Climate
Climate
Understanding the past is critical for informing our future. We perform chemical and biological analyses and model simulations to learn how Earth’s climate has changed on time scales of decades to millions of years. Our work puts human driven climate change in the context of Earth’s history. Projects involve hurricanes, monsoons, ocean circulation, polar climate, and much more.
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- Mojtaba Fakhraee
- Ran Feng
- Chris Fielding
- Tracy Frank
- Michael Hren
- Lisa Park Boush
- Tammo Reichgelt
- Clay Tabor
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Environment
Environment
We work in the interdisciplinary field of environmental science through the lens of Earth’s history. Our research uses a combination of remote sensing, local sampling, and computer modeling to learn how our environment has and will continue to evolve. Foci include ecosystem loss and recovery, water pollution, remediation, and anthropogenic change.
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- Andy Bush
- Russell Callahan
- Mojtaba Fakhraee
- Ran Feng
- Chris Fielding
- Tracy Frank
- Michael Hren
- Will Ouimet
- Gary Robbins
- Robert Thorson
- Pieter Visscher
- Lijing Wang
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Geodynamics
Geodynamics
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Paleobiology
Paleobiology
Our faculty explore the co-evolution of Earth and life through time from its abiotic origin to the present mass extinction. Through Earth’s history, life has shaped the environment and vice versa. Research in the lab and field, and ranges from microbes to dinosaurs, from extremophiles to critically endangered species, and from the origins of life to mass extinction.
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Surface Processes
Surface Processes
We investigate how Earth's lithologically heterogeneous surface is shaped by the solar-driven agents of wind, water, biology, and humanity. By collecting, measuring, and modeling sedimentary deposits and landforms, we reveal the processes that have shaped the planetary surface. Research involves all aspects of the Earth system, ranging from glacial erosion to aeolian dust, to river transport, and to human makeovers.
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- Russell Callahan
- Chris Fielding
- Julie Fosdick
- Will Ouimet
- Gary Robbins
- Clay Tabor
- Robert Thorson
- Lijing Wang
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Tectonics
Tectonics
Our research takes us from the highest peaks to the deepest depths. Through field and lab work, we study the geodynamic processes that shape earth's crustal plates over millions of years, creating topography at multiple scales. Topics include the formation of mountain belts, the creation and destruction of crust, and structure of Earth’s upper layers.