The department offers graduate courses and research programs leading to an M.S. in Geology or Geophysics and a Ph.D. in Earth and Environmental Sciences. Students are encouraged to obtain broad ...

An undergraduate in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences will develop a program in one of two majors: Environmental Geoscience or Geological Sciences. Within the requirements discussed ...

NASA is preparing six new airborne science missions that will investigate some of Earth’s most complex environmental changes, ...

Atmospheric Scientists, including meteorologists study weather, climate and other aspects of the atmosphere. They develop reports and forecasts from their analysis of weather and climate data. Climate ...

The new study provides unambiguous evidence that the inner core began to decrease its speed around 2010, moving slower than the Earth's surface. USC scientists have proven that the Earth's inner core ...

Other Earth Sciences embraces the many branches that investigate the solid Earth and its interfaces with the hydrosphere, cryosphere and biosphere, but lie beyond core meteorology and oceanography.

The Catalyzing Opportunities for Research in the Earth Sciences (CORES) study will provide advice that can be used by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to set priorities and strategies for ...

Rainfall history is just as critical to predicting air pollution as where the air came from, a team led by University of Michigan Engineering researchers, in collaboration with scientists at the ...

The Earth sciences will become increasingly prominent in the 21st century as humanity confronts daunting challenges in finding natural resources to sustain Earth’s burgeoning population, in mitigating ...

Environmental science is an interdisciplinary academic field that integrates physical and life sciences (including physics, chemistry, biology, ecology, soil science, geology, and geography) to the ...

Earth science encompasses geological, hydrological, atmospheric and meteorological research that paves the way towards better understanding of the planet on which we live. From deep in the Earth’s ...

Human activity is draining oxygen from marine waters, and it's past time to take this crisis seriously. This phenomenon has only occurred five times within the last four decades. Hundreds of fires are ...