Category: Earth Science
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Kari Cooper, UC Davis – Reservoirs of Magma
The typical Hollywood depiction of a volcano might be visually stunning, but it’s not very accurate. Dr. Kari Cooper, a geologist at The University of California, Davis, provides a more realistic portrayal of what happens deep in the belly of a volcano. Dr. Kari Cooper is an associate professor at The University of California Davis’…
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Robert Burne, Australian National University – Martian Minerals and Microbes
“But our finding, that stevensite can form around biological organisms, will encourage re-interpretation of these Martian deposits and their possible links to life on that planet” said Dr. Robert Burne in a recent article on ABC Science. Dr. Robert Burne, an adjunct senior research fellow at the Research School of Earth Sciences at The Australian…