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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.

Hank Mullins (left) with doctoral student Willis Newman during Syracuse University’s Florida Advanced Marine Field Course in 1987.

(Sept. 8, 2021)

A&S Mourns the Loss of Retired Earth and Environmental Sciences Professor Hank Mullins

Mullins, a faculty member in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) for nearly 30 years, passed away in July at the age of 69.

Martin Fernandez (BS 2024) uses a pneumatic air scribe to remove matrix from an intact portion of the rugose coral reef from Pompey while Prof. Ivany advises.

(July 28, 2021)

Interfacing with the Community – a Local Discovery Shared!

A coral bed discovery by a Pompey resident leads to exciting new research.

Tripti Bhattacharya portrait.

(July 19, 2021)

NSF Grant Funds Research on Important Climate System

EES Thonis Family Professor Tripti Bhattacharya will explore the circulation of the Pacific Walker cell.