News: EAS
Undergrad’s blogs, tweets stay ahead of storms
Jacob Feuerstein '23 predicted the path of the category-4 Hurricane Ida four days before the storm made landfall. Read more
Clinging to the underside of ice hundreds of feet thick, strange communities eke out a living, while researchers race to study them before they disappear.
Britney Schmidt is exploring Antarctica's upside-down world, studying the ocean beneath the ice shelves. Read more
Politicians in areas with most climate risk tweet about it least
Politicians are more likely to tweet about climate change if they are Democrats, represent wealthier districts and if their constituents are concerned about the climate, according to a new Cornell study, co-authored by Allison Chatrchyan. Read more
Geological History and Glacial Formation of the Finger Lakes
Eighteen thousand years ago, the Laurentide Ice Sheet covered most of what is now New York State. Two glacial advances, or periods of growth in a glacier, formed Long Island . Today, residents of Ithaca, New York, a city in the Finger Lakes region known for its gorges and for being home to Cornell University, remember the impact that glaciers had on their landscape and, in turn, their history. Read more
Trace gas phosphine points to volcanic activity on Venus
Ngoc Truong, Ph.D. candidate in EAS, is an author of a study about the gas phosphine found in trace amounts in Venus’ upper atmosphere and how it may be evidence of explosive volcanoes. Read more
Northwest heat wave ‘should not have been possible’
After the stifling hot temperatures parked over the Pacific Northwest in late June, an international group of 27 climate scientists, including Flavio Lehner, concluded that the heatwave was “virtually impossible without human-caused climate change.” Read more
Professor engineers radar tools to monitor space weather
David Hysell, Ph.D. ’92, professor in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, is using NSF funding to develop radar tools and techniques for monitoring space weather, including the creation of a new radar system at Cornell. Read more
Twenty receive awards recognizing inclusive excellence
IDEEAS won the Social Justice Award from OISE and the Graduate ad Professional Student Diversity Council which was featured in a recent Cornell Chronicle article. Read more
Faculty receives SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence
Ault received the SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence for scholarship and creative activities! The honor recognizes faculty and staff at SUNY colleges who demonstrate a commitment to intellectual vibrancy, advancing the boundaries of knowledge, providing the highest quality of instruction and serving the public good. Read more