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Group of people participating in a science project.

(May 9, 2022)

Biology and Earth and Environmental Sciences Departments Come Together on Diversity and Engagement Initiatives

A SEEDS SPUR summer fellowship, Natural Science Explorers outreach program and E4 seminar series highlight the departments' efforts.

Illustration  showing the onset of freezing weather and skies loaded with sulfur aerosols.

(March 21, 2022)

The Impact of Extinction

New research published in PNAS answers a lingering question about the source of atmospheric sulfur leading to the extinction of the dinosaurs.

Aerial view of a retreating glacier.

(March 14, 2022)

EES Professor Helps Find Clues Behind What Turned Ancient Subtropical Drylands Into Oases

Thonis Family Professor Tripti Bhattacharya is among an international team of researchers whose study was published in Nature Communications.

Chauncey D. Holmes portrait in black and white

(March 9, 2022)

Eight Syracuse University Students Receive the 2022 Holmes Award For Outstanding Undergraduate Achievement

The Holmes Award is given each year in memoriam of Chauncey D. Holmes, an alum of Syracuse University who established the honor to recognize outstanding introductory students in the earth sciences.

Cauca River Canyon in the Northern Andes of Colombia.

(Feb. 15, 2022)

EES Researchers Explore the Factors that Shaped the Massive Cauca River Canyon in the Tropical Andes

The team’s research pinpoints tropical locations more susceptible to erosion.

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.