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The Yeo Valley with Blagdon Reservoir in the distance.
This photo is from:
S.K. Haslett (2010) Somerset Landscapes: Geology and Landforms. Blackbarn Books, 184pp.
Available from: www.amazon.co.uk/Somerset-Landscapes-Landforms-Simon-Hasl...
This photo is made available here by Professor Simon Haslett for educational purposes only. Permission to reuse must be obtained from the publisher in writing.
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Date taken: August 1996
American Municipal Power (AMP) Ohio has been working on retrofitting old locks and dams to generate environmentally friendly hydropower. To minimize the impact on the river and aquatic life, they are using mast-mounted data logging systems to monitor dissolved oxygen and temperature levels at multiple sites.
A view of the undulating landscape between Evercreech and distant Creech Hill, underlain by Jurassic strata.
This photo is from:
S.K. Haslett (2010) Somerset Landscapes: Geology and Landforms. Blackbarn Books, 184pp.
Available from: www.amazon.co.uk/Somerset-Landscapes-Landforms-Simon-Hasl...
This photo is made available here by Professor Simon Haslett for educational purposes only. Permission to reuse must be obtained from the publisher in writing.
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Date taken: July 1996
I had the opportunity to visit the Biosphere 2 complex in Oracle, Arizona.
Unfortunately, I have no outside pics of my own of the structure, since the weather was uncooperative, to say the least (it was snowing, in April, in southern Arizona!).
But in some ways, it's appropriate I only have indoor pics, as the whole point of Biosphere 2 was and is replicating the outdoors, indoors.
The 15th GLOBE Annual Meeting was held in Bethesda, Maryland, on July 17 – 22, 2011.
The theme of this year's meeting was "Expanding International Perspectives About Climate." More than 180 teachers, scientists and GLOBE community members from 46 countries (including representatives from 26 U.S. and the District of Columbia) took part in the welcoming events, informative presentations, networking sessions, poster presentations and field studies over the course of the 5-day event.
Join the GLOBE program: www.globe.gov/join-globe
L'Aber Estuary, Crozon Peninsula (Brittany, France), showing the impact of constructing a road causeway across an estuary. This image is a view upstream of the causeway taken by Professor Simon Haslett in September 2004 during an undergraduate student geography field trip from Bath Spa University College. For further information, please see:
Haslett, S. K., 2008. Coastal Systems (2nd edition). Routledge, London and New York. In particular see Management Box 3.3 on pages 87-88. www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415440608/
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American Municipal Power (AMP) Ohio has been working on retrofitting old locks and dams to generate environmentally friendly hydropower. To minimize the impact on the river and aquatic life, they are using mast-mounted data logging systems to monitor dissolved oxygen and temperature levels at multiple sites.
This photo is from:
S.K. Haslett (2010) Somerset Landscapes: Geology and Landforms. Blackbarn Books, 184pp.
Available from: www.amazon.co.uk/Somerset-Landscapes-Landforms-Simon-Hasl...
This photo is made available here by Professor Simon Haslett for educational purposes only. Permission to reuse must be obtained from the publisher in writing.
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Date taken: February 1998. Quarry on Ham Hill, Somerset.
This photo is from:
S.K. Haslett (2010) Somerset Landscapes: Geology and Landforms. Blackbarn Books, 184pp.
Available from: www.amazon.co.uk/Somerset-Landscapes-Landforms-Simon-Hasl...
This photo is made available here by Professor Simon Haslett for educational purposes only. Permission to reuse must be obtained from the publisher in writing.
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Date taken: September 1998. Church of St. Thomas à Becket.
We went to the Lower Great Miami River with Wright State University scientists to get a first-hand look at their dual nutrient study. Lee Slone reinforces the seal on his core sample using electrical tape -- turns out it's waterproof!
Read the full story here:
www.fondriest.com/news/nitrogen-dynamics-in-the-field-wit...
Dr. Carolyn Thomas' Pollution Science class visited Novozymes, Inc. in Salem, VA, and toured the labs and greenhouses. Megan Hill Thompson '08, Ferrum graduate, led the tour along with other members of the Inspire Group at the company. Dr. Bob Pohlad photograph.