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lsu texas a&m share a passion for gulf cost researchdec 11 2014lsu and texas a&m may be rivals on the gridiron but academically its literally smooth sailing between the two schools – they both conduct world-class research on marine life in the gulf of mexicothe two schools share several similar research interests such as the study of oil spills marine ecosystems and the overall health of the gulf especially in the area of hypoxia which means oxygen-depleted water texas a&m oceanographer piers chapman has a direct link with lsu he taught there for five years from 2002-2007 and also served as head of crest (coastal restoration and enhancement through research and technology) the group was comprised of 11 louisiana universities plus mississippi state steve dimarco we did research work and focused a lot on coastal marshes because louisiana has so many chapman recalls we were funded mainly through grants from noaa back then and still today lsu was big on environmental research oceanography and wetlands researchno doubt the key area in which the two schools collaborate deals with studying hypoxia and the water in the gulf where the mississippi river discharges pouring huge amounts offertilizer that has flowed into the river from hundreds of miles upstream forming a dead zone texas a&m university and louisiana state university are the countrys leading universities when it comes to studying the dead zone (the mississippi is the largest river in the us draining a whopping 40 percent of the nations land area) water in and near a dead zone becomes hypoxic resulting in a loss of marine life even fish kills the dead zone area has been measured as large as 9 000 square miles or roughly the size of new jersey and it peaks in mid-summer each summer several researchers from texas a&m and lsu head out on cruises to survey the conditions of gulf waters this past summer the team made its annual research cruise and established that the dead zone for 2013 was about 3 100 square miles or about the size of delaware and rhode island combined the best way to study how big a dead zone is each year is to take water samples at about a dozen sites or more in the gulf says steve dimarco texas a&m professor of oceanography and one of the worlds leading experts on the dead zone who has made 27 such research cruises in the last 10 years dimarco has received numerous grants from noaa for his research such as a $37 million grant in 2009 for multi-year field work we count on two key people at lsu to help us one is nan walker who is one of the best oceanographers in the country she is in charge of the satellite images we use during our cruises and also later to aid in interpretation of the data we collect she directs lsus earth scan laboratory a satellite data receiving station that captures images from six satellites in real-time using antennas on lsus campus she and her team have developed techniques for processing the images to reveal spatial distributions of water temperature particulate matter and phytoplankton that help us determine the impact of the dead zone she gives us a view from the sky that is critical to our work walker has been helping the texas a&m team since 2006 she has been involved with lsus coastal studies institute for years a highly regarded group that in the last 50 years has led studies in coastal geography arctic studies marine geology sediment transport processes and numerous other field studies the productive tamu/lsu collaboration dates back to the early 1990s when we were all involved in a three-year gulf-wide study of circulation from the coast to the loop current in the last decade our joint research has become more focussed on the growing hypoxia problem along the louisiana-texas coast says walker another lsu faculty member kevin xu assists dimarco with sediment samples he goes out with the team on the research ship and takes water samples at numerous sites and from those the team can learn how big the dead zone is and how it is impacting areas of the gulf kevin makes key measurements for us and from these he can compile numerical models on how the hypoxia is forming dimarco adds both nan and kevin serve as co-pis (principal investigators) and we probably could not make the cruises a success without their expertise lsu and texas a&m are research partners every step of the way on these dead zone cruises we have a very good working relationship and its a good example of how two research universities can come together to produce critical information about the health of the gulf ###
media contact: keith randall news & information services at (979) 845-4644 dr piers chapman professor
texas a&m geosciences at agudec 11 2013texas a&m college of geosciences has over 75 faculty and students presenting at the 46th annual american geophysical union (agu) conference dec 9–13 in san francisco calif research topics highlighted vary from hypoxia in the gulf of mexico to the capturing of mars rover imagesagus fall meeting is the worlds largest gathering of earth and space scientists with more than 22 000 scientists educators students and other leaders expected to attend this years conference in 2012 the meeting boasted more than 24 000 attendees 15 000 poster presentations and 7 000 oral presentations in addition to the robust scientific program the fall meeting offers a variety of workshops town halls and social and networking events this year texas a&m college of geosciences is sending two communication representatives to cover aggie geoscientists representing the college at agu coverage will include video photos blog posts and live social media updates of students faculty and staff presenting groundbreaking research and innovations geosciences' students are especially well-represented in poster sessions and co-authored papers the college of geosciences has the largest percentage of undergraduates participating in research  highlights of the conference will include mars rover curiousity imagery presented by mark lemmon 3d seismic analysis of tamumassif presented by william sager and innovations in geoscience education to underrepresented minorities presented by chris houser and sonia garcia fred chester will be part of a session highlighting three papers describing the results from drilling into the fault that produced the 2011 japan earthquake and tsunami texas a&m will also be in the spotlight as having received the bid from the national science foundation to continue managing science operations for the international ocean discovery program   follow geosciences live tweets (@tamugeosciences using #tamuagu2013) photos and videos from the conference will be posted on the tamuagu blog and our facebook page retweet like and share our aggie geoscientists' journey through agu
texas a&m nsf announce agreement for research ship operations may total $250 millionnov 22 2013the national science board has authorized the national science foundation to enter into a cooperative agreement with texas a&m university to continue managing the international ocean discovery program (iodp) and operating its scientific research vessel joides resolution  considered a premier research vessel for deep-ocean drilling the new cooperative agreement with the nsf could be as high as $250 million with the international community contributing another $875 million subject to availability of funds and continued scientific priorities texas a&m has served as science operator since 1985 for the research vessel joides resolutionduring normal operations work aboard the ship never ceases as drilling and science activities continue 24 hours a day for up to two months a typical ship's complement consists of up to 60 scientists and technicians and 70 crew members (john beck iodp texas a&m) the five-year agreement begins oct 14 2014 research aboard joides resolution has contributed to our knowledge about earths climate ancient sea levels continental drift volcano formation and the onset of earthquakes said roger wakimoto assistant director for the nsf geosciences directorate during the 28-year period that texas a&m has served as science operator for the program it has received funding in excess of $15 billion with much of it spent in texas iodp headquarters are located in the texas a&m research park of federally funded programs that have successfully been carried out in texas only the johnson space center in houston has received more financial support than iodp according to informal tabulations this is another homerun for texas a&mand for texas economically and otherwise said texas a&m university system chancellor john sharp it puts us even more in the worldwide vanguard of scientific research and im confident that the findings that come from this research can have far-reaching applications texas a&m provost and executive vice president for academic affairs karan watson joined in underscoring the significance of the new agreement and thanked everyone involved in bringing it to fruition this is further evidence of how our faculty scholarship is recognized around the world for its impacts watson said grants and partnerships of this magnitude having now exceeded $15 billion are not funded without an acknowledgement of the quality and effective management of our programs i am proud of dr miller dr clement the principal investigators involved and their team of faculty and students for their work  i also commend our government relations team who assisted in demonstrating our program strengths to federal decision makers in addition to worldwide operations being coordinated at texas a&m the iodp facility includes vast cold storage accommodations for thousands of core samples taken from beneath ocean floors around the world with scientists from throughout the nation and abroad coming to college station to study the extractions nsf expects to support about four joides (which stands for joint oceanographic institutions for deep earth sampling) resolution expeditions per year under the cooperative agreement joides resolution is currently operating under a one-year extension of the previous 10-year award to the consortium for ocean leadership and its integrated ocean drilling program we are pleased that the national science foundation is giving us the opportunity to continue operating the joides resolution for the international ocean discovery program said brad clement science services director of iodp joides resolution is a unique facility that allows dedicated scientists from around the world to access our planets secrets that are buried beneath the seafloor our continued operations will ensure that knowledge of earths processes will continue to grow and serve as an invaluable resource for future generations added kate miller dean of texas a&ms college of geosciences: we are very proud to have been selected once again to lead scientific ocean drilling for the international community it is gratifying that the national science board so clearly recognizes the dedication and extraordinary technical expertise of our iodp staff members and their role in making many of the most important scientific discoveries about the ocean floor over the last 30 years a reality the international ocean discovery program and its predecessors have led scientific ocean drilling worldwide since 1968 currently iodp has 28 international partners with brazil joining as its newest member the nsf has a long history with ocean drilling projects in the 1960s the deep sea drilling project provided a test of the plate tectonic hypothesis and a basic reconnaissance of deep-sea sediments and crustal rocks in 1983 texas a&m became science operator for the ocean drilling program which focused on examination of earth ocean and climate processes the integrated ocean drilling program began in 2003 and has served as an expanded program of scientific ocean drilling the newest program international ocean discovery program began oct 1 and will continue for the next six years joides resolution is currently in dry dock in the philippines undergoing routine maintenance checks it is expected to resume its schedule in january with an expedition to study the tectonics of the south china sea ### about research at texas a&m university: as one of the worlds leading research institutions texas a&m is in the vanguard in making significant contributions to the storehouse of knowledge including that of science and technology research conducted at texas a&m represents total annual expenditures of more than $776 million that research creates new knowledge that provides basic fundamental and applied contributions resulting in many cases in economic benefits to the state nation and world media contact: kate miller  dean texas a&m college of geosciences at (979) 845-3651 or karen riedel  college of geosciences news at (979) 845-0910 or brad clement  director of science services at (979) 845-2673 chad broyles marine technician carries the core onto the deck joides resolution retrieves cores of sediment and rock from around the world for scientific study about earth's processes (william crawford iodp tamu)
chad broyles marine technician carries the core onto the deck joides resolution retrieves cores of sediment and rock from around the world for scientific study about earth's processes (william crawford iodp tamu)
"texas a&m professor says methane levels on mars could signal life on the planetdec 26 2014texas a&m atmospheric sciences professor mark lemmon says the idea of life on mars is more plausible than ever now that the rover curiosity has found elevated levels of methane gas in the planet's atmosphere""we certainly don't know if it ever had life but what we see is that there are environments where forms of earth life would be happy in those environments "" lemmon said ""but this is just one more arrow in the direction that mars is potentially habitable"" read more on the eagle file - in this 2011 artist's rendering provided by nasa/jpl-caltech the mars science laboratory curiosity rover examines a rock on mars (ap photo/nasa/jpl-caltech file)"
file - in this 2011 artist's rendering provided by nasa/jpl-caltech the mars science laboratory curiosity rover examines a rock on mars (ap photo/nasa/jpl-caltech file)
state climatologist: good chance our drought will end in 2015dec 23 2014texas state climatologist john nielsen-gammon says chances are good that our four year long drought which began in devastating fashion back in the summer of 2011 could end in 2015 news radio 1200 woai reportsthe us drought monitor which gauges drought levels across the country now lists the entire san antonio area in its category of 'drought removal likely by march'read more: http://wwwwoaicom/articles/woai-local-news-sponsored-by-five-119078/state-climatologist-good-chance-our-drought-13090701/#ixzz3pno8dtfd
geosciences advisor receives presidents award for academic advisingdec 11 2014emily dykes 08 program coordinator for environmental programs in geosciences was selected as one of four campus-wide recipients of the 2014 presidents award for academic advisingdykes was honored by texas a&m interim president mark a hussey as part of the annual university advisors and counselors spring awards breakfast in may getting to be a part of students journeys and supporting them through their successes and struggles is a very rewarding and humbling process dykes said recipients receive $2 000 and a plaque and are selected by a committee composed of three students the president-elect of university advisors and counselors executive board and a representative appointed by texas a&ms office of the dean of undergraduate programs and associate provost for academic services selection is based on nomination packets that include letters from fellow advisors students and faculty dykes has been an advisor in the environmental programs since fall of 2008 she also received the college of geosciences robert c runnels excellence in advising award in 2011 this summer she will be honored as a 2014 texas a&m fish camp namesake camp emily i am honored to receive this award because it hopefully means somewhere along the way i have made a positive impact on a students life dykes says by eliana mijangos 14 emily dykes 08 program coordinator for environmental programs in the geosciences
emily dykes 08 program coordinator for environmental programs in the geosciences
"geosciences student wins astronaut scholarship for second year in a rowdec 11 2014amélie berger junior environmental geosciences student from paris france is one of 30 students nationwide to be awarded a prestigious scholarship from the astronaut scholarship foundation this is the second year in a row that a student in the college of geosciences has received the awardberger will receive a $10 000 scholarship in recognition of her unique aptitude for research and ingenuity in science and technology according to the award letter ""i am so honored to have received such a prestigious award it really motivates me to continue in my field of study and also gives me a strong sense of responsibility towards the foundation who is showing faith in me and my abilities i hope my research will help societies understand and adapt to a changing planetberger said"" the astronaut scholarship foundation (asf) was established in 1984 by the six surviving members of americas original mercury seven astronauts asf makes these scholarships available nationwide to college students who exhibit leadership imagination and exceptional performance in science technology engineering and math (stem) these scholarships are the highest monetary awards given to undergraduate stem students based solely on merit in the united states astronauts from the foundation make personal visits in the fall to each recipients university to present the scholarship check amélie shows the greatest promise of the undergraduates with whom i have worked in terms of becoming a leader in the interdisciplinary field of environmental sciences said dr oliver frauenfeld assistant professor of geography and bergers mentor she has amassed an impressive breadth and depth of knowledge and research experience in her time at texas a&m berger is involved in the honors fellows program and the undergraduate research scholars program at texas a&m she also participates in the colleges recruitment programs and serves as a peer mentor this summer she is researching natural resources in fiji and australia through texas a&ms study abroad program berger has also contributed to a submitted peer-reviewed publication to the journal biotropica she plans to continue her studies in climate science and sustainability in graduate school with the goal of teaching at the university level berger said she takes honor in helping america stay at the forefront of science and technology ""i would like to thank the professors i have had at a&m as well as dr sumana datta for her support during the application process i would especially like to thank dr debbie thomas for getting me started in research as a freshman and dr oliver frauenfeld for his tremendous support and guidance over the past year and a half i would not have come this far without the dedication of such amazing mentors"" berger says amelie berger junior environmental geosciences student at the college of geosciences"