USGS Research Geologist. Hangs out in the desert with rocks and gets them to tell me how past ecosystems responded to climate. Tweets my own!
Joined January 2012
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Kathleen Springer retweeted
Dr. Lucy Jones, the Center’s founder, world-renowned seismologist, and public voice for earthquake science and safety, is @USATODAY's California Woman of the Year!
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Kathleen Springer retweeted
#DYK @WhiteSandsNps was established as a nat'l monument #OTD in 1933? It is known for the world's largest gypsum dunefield and human footprints discovered to be 21,000 to 23,000 years old. Read more about this amazing study:
👣ow.ly/g4h850Qs5sg
#fossils #NM
ALT Rippling sand dunes in White Sand Dunes National Park, New Mexico. @NatlParkService photo.
ALT Several fossilized footprints found at White Sands National Park in New Mexico.
Kathleen Springer retweeted
It was great to talk with @WeiPoints for this @nytimes piece on the new evidence that supports the 21,000-23,000 year age of the White Sands Footprints. Congratulations to @kathspringer and all the authors on their excellent work on this site!
nytimes.com/2023/10/05/scien…
Kathleen Springer retweeted
Do the ancient human footprints at White Sands date back to the last ice age? trib.al/2vRb24w
Kathleen Springer retweeted
Big news: USGS scientists & partners have confirmed, with 2 new lines of evidence, that human footprints found in White Sands Nat'l Park show that people lived in North America 21-23,000 yrs ago—much earlier than previously thought!
More here: ow.ly/9peJ50PTBGN
Imgs: NPS
ALT Human footprints at White Sands National Park. Image credit: NPS
ALT USGS scientist Jeff Pigati examines the layers of sediment while collecting pollen to help establish the age of the footprints. Image credit: NPS
ALT Scientists working in and near a trench at White Sands National Park, a sandy landscape with distant mountains in the background. Photo credit: NPS
ALT USGS scientists Kathleen Springer and Jeff Pigati work at the White Sands site, lying on the ground with their faces close to the ground. Photo credit: NPS
Kathleen Springer retweeted
What can we learn by drilling a spring mound in @tulelakenps? A lot! Springs in the Las Vegas Valley record dynamic changes in groundwater levels in response to hydroclimate variations. 💧 See for yourself! 👉 ow.ly/EYHM50NkvJi
#FieldworkFriday #SnowDay #ClimateR_D
ALT Drilling equipment on the side of a small hill, which is coated in snow and dry, bushy vegetation. A person in a black coat and khaki pants is also on the hill taking samples. Credit: USGS, Public Domain
Kathleen Springer retweeted
You know her as SoCal's beloved earthquake expert, but Lucy Jones is also a skilled musician -- and her love of science and music come together in a special audio edition of Column One appearing today in podcast form at latimes.com/tempo and link.chtbl.com/26RCWL3A
Kathleen Springer retweeted
This #OneOnOneWednesday, we talk to @USGS geologist Kathleen Springer to learn what ancient footprints👣have to do with #ClimateChange & how studying #paleoclimate can help us prepare for the future! Read the interview on our Instagram @usgs_climate
@NatlParkService #WomenInSTEM
ALT A smiling women in a black shirt and tan pants stands on a sandy hill
Kathleen Springer retweeted
Scientists dated the ancient human footprints found at White Sands National Park using long-buried seeds.
The technique, called radiocarbon dating, showed that the footprints were created between 21,000 and 23,000 years ago. to.pbs.org/3H5R4TY
Kathleen Springer retweeted
Archaeologists have long believed that humans arrived in North America 13,500 to 16,000 years ago, after a period of warming had melted massive glaciers, opening up a land passage from Asia to North America. to.pbs.org/3DHaJYB
Kathleen Springer retweeted
Yup, our work at White Sands made the cover of @newscientist this week. A huge honour!!
Kathleen Springer retweeted
Calf Creek Tracksite in northeastern Utah in the lower part of the Nugget Sandstone. Brachychirotherium, Grallator, and Atreipus.
Kathleen Springer retweeted
WATCH: Video update to our current story on the #AntelopeValley #earthquake that occurred in California. @USGS_Quakes
➡️ow.ly/soi350Fsf1k
Kathleen Springer retweeted
A changing climate half a world away caused a fault to slip in Las Vegas, Nevada, according to a new study. Check out how it happened and what it could mean for seismic hazard in #LasVegas in @MeganSever4’s article for @Temblor temblor.net/earthquake-insig…
Kathleen Springer retweeted
Listen to @UCRiverside's Mark Springer discuss how #whales evolved from land to water, #gene by gene, in this @SciFri segment. The #interview took place at the @kucr883fm studio on campus. sciencefriday.com/segments/w… #evolution #sleep #biology @CNAS_at_UCR #genes #evolutionarybiology
Kathleen Springer retweeted
Museum director discovers his mother's childhood visit to @smithsonian. #SmithsonianVoices @NMNH smithmag.co/lFGBS6
Kathleen Springer retweeted
Encore Performance of Uncovered in the Archives about the Valley of Mastodons at @WesternCenter, TONIGHT, Friday at 6:30PM on KVCR (Channel 24 on most systems in So Cal) @kathspringer @brittandbone @captainfossil @AltonDooley @Hippodraco @CJEastman1 @I_am_GlennGrant @empirepbs
Kathleen Springer retweeted
This map shows you which slopes are most likely to become unstable in the coming rain. Everywhere below these slopes are also at risk - that is where the debris will flow to.
USGS | Emergency Assessment of Post-Fire Debris-Flow Hazards landslides.usgs.gov/hazards/…
Kathleen Springer retweeted
At the @WesternCenter interviewing paleontologist @kathspringer about Mastodons on #UncoveredInTheArchives on KVCR @empirepbs - premiering on November 13th.
