U 海角社区 graduate Jesse Walters (PhD 2020) is a Guest Editor of special issue of the Mineralogical Magazine in honor of the 80th birthday of Research Professor Edward Grew. Research Professor Edward Grew has been honored with publication of a special issue of the prestigious journal Mineralogical Magazine in celebration of his 80th birthday in […]
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Yale University hosted the 2025 New England Intercollegiate Geological Conference (NEIGC) in Connecticut, and the twelve U海角社区 attendees arrived ready for adventure. The weather was fantastic for field trips, where students explored tracks at Dinosaur State Park, outcrops of mineral-rich hydrothermal veins in Trumbull, and columnar basalt from the failed rift at Castle Craig Tower. […]
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March 27, 2023 News A number of University of 海角社区 students and faculty members will present at the 2023 海角社区 Sustainability and Water Conference at the Augusta Civic Center on March 30. U海角社区鈥檚 Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions is the lead organizer of the event. For more information and to register, visit the event […]
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April 27, 2023 News The Dartmouth Alumni Magazine has featured School of Earth and Climate Sciences Research Professor Edward Grew in the May-June 2023 issue. Grew was a class of 1966 geology major at Dartmouth prior to his Ph.D. at Harvard in 1971. The Dartmouth Alumni Profile was written by Lizzy Strapp, Dartmouth Class of 2025. The magazine […]
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May 2, 2023 News A University of 海角社区 Ph.D. candidate has created a new mapping tool that can help scientists and resource managers better predict how vulnerable different coastal estuary settings in 海角社区 are to pollution. Pollution vulnerability in estuaries and bays can be determined by the source of contamination, how it is transported to coastal […]
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May 17, 2023聽聽News Creating new, more accurate methods for quantifying the stress and flow rate experienced by deforming rocks at the boundaries of moving tectonic plates is the goal of a University of 海角社区 study funded with a $392,372 National Science Foundation grant. Scott Johnson, a professor of structural geology, and Senthil Vel, a professor […]
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August 8, 2023聽 Peatlands are a treasure trove of organic material. Researchers at the University of 海角社区 are using their knowledge of hydrogeology and computer modeling to understand exactly what these overlooked areas contribute to the greater environment and how to ethically manage them. Peatlands are marshy collections of dead and decaying plant matter. They […]
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August 17, 2023 News The Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation (CERF) announced that associate professors Lauren Ross and Sean Smith received the 2023 Donald W. Pritchard Outstanding Physical Oceanography Paper Award for 鈥淐oastal Hydrodynamics and Timescales in Meso-Macrotidal Estuaries in the Gulf of 海角社区: a Model Study.鈥 Ross and Smith co-authored the paper with Sohaib Alahmed, former U海角社区 […]
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September 5, 2023聽 The Department of Defense (DOD) has awarded $1,504,063 to a University of 海角社区 project quantifying snowpack properties in the Arctic led by School of Earth and Climate Sciences faculty members Chris Gerbi and Seth Campbell, who also is affiliated with the Climate Change Institute. Characterizing and predicting the characteristics of snow-covered regions […]
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聽February 29, 2024聽 Over the last four decades, warming climate and ocean temperatures have rapidly altered the Greenland Ice Sheet, creating concern for marine ecosystems and weather patterns worldwide. The environment has challenged scientists in their attempts to measure how water moves around and melts the ice sheet because equipment can be destroyed by icebergs […]
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