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Leafing out to bring down CO2

September 12, 2024May 2, 2017 by Callan Bentley

It’s getting green outside – what’s it mean for the planet? Find out in this blog post contemplating the relationship between spring leaves and atmospheric CO2.

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Friday fold: An odd duck

September 12, 2024March 1, 2013 by Callan Bentley

A USGS colleague shows Callan a bizarre fold outcrop in the Conococheague limestone of the Boyce quadrangle, Virginia.

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About Callan

A headshot of Callan Bentley. Callan Bentley is Associate Professor of Geology at Piedmont Virginia Community College in Charlottesville, Virginia. He is a Fellow of the Geological Society of America. For his work on this blog, the National Association of Geoscience Teachers recognized him with the James Shea Award. He has also won the Outstanding Faculty Award from the State Council on Higher Education in Virginia, and the Biggs Award for Excellence in Geoscience Teaching from the Geoscience Education Division of the Geological Society of America. In previous years, Callan served as a contributing editor at EARTH magazine, President of the Geological Society of Washington and President the Geo2YC division of NAGT.

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