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Water: "Groundwater Level Prediction Using Machine Learning and Geostatistical Interpolation Models"   Authors:  Fabian J. Zowam1 and Dr. Adam M. Milewski1 1-Water Resources & Remote Sensing Laboratory (WRRS), Department of Geology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA   Correspondence: Dr. Adam Milewski   NOTE: Exciting new developments in groundwater management! Doctoral candidate, Fabian Zowam, and…

Title: Risk-Informed, Performance-Based Evaluation of Local and Regional Surface and Groundwater Hydrology using Alternative Conceptual Models Collaborative effort between College of Engineering and the Department of Geology (Franklin College of Arts & Sciences) PI: C. Brock Woodson, College of Engineering Co-PI: Adam M. Milewski, Department of Geology (Franklin College of Arts & Sciences) Duration: October 2024 – September 2027 Support…

    Geobiology: "Morphological and Microbial Diversity of Hydromagnesite Microbialites in Lake Salda: A Mars Analog Alkaline Lake"     Authors:  Yagmur Gunes1, Fatih Sekerci1, Burak Avcı2, Thijs J. G. Ettema2 , Nurgul Balci1,3 1 Department of Geological Engineering, Geomicrobiology and Biogeochemistry Laboratory, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey 2 Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University and…

  AGU: "Earth Sciences are the Model Sciences of the Anthropocene"   Dr. Paul Schroeder has co-authored an article in the American Geophysical Union’s Perspectives of Earth and Space Sciences that points the emerging importance of Earth Sciences in society today. We are pleased to see that UGA Geology’s Georgia First  is at the core of this message addressing issues of water, sustainable energy, critical minerals,…

International Society for Microbial Ecology  ISME:  "Microbial community composition predicts bacterial production across ocean ecosystems"   Authors:  Elizabeth Connors1,2,*, Avishek Dutta3,4, Rebecca Trinh5, Natalia Erazo1, Srishti Dasarathy1, Hugh Ducklow5, J.L. Weissman6,7, Yi-Chun Yeh6 , Oscar Schofield8 , Deborah Steinberg9, Jed Fuhrman6 , Jeff S. Bowman1,2  Abstract: Microbial ecological functions are an emergent…

The Department of Geology, in collaboration with the Lamar Dodd School of Art, has the honor to exhibit the work of UGA Alumna Ansley West Rivers titled Holding Time. The artwork maybe viewed at the third floor Geological Gallery in GG. The Artwork: Holding Time brings together three distinct bodies of photographic work by the artist to show the disquieting intersection of landscape and humanity.   About the Artist: Ansley West Rivers…

Book: "Water Matters: Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals" edited by Dr. Abhijit Mukherjee Chapter 6: "Role of Water in Sanitation (SDG 6.2)" authored by Dr. Srimanti Duttagupta   Water Matters is authored by about 100 authors across the world. It provides interdisciplinary content that bridges knowledge on water sustainability, technology, and security, with global and regional reviews as well as detailed case studies. The role of…

Dr. Mattia Pistone, University of Georgia: “Moho Mission to the Foundation of Continents: The ICDP DIVE Drilling Project” Abstract: It is more difficult to access the Earth’s interior a few miles below our feet than it is to explore the surface of another planet hundreds of thousands to million miles away. Drilling has made it possible to explore the Earth’s interior and thus, go deep. But the thrill to drill is quickly contrasted by the…

The Annual Georgia Environmental Conference (GEC) is the largest, most diverse educational opportunity in Georgia, typically attended by government agencies and environmental professionals seeking to exchange knowledge and share ideas about environmental concerns in Georgia and across the Southeast region. The GEC Student Scholarship Program, sponsored by the Georgia Brownfield Association, is a college-level research award hosted by the GEC. On…

Article by Meghan Bartels (SCIAM) This Ancient Sea Cow Was Killed by a Croc and Eaten by a Shark - Scientists re-create the last moments of a manateelike animal that was eaten by both a crocodilian and a shark. "The circle of life is beautiful and gruesome—sometimes so gruesome that it makes the fossil record downright macabre, millions of years after the fact. That’s what happened with an ancient manateelike animal whose remains were uncovered…