Veronica Morales is currently an assistant professor at the University of California Davis in the department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Morales received her MSc in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences from Cornell in 2007, and her Ph.D. in Biological and Environmental Engineering at Cornell in 2011. Read more
Both graduate fields in Cornell’s Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences have announced that they will be dropping the requirement for the general GRE test. This impacts the fields of Atmospheric Sciences and Geological Sciences. The change in admission process will be effective for the fall 2021 application cycle for all graduate and professional degree programs in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences. During 2020, faculty began a new holistic review of applicants to the MS and Ph.D. programs. “In the first round of review, we hid the GRE scores but evaluated the candidates using all of the... Read more
Every year at least 50 volcanic eruptions affect over 10% of the world’s population. Some eruptions like Pinatubo (1991) and Laki (1783) were so powerful that they globally impacted the climate of our planet. The interdisciplinary research team of Natalie Mahowald, Esteban Gazel, and Matthew Pritchard from the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences received a $1.4M grant from NASA to study the global effect of volcanic ash on the Earth system. The project involves collaborators from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), among... Read more
Sara C. Pryor, Professor in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences and Rebecca Barthelmie, Professor in the Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, have started work on a new research project designed to unlock the power of the wind along the US eastern seaboard. The project is jointly funded by the U.S Department of Energy and NYSERDA. It will provide information to wind farm developers and help ensure that this massive energy resource is harnessed at the lowest possible cost of energy. The project is entitled ‘Reducing LCoE from offshore wind by multiscale wake modeling’ and will run... Read more
PRI has launched a major new free online learning platform designed to help anyone in the United States – from K-12 and college-level students and educators to the general public – learn about the Earth where they live. The site is headed by PRI's Director of Science Communications and Cornell EAS Adjunct Associate Professor, Jon Hendricks (PhD '05). Earth@Home™ is rich with interactive content about Earth and its life, with a focus on geology, paleontology, climate, and the connections among Earth’s systems. The major components of the new online platform include regionally-based guides to... Read more
Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability funded a joint project between EAS and the Department of Communications - Gregory Dietl, Jaleigh Pier and Jonathan Schuldt will conduct a national survey to determine if a prolonged and severe pandemic can change public support for conversation. Read more
When fall semester instruction begins online and in person Sept. 2, the 3,296 members of Cornell’s Class of 2024 just might be the most nimble group in the university’s history. Read more
The Earth Source Heat project, of which Teresa Jordan and Patrick Fulton are major collaborators, secured a U.S. Department of Energy grant, expected to total about $7.2 million to help verify the feasibility of using a novel geothermal energy system to heat Cornell's campus. “The international geothermal research community and the national geosciences community were eager collaborators in imagining novel experiments, and they generously lent their expertise to transform those ideas into a practical drilling and science plan,” said Teresa Jordan, the J. Preston Levis Professor of Engineering... Read more
Art DeGaetano, Professor in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, is one of nine scientists who have co-authored a report to help the nation’s farmers, producers and commercial agricultural managers reduce risk in the face of climate change. Read more
Megan Barrington, an EAS grad student, has been working on a pair of zoomable cameras that will sprout from the NASA Mars 2020 Rover, set to launch on July 30th! The instrument, called Mastcam-Z, is specially designed to see Mars both in visible light wavelengths and in near-infrared wavelengths. The cameras will be used to create 3D models of the surface at multiple wavelengths to reveal the terrain’s composition and geology and help the engineering team guide the rover throughout its exploration area. Read more
