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Clear as Mud: W&M geologists use Lake Matoaka sediment to refine charcoal classification system
On March 1, 2023
![Professor Nick Balascio stands in a small boat, examining a plastic tube of sediment.](https://wmblogs.wm.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Balascio-lake-core-1-1-280x190.jpg)
A group of William & Mary researchers from the Department of Geology and the Environment & Sustainability program have found that microscopic charcoal pieces
Researcher Profile: Geology Professor Dom Ciruzzi studies interactions between trees and the water cycle
On December 5, 2022
![A pair of hands holding a green straw with a straw-sized core of wood being withdrawn](https://wmblogs.wm.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Ciruzzi-4-280x190.png)
Dom Ciruzzi has spent a lot of time watching trees move. More accurately, he’s spent a lot of time measuring tree “sway”: tiny sideways
Student Summer Research Spotlight: Living Shorelines
On September 12, 2022
![A photo depicting a sandy beach, grasses and water in a small bay.](https://wmblogs.wm.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/vims-shoreline-min-280x190.jpg)
Erosion and sea level rise have dramatic consequences on shorelines throughout the Chesapeake Bay region. Usually, property owners stabilize their shorelines with bulkheads, revetments
W&M Team Hatches an Escape Plan for Diamondback Terrapins
On August 11, 2022
![Person in a canoe holding a terrapin in each hand.](https://wmblogs.wm.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Terp-Screenshot_cropped-280x190.jpg)
William & Mary ’24 Biology major Lindsey Dillard isn’t afraid of being pinched by blue crabs. Growing up, she spent many of her summers
They’re Gonna Need a Bigger Boat: W&M Biology Majors Survey Lake Matoaka’s Turtle Community
On July 5, 2022
![Two W&M Biology students measure a turtle caught on Lake Matoaka.](https://wmblogs.wm.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/PXL_20220629_150219071-min-280x190.jpg)
How many turtles are in Lake Matoaka, and what impacts do they have on the lake’s ecosystem? This question is the subject of a