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https://youtu.be/_ZRedJzpfgk Video transcript below Pack your bags and get ready to motor west along Route 66, as we uncover the geology of Cars Land in Disney California Adventure. Cars Land transports guests to the town of Radiator Springs in beautiful Ornament Valley, bringing the setting of the movie to life. As a geologist and someone… Continue reading The Geology of Cars Land | Disney California Adventure
via New South American Site Reveals Extraordinary Fossils from the End of the Age of the Dinosaurs También disponible en Español Pittsburgh, Pa., USA: The discovery of a spectacular fossil site in Argentina is helping shed new light on life at the end of the Cretaceous, the time period just before the non-avian dinosaurs went… Continue reading New South American Site Reveals Extraordinary Fossils from the End of the Age of the Dinosaurs
via How an Ancient Society in the Sahara Desert Rose and Fell with Groundwater Pittsburgh, Pa., USA: With its low quantities of rain and soaring high temperatures, the Sahara Desert is often regarded as one of the most extreme and least habitable environments on Earth. While the Sahara was periodically much greener in the distant… Continue reading How an Ancient Society in the Sahara Desert Rose and Fell with Groundwater
In May 2021 I started posting educational geoscience videos on TikTok to test the waters of short-form video for science communication. I quickly found enjoyment both in creating and consuming content on TikTok, and I have continued to use TikTok as my primary platform for science communication. In our research study published in November 2022,… Continue reading TikTok vs YouTube Shorts for science communication
I'm very excited that our new publication "Exploring TikTok as a promising platform for geoscience communication" is now available as a Highlight Paper in Geoscience Communication! Zawacki, E. E., Bohon, W., Johnson, S., and Charlevoix, D. J.: Exploring TikTok as a promising platform for geoscience communication, Geosci. Commun., 5, 363–380, https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-5-363-2022, 2022. Watch the video… Continue reading New publication: Exploring TikTok as a promising platform for geoscience communication
via Incorporating Traditional Management Techniques to Combat Effects of Ocean Acidification Denver, Colo., USA: Ocean acidification is a major concern related to climate change, with the oceans currently absorbing around a quarter of the carbon dioxide that is released into the atmosphere. The increased CO 2 that is absorbed by the ocean in turn decreases its pH, making… Continue reading Incorporating Traditional Management Techniques to Combat Effects of Ocean Acidification
via Previously Deployed Military Personnel Show Retained Dust in Lungs Denver, Colo., USA: Military personnel who were deployed in Afghanistan and Iraq may have been exposed to significant amounts of dust and other respiratory hazards, leading to persistent respiratory symptoms and diseases like asthma and bronchiolitis. Researchers from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and National… Continue reading Previously Deployed Military Personnel Show Retained Dust in Lungs
Boulder, Colo.: While wildfires over recent years have raged across much of the western United States and pose significant hazards to wildlife and local populations, wildfires have been a long-standing part of Earth’s systems without the influence of humans for hundreds of millions of years. “Wildfire has been an integral component in earth-system processes for… Continue reading Earliest record of wildfires provide insights to Earth’s past vegetation and oxygen levels
via GSA TODAY | March-April 2022 By Emily Zawacki, 2021–2022 GSA Science Communication Fellow Previously unnamed impact craters on the south polar region of the moon are being named to honor three former Geological Society of America (GSA) members. These craters were discovered while studying the south pole of the moon in advance of NASA’s… Continue reading Three Former GSA Members Honored with Lunar Crater Names
via A Greener Sahara: Ancient Oases and Prehistoric Human Habitation in the Modern Desert I was able to interview Dr. Kathleen Nicoll, an Associate Professor at the University of Utah, as part of the Geological Society of American Science Communication Internship. You can learn about some of the research Dr. Nicoll works on in the… Continue reading A Greener Sahara: Ancient Oases and Prehistoric Human Habitation in the Modern Desert
Emily Zawacki, Ph.D. 