EARTHtalk! – Dr. Laura Vietti

 

 

Dr. Laura Vietti  is manager of the University of Wyoming Geologic Museum and Collections.  Vietti completed her doctorate at the University of Minnesota where she researched the bacterial communities in the fossilization of bones.  Her present research focuses on advancing the methods for interpreting the history of vertebrae fossils.

In this lecture, Dr. Vietti explains the effects of a 50 ton whale when it dies in the ocean.

 

 

 

Posted in: Earthtalk

Comments are closed.