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SUMMARY:Geological Society of Minnesota Lecture
DESCRIPTION:This coming Monday Feb 24 will be the next GSM lecture; it 
 is virtual via Zoom. Below are the details of this lecture, as well as 
 the Zoom link that you will need to attend. We recommend signing on betw
 een 6:50 and 6:55 PM on Monday so the lecture can start promptly at 7 CT
 .\n\nNext GSM Seminar: Monday, February 24, 2025\n\nRachel Phillips, Ph
 .D., (GEO GIRL), Postdoctoral Researcher and Instructor, U. of South Car
 olina\n\nGreatest Mass Extinctions in Earth's History (V)\n\nVirtual lec
 ture 7:00 PM CT.\n\nPlease click the link below to join the webinar:\n\n
 https://minnstate.zoom.us/j/96392467591\n\nSummary: Most people know ab
 out the mass extinction that took out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago
 . However, a lot of people are unaware of the other significant mass ext
 inction events in Earth's past that have shaped biological evolution. In
  this talk, I will cover the 5 largest mass extinctions of all time; spe
 cifically, what caused them, what effects they had on life, and what we 
 can learn from them. \n\nBiography: Rachel Phillips is an NSF Postdoct
 oral Researcher and Instructor at the University of South Carolina. She 
 received her Ph.D. in Geological Sciences from the University of Texas a
 t El Paso, where her research was aimed at improving reconstructions of 
 Earth's ancient atmospheric and oceanic conditions. Her current postdoct
 oral research is focused on increasing geoscience enrollment and engagem
 ent through identifying and transforming misperceptions of geoscience. A
 longside her research, Rachel works to promote global inclusivity and en
 gagement in the geosciences through her YouTube channel, GEO GIRL, on wh
 ich she shares educational geoscience videos (channel link: https://www
 .youtube.com/@GEOGIRL; website link: geogirlscience.com). Having posted
  about 300 videos with over 3.5 million views from around the globe, Rac
 hel has made significant progress toward improving the accessibility and
  perceptions of geoscience.
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