by Hannah Dion-Kirschner | Jul 31, 2017 | Uncategorized
Whew! Where did July go? Now that the excitement of splitting the sediment core has passed, the last couple weeks have been a bit of a blur of intensive sample processing. I wrote in my introductory post that lab work can often be monotonous. To be perfectly honest, I...
by Hannah Dion-Kirschner | Jul 17, 2017 | Uncategorized
One lesson in research: you can never expect things to go according to plan. Although last week was in many ways really exciting for me and my lab group, and involved lots of new instruments and new opportunities, we...
by Hannah Dion-Kirschner | Jul 15, 2017 | Uncategorized
As compared to usual, lots happened this week! Here’s a summary of what’s been happening, told in pictures. Testing out our brand-new core splitter on an empty core tube. My very own freshly split core! The new core scanner took...
by Hannah Dion-Kirschner | Jul 10, 2017 | Uncategorized
Tomorrow is the big day…the day we’ve all been waiting for…the day we split the sediment core! If you’ve read your way through my blog, you’ll know that right now, the core looks like this: The core was sampled from the bottom of Little Sugarloaf Lake in...
by Hannah Dion-Kirschner | Jul 6, 2017 | Uncategorized
I’m spending this week out in Washington state, taking a break from the lab to visit my dad and his family over the 4th. It’s always rejuvenating to get out and breathe some fresh air—I spend so much time thinking about the environment and earth...
