News: EAS

Space

Space Tech Industry Day a convergence of research, business

By: Syl Kacapyr

A constellation of scientists, technologists and businesses will offer a glimpse into how space will be explored in the years to come during the inaugural Space Tech Industry Day, a virtual symposium hosted on Friday, April 23, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Read more

Developments from the Mineral and Energy Resources Program

Karin Olson Hoal, the Wold Family Professor in Environmental Balance for Human Sustainability, has been growing the Wold program over the past year leading to a number of new developments in the area of mineral resources. Cornell has established a chapter of the Society of Economic Geologists (SEG), the 101-year old global society dedicated to advancing mineral resource science. Earth and Atmospheric Sciences has three fellows in SEG including Suzanne Mahlberg Kay, professor emeritus, Karin Olson Hoal, Wold Family Professor, and Larry Cathles, professor emeritus and winner of the 2020 SEG... Read more

winter storm

NSF challenges Cornell to tame winter, natural disasters

By: Blaine Friedlander

Professors Toby Ault and Art DeGaetano are part of a team of Cornell researchers that are developing and planning a hyperlocal weather forecasting system designed to improve winter-storm emergency response and enhance natural disaster coordination. Read more

Wind turbines

Global ‘wind atlas’ propels sustainable energy

By: Blaine Friedlander

Cornell wind energy scientists, Sara C. Pryor and Rebecca Barthelmie, have released a new global wind atlas – a digital compendium filled with documented extreme wind speeds for all parts of the world – to help engineers select the turbines in any given region and accelerate the development of sustainable energy. Read more

A student works on a Jupyter Notebooks assignment in the Atmospheric Dynamics in Motion class taught by Peter Hitchcock and Mark Wysocki of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences.

CTI Innovation Awards spur new learning opportunities

By: Dave Winterstein

Assistant Professor Peter Hitchcock and Senior Lecturer Mark Wysocki, received an Innovation grant from the Cornell University Center for Teaching Innovation to incorporate the Jupyter Notebook app into their Atmospheric Dynamics course which allows students to use real forecast data. Read more

Ayana Elizabeth Johnson speaking at conference (zoom)

Sustainability meeting focuses on social justice, environment

By: Blaine Friedlander

Professor Natalie Mahowald, among other Cornell sustainability leaders, spoke at the 2020 NYS Sustainability Conference that focused on connections between human health, social justice, feeding the world's growing population, and keeping the atmosphere cool. Read more

Students on campus

Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Selected to be an American Geophysical Union Bridge Partner

By: Erin Philipson

Cornell’s Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EAS) has been selected to be an American Geophysical Union (AGU) Bridge Partner. EAS is one of 18 out of 68 programs that were accepted into the AGU Bridge Program in 2020. The Bridge program partners with academic institutions across the United States to recruit and retain underrepresented students who are applying to geoscience graduate schools. Bridge Program students only need to fill out one common application form to apply to any of the Bridge program institutions. Applicants must be Hispanic, African American, American Indian, Pacific Islander... Read more