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DESCRIPTION:Event Details:\n\nWhat makes and keeps planets habitable? Takin
 g an Earth-centric view\, it is clear that an equitable climate is require
 d\, which implicates the carbon and related biogeochemical cycles in regul
 ating habitability. To understand the factors that modulate these cycles\,
  my research group studies the chemistry of modern river systems. The prem
 ise behind this work is that rivers integrate over land surface heterogene
 ity and thus provide a means to relate land surface properties (e.g.\, cli
 mate\, rock type\, etc.) to the rates of different biogeochemical processe
 s. Broadly\, this presentation will focus on ways to understand the co-evo
 lution of hydrology\, chemical weathering\, and landscape form using solut
 e concentrations and isotopic ratios measured in rivers. As an illustrativ
 e example\, I will focus on how geologic climate change\, such as glacial 
 cycles\, impacts rates of carbon dioxide sequestration via the growth and 
 decay of glaciers along with changes in rainfall.\n\n \n\nDr. Mark Torres 
 studies the chemistry of natural waters and related problems in biogeochem
 istry. This work allows him and his laboratory group to ask questions like
 \, “what makes and keeps planets habitable?"\, "how will climate change 
 impact water quality?"\, and “how can we use natural processes to mitiga
 te the effects of climate change?". He received a bachelor’s degree in G
 eology from Pitzer College in 2010 and a Ph.D. in Geochemistry from the Un
 iversity of Southern California in 2015. From 2015 to 2017\, Dr. Torres wa
 s a Texaco/AGEP postdoctoral fellow at the California Institute of Technol
 ogy. Since 2017\, Dr. Torres has been an assistant professor at Rice Unive
 rsity in the Department of Earth\, Environmental\, and Planetary Sciences.
  In 2019\, Dr. Torres was selected for the Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship in O
 cean Sciences and in 2021\, he was awarded the F.W. Clarke Medal by the Ge
 ochemical Society.\n\n \n\nFor the Zoom information\, please get in touch 
 with Jannis Simões-Seymens (jseymens@stanford.edu)
GEO:37.42766;-122.17006
LOCATION: Building 320\, Geology Corner\, Room 220 and Zoom\, 220
SUMMARY:EPS Seminar: Dr. Mark Torres - "Rivers flow not past\, but through
 ” a fluvial perspective on Earth’s elemental cycles
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 rivers-flow-not-past-but-through-a-fluvial-perspective-on-earths-elemental
 -cycles-7264
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