Kathleen Springer (@kathspringer) 's Twitter Profile
Kathleen Springer

@kathspringer

USGS Research Geologist. Hangs out in the desert with rocks and gets them to tell me how past ecosystems responded to climate. Tweets my own!

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The news embargo on our new study on the ancient human footprints at White Sands White Sands National Park lifts at 2:00 p.m. ET tomorrow and publishes Friday in Science Magazine. There’s been loads of interest, so look for it!! USGS Climate

The news embargo on our new study on the ancient human footprints at White Sands <a href="/WhiteSandNps/">White Sands National Park</a> lifts at 2:00 p.m. ET tomorrow and publishes Friday in <a href="/ScienceMagazine/">Science Magazine</a>. There’s been loads of interest, so look for it!! <a href="/usgs_climate/">USGS Climate</a>
USGS (@usgs) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Big news: USGS scientists & partners have confirmed, with 2 new lines of evidence, that human footprints found in White Sands Nat'l Park show that people lived in North America 21-23,000 yrs ago—much earlier than previously thought! More here: ow.ly/9peJ50PTBGN Imgs: NPS

Big news: USGS scientists &amp; partners have confirmed, with 2 new lines of evidence, that human footprints found in White Sands Nat'l Park show that people lived in North America 21-23,000 yrs ago—much earlier than previously thought!

More here: ow.ly/9peJ50PTBGN

Imgs: NPS
Summer Praetorius (@s_praetorius) 's Twitter Profile Photo

It was great to talk with Maya Wei-Haas, Ph.D. for this The New York Times piece on the new evidence that supports the 21,000-23,000 year age of the White Sands Footprints. Congratulations to Kathleen Springer and all the authors on their excellent work on this site! nytimes.com/2023/10/05/sci…

USGS (@usgs) 's Twitter Profile Photo

#DYK @WhiteSandsNps was established as a nat'l monument #OTD in 1933? It is known for the world's largest gypsum dunefield and human footprints discovered to be 21,000 to 23,000 years old. Read more about this amazing study: 👣ow.ly/g4h850Qs5sg #fossils #NM

#DYK @WhiteSandsNps was established as a nat'l monument #OTD in 1933? It is known for the world's largest gypsum dunefield and human footprints discovered to be 21,000 to 23,000 years old. Read more about this amazing study:  

👣ow.ly/g4h850Qs5sg

#fossils #NM
Dr Lucy Jones Center (@dljcss) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Dr. Lucy Jones, the Center’s founder, world-renowned seismologist, and public voice for earthquake science and safety, is USA TODAY's California Woman of the Year! vcstar.com/story/news/202…