Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

Our Program Offerings

As a global leader in research directed toward understanding the fundamental processes that have shaped our environment, we are committed to providing our students with the earth literacy needed to serve as informed citizens and wise stewards of planet Earth. Visit our programs and research pages to learn more about our offerings and our science!

Undergraduate Programs

EAS offers three undergraduate degree programs.

Undergraduate programs

Grad Student Andres Aguirre in ICPMS Lab

Graduate programs

EAS offers five graduate degree programs.

Graduate programs

Our research areas

Natural Hazards

Geophysics and Seismology

Tectonics and Structural Geology

Atmospheric Science and Climate

Ocean Sciences

Meteorology and Applied Climatology

Research Areas

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A boulder in Chile’s Chuculay Boulder Field with the escarpment it fell from in the background.

Boulders Don’t Just Roll. They Bounce.

December 20, 2019

Graduate student Paul Morgan and Professor Rick Allmendinger discuss craters in a Chilean desert that preserve the trajectories of giant rocks, allowing scientists to study the physics of rockslides... Read more about Boulders Don’t Just Roll. They Bounce.

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Welcome Patrick Fulton

Patrick Fulton joined the faculty of Cornell’s School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EAS) in January 2019. Fulton is an assistant professor whose research interests include hydrologic and thermal... Read more about Welcome Patrick Fulton

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