The best part of the summer is . . .

Post date: Jul 29, 2013 8:36:39 PM

We are on the 6th week of the program and it is simply great.

After collecting all the data available for Echinoderms, we get to play with it and decide on a project. I am partnering up with Cathy and Alondra to investigate the effect mass extinctions had in the size evolution of Crinoids. We discovered in the process that neither C0₂ nor oxygen were influencial in the evolution of size of this class.

Our project is going great and we are still figuring out more about Crinoids. We hope to have a more concrete discovery with some more data analysis.

The best part of the summer is hanging out with the other interns, I have met lots of people and they are super fun. We are becoming really good friends and I have learned to play football among other things.

We visited Berkeley and saw evidence of the Hayward fault in out last fieldtrip, that was fantastic too!

I am having lots of fun! I wish summer didn't go by so fast!