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Illustration has a black, rocky background, a large river forks off. A large greenfin darter is overlayed on the large river. The 3 forks each have smaller greenfin darters, each with a unique colorful glow.

River erosion can shape fish evolution, study suggests

May 25, 2023

Categories: Faculty + Senior Researchers, Landscapes + Planetary Interiors, Life + Environments, Research, Students + Postdocs

3 Questions: New Faculty Interview with Gaia Stucky de Quay

May 3, 2023

Categories: Faculty + Senior Researchers, Landscapes + Planetary Interiors, Planets, Research

The meteorite is dark black and shiny, with a rough texture. A chip of the meteorite is next to it, and a cube says “1 CM” on it.

A message to meteorite hunters: Put down your magnets!

April 20, 2023

Categories: Faculty + Senior Researchers, Planets, Research

Aerial view shows a nuclear power plant, surrounded by lush green areas and water, with mountains in distance.

Study: Shutting down nuclear power could increase air pollution

April 10, 2023

Categories: Faculty + Senior Researchers, Health of the Planet, Research

Greg Fournier stands in the woods, and there is a stream in background. There are fallen leaves and branches, and it is a cloudy day in early Spring.

Searching across deep time to understand “ecogenesis”

April 7, 2023

Categories: Faculty + Senior Researchers, Life + Environments, Profile

A map shows a large red splotch with blurry yellow border, the ozone hole, on top of the South Pole, on decorative background.

Study: Smoke particles from wildfires can erode the ozone layer

March 8, 2023

Categories: Climate, Faculty + Senior Researchers, Health of the Planet, Research

Photo of a row of smokestacks. Two are belching smoke into a cloudy blue sky.

Improving health outcomes by targeting climate and air pollution simultaneously

February 23, 2023

Categories: Faculty + Senior Researchers, Health of the Planet, Research

5 vertical photos show granular objects: marbles, glass beads, seaglass, rocks, and plastic beads.

Moving water and earth

January 11, 2023

Categories: Faculty + Senior Researchers, Landscapes + Planetary Interiors, Research, Students + Postdocs

3 Questions: Tanja Bosak on being a Fundamental Science Investigator

January 3, 2023

Categories: Awards + Promotions, Faculty + Senior Researchers, Landscapes + Planetary Interiors, Life + Environments

Wind turbines on the top of a hill.

A healthy wind

December 2, 2022

Categories: Climate, Faculty + Senior Researchers, Health of the Planet, Research

Three EAPS faculty members appointed to career development professorships

November 2, 2022

Categories: Awards + Promotions, Faculty + Senior Researchers

Leigh Royden, dressed in a burgundy coat jacket, smiles while standing in an out-of-focus white hallway.

Geophysicist Leigh Royden looks at Earth from the top down

October 30, 2022

Categories: Faculty + Senior Researchers, Life + Environments, Profile

Photo of pedestrians at a tree-lined intersection, all seen through a polluted haze in Anyang City, China

Coordinating climate and air-quality policies to improve public health

October 26, 2022

Categories: Climate, Faculty + Senior Researchers, Health of the Planet, Research

Perron appointed to named chair; Bosak receives Fundamental Science Investigator Award

October 18, 2022

Categories: Awards + Promotions, Faculty + Senior Researchers

The 12-person “The Hunt for Planet B” team poses on the red carpet. The director smiles and holds the Emmy trophy in the center of the shot.

Documentary featuring Professor Sara Seager wins Emmy Award

October 5, 2022

Categories: Awards + Promotions, Faculty + Senior Researchers

Ferrari named 2022 AGU Ocean Sciences Harald Sverdrup Lecture recipient

September 6, 2022

Categories: Awards + Promotions, Faculty + Senior Researchers

EAPS welcomes Nicole Xike Nie as new faculty

August 18, 2022

Categories: Awards + Promotions, Faculty + Senior Researchers

Porosity of the moon’s crust reveals bombardment history

July 7, 2022

Categories: Faculty + Senior Researchers, Landscapes + Planetary Interiors, Planets, Research

Susan Solomon new chair of PAOC; Raffaele Ferrari stepping down to become co-director of Lorenz Center

July 5, 2022

Categories: Awards + Promotions, Faculty + Senior Researchers

Kerry Emanuel: A climate scientist and meteorologist in the eye of the storm

June 29, 2022

Categories: Faculty + Senior Researchers, Natural Hazards, Profile