandering ways
Tuesday, March 2, 2010 8:47 am
The Portland Press Herald describes how scientists, officials and residents differ on…
2009 Otis Fellows expand knowledge of history, culture, environment
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 2:36 pm
More than 100 years later, the Yukon River still bears the evidence of the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush: abandoned cabins, mining equipment, even shoes still scattered along the way. Last summer, two Bates seniors set out to experience this historic episode first-hand. They retraced the fortune hunters' trail along the Yukon, from Lake Bennett in Canada across Alaska to the Bering Sea — a distance of nearly 2,000 miles, covered by foot and canoe.
Faculty grant recipients honored in gathering
Wednesday, September 30, 2009 3:13 pm
Bates faculty members are active scholars, and many receive external grants to…
Bare Bones
Wednesday, July 1, 2009 10:23 am
In ancient fish bones, archeologist Bruce Bourque and geochemist Beverly Johnson find a contemporary story.
Rock Steady
Wednesday, July 1, 2009 8:33 am
Geology and kayaking — but no coasting — for "Dyk's Armada"
Science before water, says Poland Spring's Tom Brennan '83
Wednesday, April 1, 2009 10:53 am
When Tom Brennan ’83, senior natural resource manager for Poland Spring bottled…
Eric Peters ’86 raises oysters for the raw bar
Thursday, March 19, 2009 4:31 pm
In season, Peters and a part-time employee hand-harvest up to 8,000 shellfish weekly from the riverbed acreage that Peters leases from the state. Currently wholesaling through a distributor to restaurants in Boston and elsewhere, Peters will begin retailing in 2009 as Norumbega Oyster Inc. to diversify his clientele and boost revenues.
Presenting new knowledge in 1700 square inches
Sunday, March 1, 2009 12:25 pm
Dana Oster '09 had to think big — Atlantic Ocean big — during her geology research on the ever-shifting sands of Seawall Beach, part of the Bates–Morse Mountain Conservation Area along the Maine coast.
Author McKibben and key figure in 'renewable energy island' to speak
Friday, February 27, 2009 3:25 pm
Bill McKibben, the environmental journalist who wrote the first book aimed at a general readership about climate change, gives a talk titled "Global Warming: Fighting Against It, Living With It" at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 12, in Chase Hall, 56 Campus Ave.
Pristine isn't the dream, says geologist Matt Grove '94
Friday, January 9, 2009 12:00 pm
arly in the 1900s, two manufacturing plants in Arlington, Mass., dumped their chemical waste out back, which polluted a town-owned pond, later filled to create the high school football field.