/tags/geology Geology en-US Copyright © 2024 �������� Mon, 07 Feb 2022 22:00:39 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2022-02-07/the-hunt-for-critical-minerals-is-on-right-here-in-the-midwest Missouri State Geologist Joe Gillman discusses the search for critical minerals in the Midwest. Mon, 07 Feb 2022 22:00:39 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2022-02-07/the-hunt-for-critical-minerals-is-on-right-here-in-the-midwest Emily Woodbury /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2021-12-14/missouri-is-dinosaur-country-says-fossil-hunter-guy-darrough The state dinosaur of Missouri was long thought to be a sauropod. Amateur paleontologist Guy Darrough’s recent discovery reveals that Parrosaurus missouriensis is actually a duck-billed dinosaur. Tue, 14 Dec 2021 13:00:50 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2021-12-14/missouri-is-dinosaur-country-says-fossil-hunter-guy-darrough Emily Woodbury /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2021-05-19/exploring-the-science-behind-missouris-16-000-plus-sinkholes In this episode, we discuss the science behind Missouri’s many sinkholes and learn how the city of St. Louis was developed upon porous and uncertain terrain. Wed, 19 May 2021 19:20:31 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2021-05-19/exploring-the-science-behind-missouris-16-000-plus-sinkholes Emily Woodbury /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2020-08-18/missouri-paleontologist-shares-story-of-unearthing-rare-triceratops-skull Earlier this summer, Missouri paleontologist David Schmidt and a small team unearthed a rare triceratops skull in the South Dakota Badlands. Schmidt describes what the excavation process was like and what he and his fellow researchers hope to learn from the bones of the dinosaur they named “Shady.” Wed, 19 Aug 2020 19:30:51 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2020-08-18/missouri-paleontologist-shares-story-of-unearthing-rare-triceratops-skull Alex Heuer, Emily Woodbury /health-science-environment/2020-08-17/i-was-in-denial-missouri-paleontologist-unearths-rare-triceratops-skull A team from Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, spent nearly two months carefully excavating the fossil, which measures about seven feet long and weighs more than 3,000 pounds. Mon, 17 Aug 2020 20:33:46 GMT /health-science-environment/2020-08-17/i-was-in-denial-missouri-paleontologist-unearths-rare-triceratops-skull Shahla Farzan /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2017-01-25/curious-louis-what-gives-natural-bridge-road-its-name-the-answer-is-tied-to-missouris-caves If you’ve ever wondered where in the world the “natural bridge” in Natural Bridge Road comes from, you’re not alone. The answer is tied to Missouri's… Wed, 25 Jan 2017 22:12:53 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2017-01-25/curious-louis-what-gives-natural-bridge-road-its-name-the-answer-is-tied-to-missouris-caves Kelly Moffitt /health-science-environment/2016-12-16/geologists-puzzle-over-a-billion-year-old-once-lava-filled-crack-in-the-midwest About five years ago, Doug Wiens, a seismologist from Washington University in St. Louis, went knocking on the doors of farmers in Minnesota and… Fri, 16 Dec 2016 10:57:52 GMT /health-science-environment/2016-12-16/geologists-puzzle-over-a-billion-year-old-once-lava-filled-crack-in-the-midwest Eli Chen /health-science-environment/2016-01-08/aerial-survey-to-look-for-valuable-minerals-in-southeastern-missouri The U.S. Geological Survey is searching for commercially important minerals in southeastern Missouri. But the researchers won't be using any shovels or… Fri, 08 Jan 2016 23:49:17 GMT /health-science-environment/2016-01-08/aerial-survey-to-look-for-valuable-minerals-in-southeastern-missouri /2012-10-10/obamas-secret-weapon-in-the-south-small-dead-but-still-kickin States in the Deep South traditionally vote Republican in every presidential election. However, a string of "blue" counties curve through Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia. And the reason for this political anomaly seems to lie with ancient oceans and dead plankton. Wed, 10 Oct 2012 16:49:00 GMT /2012-10-10/obamas-secret-weapon-in-the-south-small-dead-but-still-kickin Robert Krulwich