Stories about "Geology"
Sediment at Seawall Beach

Saturday, November 1, 2008 4:07 pm

At the Bates-Morse Mountain Conservation Area in September, Emily Chandler '09 of North Yarmouth, Maine (above), with Dana Oster ’09 of Mercer Island, Wash., and Professor of Geology Mike Retelle, surveys Seawall Beach to monitor the transport and erosion of beach sediment.

Cruising with the ‘Croo’

Saturday, November 1, 2008 11:56 am

Run by the Appalachian Mountain Club, Greenleaf is among eight high-mountain huts staffed by about 50 college-age men and women, known as "croo." Last summer, five Batesies were hut croo, a number tied with Middlebury for the most in the huts.

What's the Dam Point?

Saturday, November 1, 2008 11:46 am

Shortly after a press release announced Lynne Lewis' scholarly article on dam removal, the Bates environmental economist learned where her academic research really hits home.

Images of Bates: October 2008

Monday, October 20, 2008 12:00 pm

A monthly collection of photo highlights from October 2008.

Field Geology in Maine

Sunday, October 19, 2008 1:33 pm

Another cool class I am taking this year is called Field Geology in Maine. What’s awesome about it is how the course introduces you to the principles of geology while working in the field. Therefore, it isn’t the same old “rocks in a box” kind of geology that sounds oh-so boring. Instead, the professor has the philosophy that the best way to learn geology is by doing it. About once a month, our lab will go out on a field trip to the coast, Baxter State Park, or even Acadia National Park.

UChicago professor celebrates Darwin at Bates

Wednesday, October 8, 2008 9:00 pm

"What advice would you give to Maine students interested in science?"

Place in the heart

Tuesday, July 1, 2008 2:59 pm

While outdoors, she looked within and found a new sense of place

‘CSI: Bates’ is just one of the hits on the Short Term schedule

Friday, April 25, 2008 10:09 am

Spring has sprung at Bates College, and students are taking advantage of the weather by flinging Frisbees on the Quad, relaxing by the Puddle...or digging for "bodies" at three mock crime scenes during Bates' annual five-week Short Term.

Lecture explores CO2 storage as means of mitigating climate change

Wednesday, March 26, 2008 9:54 am

Michael Celia, chair of the civil and environmental engineering department at Princeton University, gives a talk at Bates College titled "Geological Storage as a Carbon Mitigation Option" at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 27, in Room 204, Carnegie Science Building, 44 Campus Ave

Of Climate, Clams, and Colleagues

Saturday, March 1, 2008 4:39 pm

Arctic clams are sentinels of climate change, says biology professor Will Ambrose. But he didn’t find that out by himself

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