Spotlights

Climate change is here to stay, bringing with it changing weather patterns. According to current models, the northeastern United States can expect an increase in extreme rainfall events. Read more

Assistant professor, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Research summary: My research as a biogeochemist focuses on describing the variety of near-surface water-rock interactions that shape our landscapes... Read more

Richard Allmendinger, emeritus professor in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at Cornell University, has won the 2021 Paul G. Silver Award for Outstanding Scientific Service, a joint award between the... Read more

By Erin Philipson Cornell’s Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EAS) has been making a concerted effort to recruit a larger and more diverse pool of applicants for both the geological and atmospheric... Read more

Jacob Feuerstein ’23 was selected for the 2021 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship Program. The scholarship program provides academic... Read more

Over the past few years, Cornell’s Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EAS) has been making a concerted effort to modernize the undergraduate curriculum – aiming to prepare students to... Read more

Jack Elstner ’21 has always been interested in science, particularly anything that has to do with water. He grew up on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay – spending every second he could on the Wye... Read more

A multidisciplinary team at Cornell is pioneering biomining, a method of using microbes to sustainably mine rare-earth elements. Read more

By Erin Philipson Richard Chuchla ’78, Director of the Energy and Earth Resources graduate program at the University of Texas and a founding member of the Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Advisory... Read more

By: Erin Philipson Intro to Oceanography is one of the largest and most popular classes at Cornell University, with almost 1100 students each semester. Students normally cram into Bailey Hall to hear... Read more