A quick note to let everyone know that things are "on-schedule" for the drilling and sampling to take place this coming Saturday, March the 8th. We will be preparing the drilling site and the logistics "beachhead" on the Pollock's shoreline on Friday, March 7th, and activity should begin fairly early on Saturday morning with the intent of completing the drilling and sampling in a bit of a long day on Saturday. Barring some kind of major tempest (we are carefully monitoring the longer-range weather forecast), a complete thaw of the Pond, or the return of the Laurentide Ice Sheet, we will complete the first step of the project very soon.
More detailed schedule information will appear here in the next several days, so keep tuned. Meantime, the social activities are also on-track (see below).
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
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