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Aerial view of the study region in the Argentine Andes.

(March 3, 2023)

Rare Isotopes Help Unlock Mysteries in the Argentine Andes

Researchers from Syracuse University’s Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences published a study documenting erosion rates in the Andes Mountains.

Images of Tripti Bhattacharya Alison Patteson and Olga Makhlynets and Rachel Steinhardt from left to right

(March 2, 2023)

A&S Faculty Collect Top National Awards and Grants

EES professor Tripti Bhattacharya, physics professor Alison Patteson and chemistry professors Olga Makhlynets and Rachel Steinhardt are recognized for their innovative and noteworthy research.

East Antarctic Ice sheet flowing through the Transantarctic Mountains.

(Jan. 23, 2023)

Rock-Solid Data: Friendship Helps Lead to Discovery of Tectonic History of Subglacial Antarctica

Paul Fitzgerald and a longtime friend-turned-scientific-collaborator published the study in Nature Communications.

Exterior of Hall of Languages in winter.

(Jan. 18, 2023)

A Warm Winter Welcome to A&S’ Newest Faculty Members

The College of Arts and Sciences welcomes eight new professors this semester.

Sophie Cohen sketching a springbok skull.

(Jan. 11, 2023)

Through A&S-VPA Collaboration, Syracuse University Students Gain Unique Opportunity to Draw Modern and Ancient Lifeforms

A&S Professor Linda Ivany opens the paleontology lab to College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) Professor Susan D’Amato’s ‘Drawing Nature’ class.

Cover of Fission-Track Thermochronolology and its Application to Geology with Chinese transaltion.

(Jan. 3, 2023)

Book on Fission-Track Thermochronology Co-Edited by EES Professor is Translated into Chinese

Professor Paul Fitzgerald's seminal book about fission-track thermochronology has an international appeal among scientists and students specializing in geology and thermochronology.

Illustration of a shrub covering a rock.

(Dec. 21, 2022)

Researchers Reject 30-year-old Paradigm: The Emergence of Forests Did Not Reduce the Amount of Carbon Dioxide in the Atmosphere

According to new research from a team of earth scientists including EES Professor Christopher Junium, smaller plants may have reduced carbon dioxide levels on Earth before the evolution of large forests.

Ken Babcock portrait

(Dec. 5, 2022)

New endowed gift to support graduate and postdoc work in environmental science in Earth and Environmental Sciences

Alumnus Ken Babcock (MS 1966) and wife Gail donate $200,000 to support student research in the environment and sustainability.