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Results for: Geophysics
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Video ItemWhat's Your Major? - Geosciences , video
Holly shares her studies in geoscience and through her focus in geology and geophysics, she learns not just about rocks, but what they do.
Date: Apr 13, 2023 -
Article ItemResearchers to investigate a gap in animal evolution between two of Earth’s most explosive biodiversity events , article
With support from NASA’s exobiology program, Ben Gill is leading a team of geologists and geochemists from Virginia Tech, Florida State University, Smith College, and Yale University to collect and study sedimentary rocks and fossils deposited globally under the ocean during the 40-million-year delay in diversification between the Cambrian Explosion and the Ordovician Radiation.
Date: Apr 12, 2023 -
Article ItemNew study: Scientists observe surface changes on a Venusian volcano in images from the 30-year-old Magellan mission , article
Scott King is quoted in the Nature story on the apparent volcanic activity discovery. He has said making surface discoveries about Venus is “challenging” because of heavy clouds that shroud the planet.
Date: Mar 15, 2023 -
Article ItemExpert discusses deadly flooding along California coast due to torrential rain , article
Manoochehr Shirzaei, director of the Earth Observation Lab at Virginia Tech, says ", as sea levels rise and lands continue to subside, coastal flooding and erosion will likely become the single major hazard to coastal communities and the environment."
Date: Jan 10, 2023 -
Article ItemAcademy of Data Science Discovery Fund awards support interdisciplinary research , article
The projects supported in this year’s awards focus on the use of data science methods in the fields of geophysics, medicine, and systems biology.
Date: Oct 18, 2022 -
Video ItemWhat's your science? - Jennifer Cyrnak , video
Jennifer Cyrnak ('93, '96) came to Virginia Tech undecided and ultimately chose Geophysics as her science.
Date: Feb 26, 2020