"Where is the human in climate change?": Unintended Consequences
Natalie Mahowald's work featured on episode of the series, "What makes us human?" Read more
News: EAS
Science of Earth Systems major, Samantha Moruzzi '20, receives AIPG Scholarship
Moruzzi is one of 19 students receiving a 2018 AIPG undergraduate scholarship. Read more
Cornellians pitch in to update federal flood guide
The U.S. Geological Survey’s “Guidelines for Determining Flood Flow Frequency” has been updated, thanks to a large group of Cornellians. Read more
Forum on geothermal energy project set for May 17
A public forum Thursday, May 17, will provide an update on an enhanced geothermal energy system to heat the Ithaca campus sustainably without the use of fossil fuels. Read more
Zheng leads research on Russian glacial change rate
Findings dramatic in Zheng and Pritchard published research on Franz Josef Land glacial change. Read more
Hariharan receives NSF GRFP fellowship
EAS senior, Anant Hariharan, has been awarded a 2018 graduate research fellowship in the field of geosciences, specifically seismology. Read more
Dire levels of CO2 will decimate oceans in 200 years
Sustained climate warming will drive the ocean’s fishery yields into steep decline 200 years from now and that trend could last at least a millennium, said scientists from Cornell and the University of California, Irvine. Read more
PI Mahowald, co-investigators and NASA’s JPL to develop advanced instrument for measuring aerosols and its effect on climate
$60.7 million budget for "Earth surface Mineral dust source InvesTigation" (EMIT) project to advance and refine research on how aerosols affect climate. Read more
2017 AGU Outstanding Student Presentation Awards announced
Top 5% recognized by the American Geophysical Union. Read more
Cornell Reports from COP23
EAS delegates and others from Cornell attend convention in Bonn, Germany. Read more