As we move through the Paleozoic Era we will see how life continues to organize itself on land until the environment changes to prompt a mass extinction.
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BIO: Dr. Tamie Jovanelly is an Associate Professor of Geology at Berry College, Mnt. Berry, Georgia. She received her PhD from Kent State University, her MS from University of Nebraska, and her BS from University of Michigan. Over 15-years her research has been broad scoping and impressive. Most recently, she is sole author of the award-winning monograph titled, Iceland: Tectonics, Volcanics, and Glacial Features (Wiley, 2020). In continuation with her investigations in climate change she received a Research Scientist position on a cruise to Svalbard in 2021. Additionally, she is classically trained as a hydrologist and has completed water quality assessments on 5 continents comparing developed, undeveloped, and developing countries while focusing on major river systems (Nile, Ganges, Amazon, Mississippi, etc.). In 2017-19 she was awarded a US Fulbright Research position with Nacional Universidad (Costa Rica) to study water resources in national parks. This came after she completed her first Fulbright Research assignment (2013-14) with Makerere University (Uganda) where she focused on forest hydrology; a project funded by the National Geographic Society. She has published journal articles in Sustainable Water Resources Management (2020), International Journal of One Health (2020), Journal of Public Health in Developing Countries (2016), Journal of Water and Health: World Health Organization Press (2014). Furthermore, she received a Rufford Foundation Conservation Trust Grant (2015) that supported a collaborative research project with the Kenyan Wildlife Service. Dr. Jovanelly just concluded an appoint as a US Fulbright Specialist whereby allowing her to consult on world-wide water conservation, allocation, and quality issues.
In the Spring of 2021, Dr. Jovanelly was recognized for her sustained record of distinguished contributions to the geosciences and was awarded the Geological Society of America Fellow.
Keywords: Physical geology. Historical geology, geology, geologic time, age of earth, earth science, environmental science, environmental studies, rocks, minerals, rock, mineral, volcanoes, volcano, tsunamis, tsunami, earthquakes, earthquakes, geologist, natural disasters, plate tectonics, faults, fault, normal fault, reverse fault,. San Andreas fault, thrust fault, fold, anticline, syncline, Appalachians, mountain root, isostatic rebound, climate, erosion
