Glacier science gets a thumbs-up from users of social media
Alaska Pacific University took part in a National Park Service experiment aimed at using social media to field questions about glaciers submitted by Facebook and Twitter. Representing APU was Earth Science Associate Professor Michael Loso, who publishes frequently in peer-reviewed publications devoted to glaciology, alpine research and climate change, among other topics. Loso was part…
APU’s Loso receives NSF funding for collaborative research on Arctic climate change
Alaska Pacific University is among a 10-university consortium contributing new high-resolution proxy climate records of the past 8,000 years as part of the Arctic System Science Program. Earth Science Associate Professor Michael Loso said Arctic system changes that occurred in the relatively recent past may be compared with results of contemporary climate models. Funded by…
Death Valley
Alaska Pacific University’s unique semester model allows for students to enroll in one, hands on class for up to four weeks of experiential learning. Earth Science faculty Michael Loso and Amanda Booth led the first-ever field geology course in the Death Valley region of California during the January Block of 2011. Michael, Amanda, and ten…
Mossel Bay, South Africa
By: Chris Pavadore The senior project required of all APU undergraduates offers students a chance to synthesize years of education in an informative, directed study. The most exciting aspect of this project is that there are no limits as to what can be accomplished. As a senior in the marine biology program, I was interested…
