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Tao Wen

(Dec. 21, 2021)

EES Professor Tao Wen Awarded Grant to Design Algorithm to Analyze Surface Water Quality

Wen's project will be the first hydrology-informed geospatial analysis tool capable of automatically analyzing multiple datasets

Thomas portrait

(Dec. 14, 2021)

EES Professor Jay Thomas Awarded NSF Grant for Work with Granite Solidification

Thomas will conduct a series of lab-based experiments to redefine the granitic water-saturated solidus.

Tripti Bhattacharya portrait.

(Nov. 24, 2021)

EES Professor Part of Expert Committee Helping to Shape the Future of Paleoclimate Research

Thonis Family Professor Tripti Bhattacharya served on a panel of paleoclimatologists who provided input for a report distributed by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

Daring to Dig exhibit.

(Nov. 24, 2021)

Professor Linda Ivany Featured in Exhibit Highlighting the Work of Women Paleontologists

A virtual and in-person exhibit at the Museum of the Earth in nearby Ithaca explores the achievements and discoveries made by women studying the rich history of life on planet Earth.

Sam Tuttle profile

(Nov. 23, 2021)

Samuel Tuttle Awarded NASA Grant to Study Snowmelt

Information about snowmelt can help scientists forecast flooding and track climate change.

EES faculty, graduate students, undergraduate students and alumni in Iceland.

(Nov. 5, 2021)

An Expedition to a Volcanic Hot Spot

Students, faculty and alumni from the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences travel to an iconic geological destination in Iceland.

Researchers examine an Ordovician Period outcrop on the shoreline of Anticosti Island.

(Nov. 1, 2021)

Uncovering the Secrets Behind Earth’s First Major Mass Extinction

A team of researchers have published a new study in Nature Geoscience exploring the cause of the Late Ordovician mass extinction.

Portrait of Zunli Lu.

(Oct. 12, 2021)

EES Professor Zunli Lu Awarded NSF Grant to Study the Causes of Mass Extinctions

Lu is part of an interdisciplinary team of scientists who will investigate how animals responded to environmental change millions of years ago.