Earth & Environmental Science

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Home of the Department of Earth & Environmental Science

Bioblitz

Penn team led by MES student Heather Kostick blitzes the Rushton Woods nature reserve for data on living species

Creating a Safe Space

EES staff and faculty receive Penn LGBT Safe Space training to promote a more welcoming department community

Gravity Imaging

EES '15 graduate Vanessa Eni explores magnetic and gravity imaging of Kopjeskraal Farm in South Africa

Environmental fraternity joins Penn Greek life

Setting the Bar

Congratulations to Arlene Mand of EES for winning a 2015 SAS Staff Program Silver Award!

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Featured

Douglas J. Jerolmack

Professor

Experimental geophysics, with a focus on geomorphology (the "science of scenery"). My research focuses on the spatial and temporal evolution of patterns that emerge at the interface of fluid and sediment on Earth and planetary surfaces.

Events

"Microbial methane metabolism: From the deep sea to a tidal river"

Geoscience Colloquium

March 29, 2019 - 2:00pm

358 Hayden Hall
“Perspectives on fault mechanics from marine geology and experimentation on viscoplastic materials”

Geoscience Colloquium

April 5, 2019 - 2:00pm

358 Hayden Hall
EES Senior Thesis Research Conference

Special Seminar

April 19, 2019 - 1:00pm to 4:00pm

Hayden Hall Lobby

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News

CONGRATULATIONS.... Erynn Johnson

For her recent talk at the GSA meeting in Indianapolis, Erynn Johnson received the Best Student Presentation Award in GSA’s Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Members Division. The title of her talk was: 3D Printing Reveals Strengths And Weaknesses Of Prey Shape During The Mesozoic Marine Revolution
EES involvement with Engineers Without Borders (PennEWB)

Please click on the link below to read an article about a trip to Guatemala made by the Penn Engineers Without Borders.

https://medium.com/penn-engineering/sarah-pasquale-engineers-without-borders-concrete-lessons-2c0f36d279c6
Penn-in-the-Alps, Summer 2018

Check out this movie put together by the students who participated in the Penn-in-the-Alps course during Summer 2018: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2O1_Q-nRizo

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