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Entries Tagged as 'Environmental Studies'

Green Living Seminar

January 18th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Achieving Energy Sustainability for the 21st Century: Choices and Challenges
This semester, MCLA is hosting a Green Living Seminar in Murdock Hall. You can find a full schedule at online. The series started last night with Tony Sarkis from Antioch New England Graduate School, who spoke about Choices towards a sustainable future.
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Tags: Environmental Studies · Green Living Seminiar · MCLA · Podcast

Pontoosuc Lake Lab

October 1st, 2007 · No Comments

It was a beautiful sunny day and the boat was extremely comfortable. We measured how far down we could see into the lake and the oxygen levels in the different depths of the lake. Fish cannot survive when dissolved oxygen is below 6 mg/L. Below 25 ft. of depth the dissolved oxygen […]

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Tags: Environmental Studies · MCLA

Tracking Turtles

September 26th, 2007 · No Comments

MCLA Environmental Studies Students in the wild.

This lab was terrific. I enjoyed going out into the woods with Drew Jones and tracking down the turtles and seeing them close up. I thought it was particularly cool that I got a chance to try out the radio transmitter and managed to locate one of the turtles. […]

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Tags: Environmental Studies