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(Nov. 2, 2020)

Thankful for our Alumni

We’d like to kick of November with a big “Thank You!” to all of alumni for their continued support of our department. We’d like to highlight 3 alumni in particular: Daniel Jaffee, Lauret Savoy, and Lee Nichols.

(Oct. 1, 2020)

Adapting the Changing Climates – Responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic

The Covid-19 Pandemic has forced our Department to adapt rapidly in the interests of health, safety and compliance with a wide range of ever-changing regulations. Every part of the Department has been affected and here is just a sampling of adjustments we have made.

(Sept. 1, 2020)

Welcome New Hires

The Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences welcome two new full time faculty members and one joint appointment with the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.

Sea Temperature Map

(Aug. 10, 2020)

Using the Past to Predict the Future

A&S researchers lay the groundwork to reconstruct global climate through Earth's history.

Beaver Dam Analogue

(July 24, 2020)

Where Does The Water Go?

NSF grant funds research to determine the effects of artificial beaver dams.

James Muirhead

(June 29, 2020)

The Carbon Footprint of Continental Rifts

A&S researchers study the amount of carbon dioxide released at the East African Rift System.

Hydrothermal vent

(June 1, 2020)

Hydrogen-Hungry Microbes

Jeffrey Karson, the Jessie Page Heroy Professor of Earth Sciences, finds important connection between geological and biological processes.

(Dec. 11, 2018)

Petroleum Experts to Donate MOVE Software Licenses to Syracuse

Earth sciences department will use software, valued at $2.2 million, for geological modeling, structural analysis of Earth's interior