Nature: Oldest American Artifact Unearthed

Huffington Department of Earth Sciences

Nature: Oldest American Artifact Unearthed

Nature Magazine journalist Rex Dalton interviewed SMU archaeologist David J. Meltzer as an expert source to weigh in on the claim by University of Oregon archaeologists who say they've found the oldest known artifact in the Americas.

Dalton's Nov. 5 article, "Oldest American Artifact Unearthed," quotes a number of expert sources on the discovery of a scraper-like tool in an Oregon cave. The discovery team dates the tool to 14,230 years ago.

Daily Mail: How energy from under the ground could power American homes with existing technology

The Daily Mail has covered the geothermal energy research of SMU Hamilton Professor of Geophysics David Blackwell, Maria Richards and the SMU Geothermal Laboratory. Blackwell and Richards, the Geothermal Lab coordinator, released a new map earlier this week that documents significant geothermal resources across the United States capable of producing more than three million megawatts of green power — 10 times the installed capacity of coal power plants today. The research was funded with a grant from Google.org.

MSNBC: Energy from hot rocks abounds

[/caption]MSNBC.com has covered the geothermal energy research of SMU Hamilton Professor of Geophysics David Blackwell, Maria Richards and the SMU Geothermal Laboratory. The Lab, funded by a grant from Google.org, Blackwell and Richards, the Geothermal Lab coordinator, released a new map earlier this week that documents significant geothermal resources across the United States capable of producing more than three million megawatts of green power — 10 times the installed capacity of coal power plants today.

Forbes: Google Funded Project Confirms Vast Potential for Geothermal Energy

Forbes in its Oct. 26 online news has covered the geothermal energy research of SMU Hamilton Professor of Geophysics David Blackwell, Maria Richards and the SMU Geothermal Laboratory. Blackwell and Richards, the Geothermal Lab coordinator, released a new map earlier this week that documents significant geothermal resources across the United States capable of producing more than three million megawatts of green power — 10 times the installed capacity of coal power plants today.

SMU Geothermal Lab project: Vast clean energy source confirmed by Google.org-funded geothermal mapping

New research from SMU’s Geothermal Laboratory, funded by a grant from Google.org, documents significant geothermal resources across the United States capable of producing more than three million megawatts of green power – 10 times the installed capacity of coal power plants today.

D Magazine: David Meltzer and other “Dallas Big Thinkers”

Meltzer%2CDavid%2C-DMag%2C-2011-250x213.jpgD Magazine journalist Dawn McMullan reported on the accomplishments of SMU archaeologist David J. Meltzer in the monthly magazine's "Dallas' Big Thinkers" article, which published Sept. 21.

A member of the National Academy of Sciences, Meltzer researches the origins, antiquity, and adaptations of the first Americans who colonized the North American continent at the end of the Ice Age. He focuses on how these hunter-gatherers met the challenges of moving across and adapting to the vast, ecologically diverse landscape of Late Glacial North America during a time of significant climate change.

D Magazine: Bonnie Jacobs and other “Dallas Big Thinkers”

Jacobs%2CBonnie%2C-DMag-2011%2C-250x183.jpgD Magazine journalist Dawn McMullan reported on the accomplishments of SMU paleobotanist Bonnie F. Jacobs in the monthly magazine's "Dallas' Big Thinkers" article, which published Sept. 21.

Jacobs, one of a handful of the world's experts on the fossil plants of ancient Africa, is part of a team of paleontologists hunting plant and animal fossils in Ethiopia's prolific Mush Valley, as well as elsewhere in Africa. Jacobs is an associate professor in SMU's Roy M. Huffington Department of Earth Sciences.

Dallas Morning News: Prehistoric crocodile thought to have originated in Europe may be a native Texan

gavial%2C%20istock%20220x165.jpgDallas Morning News reporter Marc Ramirez has written about the big prehistoric crocodile identified by SMU paleontologist Thomas L. Adams, a doctoral candidate in Dedman College's Roy M. Huffington Department of Earth Sciences.

The story, "'Prehistoric crocodile thought to have originated in Europe may be a native Texan," published in the Tuesday, July 20 edition of the Dallas Morning News.

Daily Mail: Meet the 25 ft prehistoric Texas crocodile who lived 100 million years ago

gavial%2C%20istock%20220x165.jpgLondon Daily Mail reporter Mark Duell has written about the big prehistoric crocodile identified by SMU paleontologist Thomas L. Adams, a doctoral candidate in Dedman College's Roy M. Huffington Department of Earth Sciences.

The story, "'Its fossil looked like a loaf of bread from Subway': Meet the 25ft prehistoric Texas crocodile who lived 100 MILLION years ago," published in the Sunday, July 17 edition of the Daily Mail.

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