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MUSEUM OF NATURE & SCIENCE

Science Cafe looks at the evolution of groundwater and life in the Earth's crust

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The Museum of Nature & Science and Sigma Xi present “Science Café-Evolution of Groundwater and Life in the Earth’s Crust over Geologic Time” with guest speaker Dr. Jennifer McIntosh.  Dr. McIntosh joins us via Zoom Tuesday, April 19 at 5:30pm from the University of Arizona. Please contact education@las-cruces.org or call 575-522-3120 for a link to the program or go to zoom.us with webinar ID 841 3939 3694.

Using natural tracers and the Colorado Plateau as a natural laboratory, we will explore the extent and drivers of deep meteoric circulation and flushing vs. retention of ancient, saline fluids over geologic time. We will also discuss how the habitability of the deep subsurface has evolved through geologic time and been influenced by groundwater recharge. This work has implications for groundwater resources, as well as storage of anthropogenic waste products (e.g., oil/gas produced waters, CO2, and spent nuclear fuel) and alternative energy (e.g., H2).

Jennifer McIntosh is a Professor and Distinguished Scholar in the department of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Arizona (UA) and joint Faculty in Geosciences. She also held an Adjunct Research Geologist position with the United States Geological Survey from 2007-2017 and is currently an adjunct faculty at the University of Saskatchewan. McIntosh is a fellow of the Geological Society of America and the CIFAR Earth 4D: Subsurface Science and Exploration Program. She received her BS in Geology-Chemistry from Whitman College, PhD in Geology from the University of Michigan and was the Morton K. and Jane Blaustein Postdoctoral Fellow at Johns Hopkins University in Earth and Planetary Sciences before starting at UA in 2006.

The Museum of Nature & Science is located at 411 N. Main Street and is accessible from RoadRUNNER Transit Route 1 Stop 1. Visit the website at: https://www.las-cruces.org/museums or follow the Las Cruces Museums on Facebook and Instagram @LCMuseums.

For information contact Lea Flores, Education Curator, at 575-528-3372 or by email at lflores@las-cruces.org.

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