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GSA – San Antonio 2025

At the alumni reception – a reunion. Elliot Miller (Wooster) presenting his IS work on geochemical analyses of palagonite and potential applications to Martian exploration. Mary Palmieri (Wooster) investigates the linkages of tree rings and cloudiness in Northeast US. Lynnsey … Continue reading

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Fern Valley HYDRO25

Guest bloggers: Ihaja Metz and Cooper Norwell: On  September 29th, 2025 Dr. Wiles’s Hydrology class (along with Dr. Ison’s Field Botany class) took a trip out to Fern Valley, a College of Wooster monitering station on Wilkin run, a stream … Continue reading

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Wooster’s Water – The South Wellfield

Guest bloggers: Luke Woodfill and Francis Nwokonko (HYDRO25) On 9/22/25, Dr. Wiles’ Hydrology class (plus our wonderful ESCI technician Nick Wiesenberg) had the opportunity to tour the Wooster, Ohio Water Treatment Plant. On the way there, we stopped to see … Continue reading

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Springs Lab (HYDRO25)

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)

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

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)

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)

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)

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)

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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