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<article id="post-6052" class="post post-6052 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-careers category-reflection category-science-communication tag-earth-science tag-geology tag-geoscience tag-science-communication-2 fallback-thumbnail"> <figure class="post-image"> <a title="From Curiosity to Career: How GSA and OTF Shaped My Paleontology Path" href="https://speakingofgeoscience.org/2025/04/04/from-curiosity-to-career-paleontology/"> <img width="400" height="200" src="https://speakingofgeoscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/photo-2-1.jpg?w=400&h=200&crop=1" class="attachment-rowling-post-image-thumb size-rowling-post-image-thumb wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://speakingofgeoscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/photo-2-1.jpg?w=400&h=200&crop=1 400w, https://speakingofgeoscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/photo-2-1.jpg?w=800&h=400&crop=1 800w, 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data-medium-file="https://speakingofgeoscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/photo-2-1.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://speakingofgeoscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/photo-2-1.jpg?w=616" /> </a> </figure>  <header class="post-header"> <p class="post-categories"><a href="https://speakingofgeoscience.org/category/careers/" rel="category tag">Careers</a>, <a href="https://speakingofgeoscience.org/category/reflection/" rel="category tag">Reflection</a>, <a href="https://speakingofgeoscience.org/category/science-communication/" rel="category tag">Science Communication</a></p> <h2 class="post-title"><a href="https://speakingofgeoscience.org/2025/04/04/from-curiosity-to-career-paleontology/" rel="bookmark">From Curiosity to Career: How GSA and OTF Shaped My Paleontology Path</a></h2> <p class="post-meta"> <a href="https://speakingofgeoscience.org/2025/04/04/from-curiosity-to-career-paleontology/" class="post-meta-date-link">4 April 2025</a> <span class="post-meta-separator"> — </span> <a href="https://speakingofgeoscience.org/2025/04/04/from-curiosity-to-career-paleontology/#respond">0 Comments</a> </p> </header>  </article>  <article id="post-6032" class="post post-6032 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-field-geology category-reflection category-science-communication tag-earth-science tag-geology tag-geoscience tag-science-communication-2 fallback-thumbnail"> <figure class="post-image"> <a title="Coastal Hydrogeology: Understanding Local Factors Controlling Ecology and Habitat Resiliency on Waties Island, South Carolina" href="https://speakingofgeoscience.org/2025/03/31/coastal-hydrogeology-understanding-local-factors-controlling-ecology-and-habitat-resiliency-on-waties-island-south-carolina/"> <img width="400" height="200" src="https://speakingofgeoscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/wrobel_1.jpeg?w=400&h=200&crop=1" class="attachment-rowling-post-image-thumb size-rowling-post-image-thumb wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://speakingofgeoscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/wrobel_1.jpeg?w=400&h=200&crop=1 400w, https://speakingofgeoscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/wrobel_1.jpeg?w=150&h=75&crop=1 150w, https://speakingofgeoscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/wrobel_1.jpeg?w=300&h=150&crop=1 300w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" data-attachment-id="6038" data-permalink="https://speakingofgeoscience.org/2025/03/31/coastal-hydrogeology-understanding-local-factors-controlling-ecology-and-habitat-resiliency-on-waties-island-south-carolina/wrobel_1/" data-orig-file="https://speakingofgeoscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/wrobel_1.jpeg" data-orig-size="650,600" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"1.8","credit":"","camera":"iPhone 11","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1616769926","copyright":"","focal_length":"4.25","iso":"32","shutter_speed":"0.00059594755661502","title":"","orientation":"1","latitude":"33.848688888889","longitude":"-78.5877"}" data-image-title="Wrobel_1" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://speakingofgeoscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/wrobel_1.jpeg?w=300" data-large-file="https://speakingofgeoscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/wrobel_1.jpeg?w=616" /> </a> </figure>  <header class="post-header"> <p class="post-categories"><a href="https://speakingofgeoscience.org/category/field-geology/" rel="category tag">Field Geology</a>, <a href="https://speakingofgeoscience.org/category/reflection/" rel="category tag">Reflection</a>, <a href="https://speakingofgeoscience.org/category/science-communication/" rel="category tag">Science Communication</a></p> <h2 class="post-title"><a href="https://speakingofgeoscience.org/2025/03/31/coastal-hydrogeology-understanding-local-factors-controlling-ecology-and-habitat-resiliency-on-waties-island-south-carolina/" rel="bookmark">Coastal Hydrogeology: Understanding Local Factors Controlling Ecology and Habitat Resiliency on Waties Island, South Carolina</a></h2> <p class="post-meta"> <a href="https://speakingofgeoscience.org/2025/03/31/coastal-hydrogeology-understanding-local-factors-controlling-ecology-and-habitat-resiliency-on-waties-island-south-carolina/" class="post-meta-date-link">31 March 2025</a> <span class="post-meta-separator"> — </span> <a href="https://speakingofgeoscience.org/2025/03/31/coastal-hydrogeology-understanding-local-factors-controlling-ecology-and-habitat-resiliency-on-waties-island-south-carolina/#respond">0 Comments</a> </p> </header>  </article>  <article id="post-6010" class="post post-6010 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-careers category-education category-field-geology category-reflection category-science-communication tag-earth-science tag-geology tag-geoscience tag-science-communication-2 fallback-thumbnail"> <figure class="post-image"> <a title="A Plumbing Problem: Understanding the Connection Between Isla Tortuga Volcano and Magmatism in the Guaymas Basin (Gulf of California, Mexico)" href="https://speakingofgeoscience.org/2025/03/17/isla-tortuga-gulf-of-california/"> <img width="400" height="200" src="https://speakingofgeoscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/pina_3.jpg?w=400&h=200&crop=1" class="attachment-rowling-post-image-thumb size-rowling-post-image-thumb wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://speakingofgeoscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/pina_3.jpg?w=400&h=200&crop=1 400w, https://speakingofgeoscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/pina_3.jpg?w=150&h=75&crop=1 150w, https://speakingofgeoscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/pina_3.jpg?w=300&h=150&crop=1 300w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" data-attachment-id="6026" data-permalink="https://speakingofgeoscience.org/2025/03/17/isla-tortuga-gulf-of-california/pina_3/" data-orig-file="https://speakingofgeoscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/pina_3.jpg" data-orig-size="624,468" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Pina_3" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://speakingofgeoscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/pina_3.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://speakingofgeoscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/pina_3.jpg?w=616" /> </a> </figure>  <header class="post-header"> <p class="post-categories"><a href="https://speakingofgeoscience.org/category/careers/" rel="category tag">Careers</a>, <a href="https://speakingofgeoscience.org/category/education/" rel="category tag">Education</a>, <a href="https://speakingofgeoscience.org/category/field-geology/" rel="category tag">Field Geology</a>, <a href="https://speakingofgeoscience.org/category/reflection/" rel="category tag">Reflection</a>, <a href="https://speakingofgeoscience.org/category/science-communication/" rel="category tag">Science Communication</a></p> <h2 class="post-title"><a href="https://speakingofgeoscience.org/2025/03/17/isla-tortuga-gulf-of-california/" rel="bookmark">A Plumbing Problem: Understanding the Connection Between Isla Tortuga Volcano and Magmatism in the Guaymas Basin (Gulf of California, Mexico)</a></h2> <p class="post-meta"> <a href="https://speakingofgeoscience.org/2025/03/17/isla-tortuga-gulf-of-california/" class="post-meta-date-link">17 March 2025</a> <span class="post-meta-separator"> — </span> <a href="https://speakingofgeoscience.org/2025/03/17/isla-tortuga-gulf-of-california/#comments">1 Comment</a> </p> </header>  </article>  <article id="post-6002" class="post post-6002 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-field-geology category-reflection category-science-communication tag-earth-science tag-geology tag-geoscience tag-science-communication-2 fallback-thumbnail"> <figure class="post-image"> <a title="A New Perspective on the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: What Can Benthic Foraminifera Tell Us 14 Years After the Spill?" href="https://speakingofgeoscience.org/2025/03/13/deepwater-horizon-oil-spill-foraminifera/"> <img width="400" height="200" src="https://speakingofgeoscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/decuba_2.jpg?w=400&h=200&crop=1" class="attachment-rowling-post-image-thumb size-rowling-post-image-thumb wp-post-image" alt="Black and brown tubular organisms on the seafloor." decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://speakingofgeoscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/decuba_2.jpg?w=400&h=200&crop=1 400w, https://speakingofgeoscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/decuba_2.jpg?w=150&h=75&crop=1 150w, https://speakingofgeoscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/decuba_2.jpg?w=300&h=150&crop=1 300w, https://speakingofgeoscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/decuba_2.jpg?w=768&h=384&crop=1 768w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" data-attachment-id="6006" data-permalink="https://speakingofgeoscience.org/2025/03/13/deepwater-horizon-oil-spill-foraminifera/decuba_2/" data-orig-file="https://speakingofgeoscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/decuba_2.jpg" data-orig-size="791,593" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="deCuba_2" data-image-description="<p>Benthic foraminifera from northeastern Gulf of Mexico</p> " data-image-caption="<p>Benthic foraminifera from northeastern Gulf of Mexico</p> " data-medium-file="https://speakingofgeoscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/decuba_2.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://speakingofgeoscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/decuba_2.jpg?w=616" /> </a> </figure>  <header class="post-header"> <p class="post-categories"><a href="https://speakingofgeoscience.org/category/field-geology/" rel="category tag">Field Geology</a>, <a href="https://speakingofgeoscience.org/category/reflection/" rel="category tag">Reflection</a>, <a href="https://speakingofgeoscience.org/category/science-communication/" rel="category tag">Science Communication</a></p> <h2 class="post-title"><a href="https://speakingofgeoscience.org/2025/03/13/deepwater-horizon-oil-spill-foraminifera/" rel="bookmark">A New Perspective on the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: What Can Benthic Foraminifera Tell Us 14 Years After the Spill?</a></h2> <p class="post-meta"> <a href="https://speakingofgeoscience.org/2025/03/13/deepwater-horizon-oil-spill-foraminifera/" 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1","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"GSAConnects - 1","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="GSAConnects – 1" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>GSAConnects – 1</p> " data-medium-file="https://speakingofgeoscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/healy-1.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://speakingofgeoscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/healy-1.jpg?w=300" /> </a> </figure>  <header class="post-header"> <p class="post-categories"><a href="https://speakingofgeoscience.org/category/careers/" rel="category tag">Careers</a>, <a href="https://speakingofgeoscience.org/category/education/" rel="category tag">Education</a>, <a href="https://speakingofgeoscience.org/category/history-of-geology/" rel="category tag">History of Geology</a>, <a href="https://speakingofgeoscience.org/category/meetings/" rel="category tag">Meetings</a>, <a href="https://speakingofgeoscience.org/category/reflection/" rel="category 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data-permalink="https://speakingofgeoscience.org/2025/02/03/oxygen-temperature-sulfide-exploring-extinction-and-evolution-through-physiology/kemi_2/" data-orig-file="https://speakingofgeoscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/kemi_2.png" data-orig-size="385,289" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Kemi_2" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://speakingofgeoscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/kemi_2.png?w=300" data-large-file="https://speakingofgeoscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/kemi_2.png?w=385" /> </a> </figure>  <header class="post-header"> <p class="post-categories"><a href="https://speakingofgeoscience.org/category/field-geology/" rel="category tag">Field Geology</a>, <a href="https://speakingofgeoscience.org/category/science-communication/" 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The Science Behind New Madrid Seismic Zone Rumors" href="https://speakingofgeoscience.org/2025/01/24/is-the-midwest-due-for-a-doomsday-earthquake-the-science-behind-new-madrid-seismic-zone-rumors/"> <img width="400" height="200" src="https://speakingofgeoscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/gettyimages-182503559.jpg?w=400&h=200&crop=1" class="attachment-rowling-post-image-thumb size-rowling-post-image-thumb wp-post-image" alt="A seismometer renders a reading" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://speakingofgeoscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/gettyimages-182503559.jpg?w=400&h=200&crop=1 400w, https://speakingofgeoscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/gettyimages-182503559.jpg?w=150&h=75&crop=1 150w, https://speakingofgeoscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/gettyimages-182503559.jpg?w=300&h=150&crop=1 300w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" data-attachment-id="5970" data-permalink="https://speakingofgeoscience.org/2025/01/24/is-the-midwest-due-for-a-doomsday-earthquake-the-science-behind-new-madrid-seismic-zone-rumors/seismometer-printing-details/" data-orig-file="https://speakingofgeoscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/gettyimages-182503559.jpg" data-orig-size="730,478" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"Getty Images","camera":"","caption":"Cropped detail shot of seismometer printing line","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"kickers","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"Seismometer printing details","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="Seismometer printing details" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Cropped detail shot of seismometer printing line</p> " data-medium-file="https://speakingofgeoscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/gettyimages-182503559.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://speakingofgeoscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/gettyimages-182503559.jpg?w=616" /> </a> </figure>  <header class="post-header"> <p class="post-categories"><a href="https://speakingofgeoscience.org/category/science-communication/" rel="category tag">Science Communication</a>, <a href="https://speakingofgeoscience.org/category/structural-geology-and-tectonics/" rel="category tag">Structural Geology and Tectonics</a></p> <h2 class="post-title"><a href="https://speakingofgeoscience.org/2025/01/24/is-the-midwest-due-for-a-doomsday-earthquake-the-science-behind-new-madrid-seismic-zone-rumors/" rel="bookmark">Is the Midwest Due for a “Doomsday Earthquake”? 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href="https://speakingofgeoscience.org/2025/01/09/exploring-the-himalayan-metamorphic-core-of-northwestern-india/"> <img width="385" height="200" src="https://speakingofgeoscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/morrell_fig-1-e1736454433990.jpg?w=385&h=200&crop=1" class="attachment-rowling-post-image-thumb size-rowling-post-image-thumb wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://speakingofgeoscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/morrell_fig-1-e1736454433990.jpg?w=385&h=200&crop=1 385w, https://speakingofgeoscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/morrell_fig-1-e1736454433990.jpg?w=150&h=78&crop=1 150w, https://speakingofgeoscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/morrell_fig-1-e1736454433990.jpg?w=300&h=156&crop=1 300w" sizes="(max-width: 385px) 100vw, 385px" data-attachment-id="5939" data-permalink="https://speakingofgeoscience.org/2025/01/09/exploring-the-himalayan-metamorphic-core-of-northwestern-india/morrell_fig-1/" data-orig-file="https://speakingofgeoscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/morrell_fig-1-e1736454433990.jpg" data-orig-size="385,208" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Morrell_Fig 1" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>The view of the Himalayan peaks from the small town the author started the trek in.</p> " data-medium-file="https://speakingofgeoscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/morrell_fig-1-e1736454433990.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://speakingofgeoscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/morrell_fig-1-e1736454433990.jpg?w=385" /> </a> </figure>  <header class="post-header"> <p class="post-categories"><a href="https://speakingofgeoscience.org/category/dei/" rel="category tag">DEI</a>, <a href="https://speakingofgeoscience.org/category/education/" rel="category 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https://speakingofgeoscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/gettyimages-1500705603-e1736283208307.jpg?w=800&h=400&crop=1 800w, https://speakingofgeoscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/gettyimages-1500705603-e1736283208307.jpg?w=150&h=75&crop=1 150w, https://speakingofgeoscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/gettyimages-1500705603-e1736283208307.jpg?w=300&h=150&crop=1 300w, https://speakingofgeoscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/gettyimages-1500705603-e1736283208307.jpg?w=768&h=384&crop=1 768w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" data-attachment-id="5935" data-permalink="https://speakingofgeoscience.org/2025/01/07/expanding-geotourism-exploring-the-world-with-the-geological-society-of-america/a-large-group-hikes-into-the-mancos-shale-badlands-that-surround-factory-butte-utah/" data-orig-file="https://speakingofgeoscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/gettyimages-1500705603-e1736283208307.jpg" data-orig-size="5560,2450" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"8","credit":"Getty Images\/Cavan Images RF","camera":"Canon EOS 5D Mark II","caption":"A group of students from the University of Colorado course in geomorphology hike into the mancos shale badlands that surround Factory Butte, Utah, visible in the distance.","created_timestamp":"1268668760","copyright":"Ethan Welty","focal_length":"20","iso":"100","shutter_speed":"0.004","title":"A large group hikes into the mancos shale badlands that surround Factory Butte, Utah","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>A group of students from the University of Colorado course in geomorphology hike into the mancos shale badlands that surround Factory Butte, Utah, visible in the distance.</p> " data-medium-file="https://speakingofgeoscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/gettyimages-1500705603-e1736283208307.jpg?w=300" 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