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You might think Antarctica is the most remote place someone\u2019s career might take them. UWM alum Libby Ives traversed Antarctica\u2019s ice landscapes to study glacial sediments laid down more than 300 million years ago, but years later, she found herself even farther afield \u2014 literally, if not scientifically \u2014 when she applied her sedimentary skills to analyzing Martian landscapes for NASA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By studying ancient landscapes, her work offers valuable insights about a planet\u2019s environment \u2014 past, present and future. But the Waukesha, Wisconsin native didn\u2019t always know geology was her path.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI knew I wanted to do science, and I knew I wanted to be outside a lot,\u201d Ives said. She discovered her passion for geosciences as an undergraduate at Northern Michigan University, where she was drawn in by the interdisciplinary nature of the field. \u201cYou get to use your physics, biology and chemistry knowledge, and you get to put it all together to tell the story of the Earth and how things came to be.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read the full story on UWM Report<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Anna Funk, Marketing & Communications<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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