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Professor of Earth & Planetary Science
Expertise: Geology, hydrogeology, floods, river systems, dams
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Criss specializes in hydrogeology, the geology of water and systems of water. Much of his work has an environmental slant. He investigates the transport of aqueous fluids in environments such as rivers, cool potable groundwater systems essential to civilization, and deeper, hotter hydrothermal systems. Since 1990, the mid-continent experienced floods of such severity that they would not, under normal circumstances, be expected to have all occurred in a period of less than several centuries. Criss and a colleague have proven that engineering modifications of waterways have increased the frequency and severity of floods on most Midwestern rivers. For decades, he has taught a popular non-major course for undergraduates, Human Use of the Earth.
WUSTL Contact Information:
Education:
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Sc.B. in Geology at Case Western Reserve
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Master's Degree in Geology at California Institute of Technology
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in Geochemistry at California Institute of Technology
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500-pound gorilla on the dais
Population growth puts dent in natural resources
Nov. 5,
2008 --
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It's a 500-pound gorilla that Robert Criss, Ph.D., professor of earth and planetary sciences in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, sees standing on the speaker's dais at political rallies, debates and campaigns. Its name is population growth. And sometime during President-elect Barack Obama's first several months in office, he will have to factor it into future environmental policy, says Criss."Population growth is driving all of our resource problems, including water and energy. The three are intertwined," Criss says. "The United States has over 305 million people of the 6.7 billion on the planet. We are dividing a finite resource pie among a growing number of people on Earth. We cannot expect to sustain exponential population growth matched by increased per capita use of water and energy. It's troubling. But politicians and religious leaders totally ignore the topic."
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Southern Mo. targeted for uranium drilling
Associated Press
and 70 others
Feb. 3,
2009 -- According to one geologist, southeast Missouri could hold one of the biggest deposits of undiscovered uranium in the U.S. Includes comments by WUSTL earth and planetary sciences professor Bob Criss.
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