1918 Flu

The Spanish Flu as it was known claimed the lives of anywhere from 50-100 million people from mid-1918-1920. Brought on from the end of the First World War, the disease affected an estimated 500 million (28% of the global population of the time), killing 3% of the world's humans. It spread all over, even reaching the Arctic and remote Pacific islands. While it was not related to Spain, it was given the name due to both the King of Spain becoming gravely ill with it and the fact that the most reliable coverage at the time came from Spain.

Experiemental Forest

We noticed the effects of both erosion and the pine beetle on the forest with some trees having completely fallen over. Furthermore, we noticed the rocks with mosses growing on them, allowing for more plants to grow on top of them. This is me hugging a tree. The relationship didn't last. He had serious commitment issues to work through before he jumped into something serious.

Ocmulgee

The Ocmulgee Mounds commemorate the 17,000 years of habitation of the Macon area. The people who lived here migrated at the end of the ice-age when warmer weather led them south-ward. Around 2500 BCE, pottery shards started appearing in the area. These people would use plant matter in their pottery which would rot away or burn when placed in fire, leaving wormholes throughout it.The mounds were probably built in the early Mississippian Period when people began to use the fertile floodplain to plant crops. Their society remained there and became known as the Muscogee tribe until their culture was obliterated by white, gold-hungry European males, as usual.

Campus Adventures

Five Trees:
Palm-like trees outside of the Engineering building.
Evergreen tree outside of Willingham that serves as the Christmas tree.
Much taller evergreens which grow at various places on campus.
Chestnut Trees between Greek Row and the UC.
Magnolia Tree outside of Willingham.

Five Plants
Various shrubs grown for decorative purposes, such as the MU topiary outside of the Administration building.
Dandelions which grow randomly on campus and in neighboring Tatnall Square Park.
Grass: It is everywhere and it counts.
Bush covered in pink flowers outside of Willingham.
Black Mold :)

Five Animals
Squirrels
Robins
Bees
Earth worms
Pigeons

Five Rocks
Quartz
Granite
Gneiss
Limestone
Feldspar

Erosion
The parking lot above the Engineering building that is on an incline shows signs of erosion.
The sides of the WSC also showed bare earth, indicating possible erosion.
The parking lot in front of the CTA building
The area in front of the old bookstore.
The hill in front of the UC.

Burgess Shale

Burgess Shale is a fossil field located in British Columbia (as part of the Canadian Rockies). This area was discovered in the early 1900's and is still a significant source for pre-Columbian geology and fossil studies. Below are anomalocaris, wiwaxia, hallucigenia, opabinia, waptia, and marrella, common fossils that would be found in this area.

Icebergs

Icebergs are a natural phenomenon that occur when large chunks of ice break off of a much larger glacier or ice sheet and float freely in the open water. These puppies are monitored as they present a danger to ships in the North Atlantic (see  RMS Titanic). They have a tendency when they melt to make a fizzing sound due to air bubbles frozen inside.

Soil

http://www.color-chart.org/munsell-color-chart.php

http://soils.cals.uidaho.edu/soilorders/orders.htm

Georgian soil~
Utisol is a type of soil found in most humid temperate or sub-tropical climates. It is characterized by low fertility. They are also usually where large forests will spring up. Georgians will know them for their association with yellow or red clay which is common in the soil.