We continue to struggle with this winter's bizarre weather patterns! Amidst freezing rain as I speak, we are eyeing a not-so-nice forecast for the upcoming weekend. Here is the plan:
- We will NOT be conducting the coring on this Saturday, March 8 after all. The weather conditions are just hopeless for that day.
- We HOPE that the weekend storm will clear to permit us to core on this Sunday, March 9 instead. (Unfortunately, current weather models suggest the storm may spill over Saturday night and into Sunday and may force us to postpone the event even further).
- IF we are unsuccessful and have to cancel coring this weekend entirely, then the coring will take place the FOLLOWING Saturday, March 15.
Please watch here for up to the minute scheduling and adjustments -- including information about Sunday.
Sorry to need to hold our plans "up in the air" like this!!
Lee
The Madison-Hills Paleoecology Project ("MPEP")
Introduction
Scientific Basis of the MPEP
Lake-bottom sediments represent the most continuously detailed records of post-glacial (Pleistocene to Holocene) climate and environmental change available, and such records provide the best long term context for the dramatic physical and biological/ecological changes that have occurred during what has become to be known as the "Anthropocene" period (time since the beginning of extensive human habitation).
Who's Involved
The scientific staff of MPEP includes the following individuals, all of whom are donating their professional expertise to the project:
P. Thompson Davis, Ph.D., Dept. of Natural & Applied Sciences, Bentley College.
Brian Fowler, Quaternary Scientist, Project Director.
Lee Pollock, Ph.D., Dept. of Biology, Drew University.
Lisa Doner, Ph.D., Center for the Environmental, Plymouth State University
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
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