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Springs Lab (HYDRO25)

gwiles September 14, 2025 6:51 pm

Guest bloggers: Adam Wood and Arjan Chahal. On September 8, 2025, the College of Wooster ESCI-28000-01 (Hydro) team visited two artesian wells/springs (Kinney and Wayne County Airport site). Above the group is shown taking notes on the location, the depth … Continue reading →

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HYDRO25 – A Walk in the Park (Wooster Memorial Park)

gwiles September 14, 2025 4:26 pm

Guest Bloggers: Li Winner and Aaron Walters Dr. Wiles’s 2025 Hydrology class visited Spangler Park this past Monday. The day was sunny and warm. The main objective was to study the geological history and hydrology of the park. Especially with … Continue reading →

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HYDRO25 – Macroinvertebrate Survey

gwiles September 10, 2025 7:59 pm

Guest bloggers: Phillipp Drappatz and Elliot Miller, the Hydrology class at the College of Wooster performed a macroinvertebrate survey on 8/25/25 on Apple Creek in Wooster. The first lab of the semester was a trip to Grosjean Park in Wooster. … Continue reading →

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Juneau Recap (SEAK 25)

gwiles July 23, 2025 8:46 am

Guest Blogger Keck SEAK25: We bookended our time in Alaska with hiking, tree coring, and fish consumption in Juneau. Starting off strong with a hike to see Herbert Glacier. We were lucky enough to stay at the University of Alaska … Continue reading →

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Angoon Day 3 – Pt. 2: The Climb (SEAK 25)

gwiles July 23, 2025 8:41 am

Guest Bloggers SEAK2025: On our final day in Angoon, half of the team took a boat across the bay to Hood Bay Mountain, where our goal was to find suitable mountain hemlocks to add to our chronology. Mountain hemlocks typically … Continue reading →

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Angoon Day 3 – Pt. 1: Turn Point (SEAK 25)

gwiles July 22, 2025 4:08 pm

Guest Bloggers – SEAK25: On the third and final day in Angoon, we split into two groups. One climbed Hood Bay Mountain to extract high-elevation mountain hemlock cores, the other kayaked to Turn Point, searching for and coring culturally modified … Continue reading →

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Angoon – Day 2 (SEAK 25)

gwiles July 22, 2025 4:00 pm

Guest bloggers SEAK2025: We began Day 2 at Angoon High School, learning about student research focused on the preservation of Culturally Modified Trees (CMTs). A CMT is any tree that has been modified by indigenous people for cultural or practical … Continue reading →

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Angoon – Day 1 (SEAK 25)

gwiles July 22, 2025 3:44 pm

Guest bloggers – SEAK25: The SEAK Team traveled to Juneau Alaska from Wooster where they had been learning the basic of tree-ring dating and dendroclimatic analyses, After spending a couple days in Juneau, our Keck SEAK 2025 Team took a … Continue reading →

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Annual Report 2025 – Earth Sciences

gwiles July 21, 2025 12:59 pm

Special thanks to Nat McCoy and Dr. Pollock for their hard work on the Earth Sciences 2024-2025 Annual Report. You can access the report through this link.

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Keck (SEAK25) Week 2: Dendrochronological Methods

gwiles July 7, 2025 2:10 pm

Guest Bloggers SEAK25 (Keck – Southeast Alaska 2025) – Dendrochronological methods are a key part to our research team’s success. While analyzing and drawing conclusions from data is essential, it is equally as important to ensure the proper collection, preparation, … Continue reading →

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