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Structure Class in the Appalachians

Paul Koch to be Inducted into AAAS

Adrianna Trusiak: Science Communication Fellows Program

MGU 2016 Prize Winners

Iron Ore at 5,000 Meters

Thermochronology and the Tibetan Plateau

Landslide risk remains high a year after magnitude-7.8 Nepal earthquake

Early Human Settlement in Southeastern US

Museum Specimens Moving

Depth of Knowledge: Ocean Floor Sonar

Peeling Back the Layers

Joel Blum Calls to Embrace Federal Mercury Standards in Detroit Free Press Opinion Article

Samuel Mukasa Appointed Dean of University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering

EARTH alumna wins early career award from American Geophysical Union

Fossil and Renewable Energy Class Begins

Camp Davis Enrollment Continues to Grow

Camp Davis Open House in July and Public Activities

To the breaking point: Testing ideas about the evolution of long-necked sauropod dinosaurs

Camp Davis and the Cliff Creek Fire Update

EARTH Camp 2015

Postcards from the Field-Alaska

Anonymous Alum Pledges $1 Million to Camp Davis

Experts available to discuss earthquakes in Italy and Myanmar

1960-The Great Chilean Earthquake

Seeing is Believing: How Marie Tharp Changed Geology Forever

In Memoriam: Ruth Muriel Pritchett Dorr

Nikita La Cruz paper highlighted this week by the Geochemical Society

EARTH Camp Tours the Land Above the Bridge

Fall Ph.D. Preview

Move aside Holocene: Humans now pushing Earth into new geological era

Thumb-area Teachers to Help U-M Scientists Dig Mastodon Bones

Mastodon Bones near Mayville: University of Michigan Scientists Plan Dig

U of M Paleontologist Dan Fisher Talks About 6-Ton, Ancient Mastodon Skeleton In Michigan

New U-M Bristle Mammoth exhibit highlights the 'unfolding process of discovery'

Michigan Today: Lovely Bones

Nikita La Cruz featured in News@Gettysburg

U-M researchers map New Zealand landslides with satellites, drones, helicopters, hiking boots

Good Night Sunshine: Geoengineering Solutions to Climate Change?

Ian Winkelstern: Greenland Ice Sheet Melting Can Cool Subtropics and Alter Climate

Ingrid Hendy: New Methods Further Discern Extreme Fluctuations in Forage Fish Populations

Katharine Loughney Receives Case Student Award

Congratulations to the 2017 Student Award Winners!

Pattern of Mammal Dwarfing During Ancient Global Warming Events Revealed

Dust Plays Prominent Role in Nutrients of Mountain Forest Ecosystems

Open Positions in Earth and Environmental Sciences

Ben van der Pluijm and Ken Caldeira host a Reddit AMA

2017 Field Trip to Maryland Appalachians

Nature: A 130,000-year-old Archaeological Site in Southern California

Michigan Earth Trip to New Zealand

New Study Co-Authored by Emeritus Professor Stephen Kesler Questions Our Ideas About Mineral Scarcity

First Pete Burnard Award to Julien Amalberti

Graham Sustainability Institute Interviews Professor Rose Cory

Shaking Up the Fish Family Tree: 'Living fossil' not as old as we thought

Mastodon Discovered Near Grand Rapids to be Donated to U-M

Microbes in Permafrost Quickly Adapt to Eat Sun-Weakened Carbon

Personal Statement: Climb Every Mountain

Students and Faculty Team up to Explore Ann Arbor Microgrid Solutions

Giving BlueDay 2017

Thank you for Giving BlueDay 2017

Greg Dick receives 2018 CIGLR Postdoctoral Fellowship Award

mLive: University of Michigan plans to build 30 cabins near Yellowstone Park

University Record: New Camp Davis Cabins

An Unfrozen North

First Evidence of Surprising Ocean Warming Around Galápagos Corals

Alumna Helen Foster (PhD 1946): Rock Star

Earth and Environmental Sciences ranked in top ten graduate programs by U.S. News & World Report

Regents to discuss renaming the Clarence Cook Little Building

Regents Vote Unanimously to Remove Name of Clarence Cook Little Science Building

Student Awards at MGU 2018

Evolve Sustainability Summit

Spring Banquet 2018

Chris Poulsen Named Associate Dean of Natural Sciences

Volcanoes in Hawaii and Guatemala

Fall Preview Application Now Open

Faculty Updates

2018 AGU Section Awardees and Named Lecturers

A New Year-And New Faces

EARTH Ph.D. Lorena Medina Luna in AGU Blog Article

Petroleum Experts Limited Donates MOVE Software License

A Closer Look at Crime

The Gumshoe and the Great Dying

Ocean acidification caused by high carbon dioxide levels dissolving the seafloor

Daniel Fisher on Russian Zoological Collection Quoted in New York Times

Another Successful Giving BlueDay!

EARTH MS student Molly Range featured in EOS

How to Science Podcast: Science as a Superpower

Camp Davis Reunion 2019

Adam Simon Named as Arthur F. Thurnau Professor

New Findings Shed Light on Origin of Upright Walking in Human Ancestors

Carlos Peredo Selected as Michigan Fellow

General Motors Donates Research Instrument to Earth & Environmental Sciences

Rebecca Dzombak Reflects on Graduate School-Third year: a slow-burning trial by fire

Dr. Ghanshyam D. Sharma: Thoughtfully Repaying Kindness

Congratulations to the 2019 Michigan Geophysical Union Winners!

Could Mammoth Bones Reveal When Humans First Arrived in North America?

Lake Erie earthquake detected on Ann Arbor seismograph

Four New Faces for MichiganEarth

Carbon in the Arctic: U-M faculty, Texas teacher sharing Alaskan research with public

University of Michigan Press Releases Great Lakes Rocks

Magnitude 7.1 California earthquake: U-Michigan experts available

To the Ends of the Earth

Earth Camp Crowdfunding

A 3.8-million-year-old fossil from Ethiopia’s Afar region reveals the face of Lucy’s ancestor

Study of Ancient Climate Suggests Future Warming Could Accelerate as Carbon Dioxide Levels Rise

Futurity: Earth Could Warm Even Faster as Climate Change Progresses

College, a Way Out of Poverty, is a Distant Dream in Much of Rural Michigan

Alumni Advisory Board-Annual Meeting

HISTORY LESSONS: U-M’S NATURE CAMP

Camp Davis Launches New Website!

Meet me at Camp Davis

Professor Nathan Niemi named 2019 American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow

Climate Change on Campus

U-M PROFESSORS ENVISION “A WORLD WITHOUT ICE” IN NEW EXHIBITION

A newly described fossil whale represents a new species and an important step in the evolution of whale locomotion, according to University of Michigan paleontologist Philip Gingerich and his colleagues.

Helen Foster: Living life well

Being Human in STEM

Biogenic carbonate mercury and marine temperature records reveal global influence of Late Cretaceous Deccan Traps

NextProf Science—Future Faculty Workshop

Undergraduate Trip to the Bruce Peninsula

Resources for Instructors

Mark S. Schlissel March 8

Vice Provost on Covid19 International Travel

University and College Communications Archive

LSA Technology Services Support Update March 19

Supervisor Guidance During COVID-19 Pandemic

U-M guidelines on Gov. Whitmer’s Order

Research Office Updates March 25

Update: 3/25 LSA Technology Services Support, Cathleen Curley

Undergraduate Course Grading for Winter 2020

Anne Curzan: COVID Restrictions Update 1/28/21

2020 Annual Department Awards

COVID-19 pandemic disrupts U-M research projects far and wide

Inside Higher Ed.: Faculty Home Work

Study shows potential for using fiber-optic networks to assess ground motions during earthquakes

Science salutes UM alum Andrea Dutton and 8 other trailblazing scientists.

Remote Career Panel-Natural Resources and Natural Hazards Modeling

MichiganEARTH Offers Remote Learning Opportunities

Michigan Stadium seismometer captures eerie quiet during pandemic

Climate Control with Professor Adam Simon

Joel Blum Elected to National Academy of Sciences

Take it Outside: Earth Camp featured in LSA Magazine

Michigan News: Some of the latest climate models provide unrealistically high projections of future warming

University to gradually reopen some research activity

Michigan Virtual Earth Week (ViEW)

Limited Re-opening of Laboratory Research

Arctic forecast: Sunny with a higher chance of carbon emissions

Seismic noise from humans at a record low due to COVID-19 lockdown rules

Recent Grads Share How They Adapted Their Senior Thesis Research to Fit COVID-19

Smith Lecture Series to be Virtual for Fall 2020

Fermi 2 nuclear power plant 'stable' after earthquake near Detroit Beach

How cold was the ice age? Researchers now know

The Coastal Ocean Environment Summer School in Ghana

GRE No Longer Required for Admission

U-M Maintains Ranking Among World’s Top Universities

Schlissel urges unity, civility in post-election message

Key to predicting future climate: Look back millions of years

U-M launches tool to report off-campus COVID-19 positive test results

Latest State Order Imposes Further Restrictions on Campus Activity

UM-led team in PNAS: Mercury isotopes identify near-surface marine mercury in deep-sea trench biota

Nathan Sheldon Named 2020 American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow

EARTH major Lydia Pinkham's essay “Nontraditional student pathways are the new norm” appears on the Association for Women in Science website.

An Arctic Escape

University, county team up to stem spread of COVID variant

Becca Dzombak in Smithsonian Magazine: Using Soil to Make Art

U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Hearing on Climate Change

Fossil mimics may be more common in ancient rocks than actual fossils

Assistant Professor Sierra Petersen receives 2021 Sloan Research Fellowship

Major/Minor Expo 2021

Late Jurassic sauropod dinosaur ‘Morosaurus’ agilis reexamined and reinterpreted as a dicraeosaurid

From stardust to pale blue dot: Carbon's interstellar journey to Earth

Great Lakes Water Levels at Near-Record Highs

Camp Davis in LSA Today

2021 Senior Profile-Olivia Mathiesen

Michigan EARTH student is fourth-generation U-M graduate for the Balogh family

University updates COVID-19 face-covering, quarantine policies

WCC Transfer Student Sabrina Lanker to join MichiganEARTH by Way of Greenland

Reduced fish abundance possible due to climate change warming deep waters in Lake Michigan

Egyptian fossil surprise: Fishes thrived in tropics in ancient warm period, despite high ocean temperatures

Lake Huron sinkhole surprise: The rise of oxygen on early Earth linked to changing planetary rotation rate

Camp Davis 2021: Back in the Saddle Again

U-M listed in top 25 of Times Higher Education world rankings

LSA Technology Services’ Peter Knoop accepts Esri’s 2021 President’s Award on Behalf of the University of Michigan

U-M ranked No. 1 public university in the U.S. by WSJ/THE

Open Position: Student Administrative Assistant

Steering Her Ship: Lydia Pinkham

Introducing CIGLR’s New Director, Dr. Gregory Dick

Professor Brian Arbic Launches Effort to Boost Ocean Science Worldwide

NextProf Science—Future Faculty Workshop 2022

California researchers, with assist from U-M, recover mammoth tusk during deep-sea expedition

‘Don’t look up’: Real-world scientists comment on new movie’s climate message

From stardust to pale blue dot: Carbon's interstellar journey to Earth

Roberto Stanley Molina Garza 1960-2021

Giving Blue Day 2022 is March 16!!

Commencement - Friday, April 29, 2022

Michigan EARTH awarded top rankings from US News & World Report

Michigan EARTH community gathers at the first in-person commencement reception in 2 years

Earth and Environmental Sciences Field Trips 2023

2023 Michigan Earth Commencement Reception

Michigan EARTH celebrates 2023 Mental Health Awareness Month

Michigan EARTH students travel here and abroad for 2023 field trips

Michigan EARTH celebrates Pride Month

We are saddened to announce the passing of Dr. Robert Owen

Talking Pride with recent grad Sabrina Lanker

Michigan Earth welcomes new Department Chair Dr. Julia Cole

Faculty Updates: New Chair, Award Nominations, and a Promotion

Michela Arnaboldi awarded Collegiate Lecturer title by the University of Michigan

Earth's Core Is Wilder Than You Can Imagine - Dr. Jie Li

A Climate Laggard in America’s Industrial Heartland Has a Plan to Change, Fast - Dr. Greg Dick

Explain the staggering heat and record low sea ice in the Antarctic winter - Jeremy Bassis

Scientists Link Climate Change To July Heat Waves in Europe, China, and the U.S.

OPINION: How long can we afford to keep living in hotboxes like Phoenix?

Biden to Announce Steps to Help Communities Deal With Extreme Heat

Commemorating the life of Dr. Mark Robbins

First high-pressure synthesis of iron polymorph found at centre of Earth

Ancient craters teach us Earth’s history, but scientists can’t find them

Brian Arbic: Summer school on oceanography, envt opens in Ghana with calls for capacity devt to address climatic challenges

Greg Dick: Scientists are learning just how complicated it will be to reduce toxic blooms in Lake Erie

Faculty Updates - Three Associate Professors Promoted

University of Michigan center awarded $5M to study climate change impacts on water

Water levels on the Mississippi River are plummeting for the second year in a row w/ Dr. Jonathan Overpeck

U-M Museum of Natural History to host "ID Day" on October 8

LHASA 2.0 team featuring Marin Clark presented NASA Software of the Year (SOY) Award

Fossils of tiny whale in Egypt reveals phase of evolutionary journey (ft. grad student Sanaa El-Sayed)

New computer analysis hints volcanism killed the dinosaurs, not an asteroid (ft. Dr. Sierra Petersen)

Climate education group connects mothers nationwide

November is Native American Heritage Month

New University of Michigan-led initiative expands climate research across borders

Metals for microbes in the ancient sea by Jena Johnson

Graduate student Lynnea Jackson featured on The Kelly Clarkson Show

'Green as pea soup': Warming water hinders fight against Lake Erie algae blooms ft. Professor Gregory Dick

Dissolution enables dolomite crystal growth near ambient conditions ft. Udo Becker

COP28 climate conference in Dubai: U-M experts available to comment

Toward a Cenozoic history of atmospheric CO2

Dr. Collin Ward named 2024 James J. Morgan Early Career Award Winner

Are Lake Erie's algae blooms home to the next pharmaceutical drug? Some scientists think so.

February is Black History Month

Energy Switch - Critical Minerals for Energy with Professor Adam Simon

Youxue Zhang elected as Geochemistry Fellow of the Geochemical Society

March is Women's History Month: Honoring women trailblazers in Earth and environmental sciences

A wetter world recorded in Australian coral colony

Brian Arbic, Someday, Earth Will Have a Final Total Solar Eclipse, The New York Times

Brian Arbic, Vision 2030: Working Group 9’s Commitment To Bridging Global Disparities In Ocean Science, UNESCO

Julia Cole and Kelsey Dyez, A wetter world recorded in Australian coral colony, Michigan News

Jeffrey Wilson Mantilla, U-M Museum of Natural History rediscovers the world of dinosaurs in new exhibit, The Michigan Daily

Zack Spica, Fiber Optic Cables Effective Way to Detect Tsunamis, Michigan News

Jonathan Overpeck, Water-Guzzling ‘Hot Drought’ in the West is Unprecedented in at Least 5 Centuries, Study Suggests, CNN

Philip Gingerich, NOVA: When Whales Could Walk, PBS

Matt Friedman and Alessio Capobianco, A long-snouted marine bonytongue (Teleostei: Osteoglossidae) from the early Eocene of Morocco and the phylogenetic affinities of marine osteoglossids, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Featuring AAPI Scientists in Honor of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

Nathan Niemi, Cool Science Radio, KPCW Radio

PhD Student Million Mengesha and Professor Naomi Levin Are Part of a Newly Revived Research Effort in Ethiopia

Stay Grounded: Mental Health Awareness Month 2024

Jeroen Ritsema, Alaska Has a ‘First-Rate’ Earthquake Monitoring System. The Hard Part is Defending it Against Weather, Bears, and Funding Uncertainty, Anchorage Daily News

Jonathan Overpeck Was Elected into the National Academy of Science

Adam Simon, Copper Can’t be Mined Fast Enough to Electrify the US, Michigan News

Gregory Dick, UM experts will share work at next week’s Great Lakes research conference, Michigan News

Here's to Another Successful John and Ruth Dorr Awards Dinner!

Gregory Dick, U-M Lands Center to Study Links Between Climate Change, Great Lakes Algal Blooms, and Human Health

EARTH is bursting with Pride this month

Jonathan Overpeck, New Study Finds Earth Warming at Record Rate, but No Evidence of Climate Change Accelerating, US News

Brian Arbic, U-M-led school for oceanographers in Africa receives funding from Schmidt Sciences, Michigan News

Jenna Munson is Fostering Diversity and Inclusion in Environmental Science Through Earth Camp

Yadidya Badarvada, Step Aside, Internal Tides: Supercomputer Modeling Improves Satellite Altimetry Precision, Eos

Cecilia Howard and Diana Velazquez, Sinkhole Science in the Sanctuary, The Alpena News

Ethan Shirley, American university project brings light to riverside community in AM, Tefé News

Rodrigo Tinoco Figueroa, U-M Research Finds Rare Organ Preservation in Brazilian Fossil Fishes, Michigan News

Matt Friedman, How Flounder Wound Up With an Epic Side-Eye, The New York Times

Adam Simon, Points North: Copper Country’s Conundrum, Great Lakes Now

Mónica Carvalho, The Grapes That Give Us Wine Likely Originated in the New World 60 Million Years Ago, Michigan News

Matt Friedman, Mass extinction 66 million years ago triggered rapid evolution of bird genomes, Michigan News

Gregory Dick, Toxic blooms on Lake Erie still a problem 10 Years After Toledo Shut Down its Water System, Michigan Public

Christopher Emproto and Adam Simon, Gender in Mineral Names, American Mineralogist

Celebrating Hispanic and Latinx Voices: Marley Gonzales's Roots Shape His Scientific Journey

Iron: The Earliest and Sole Transition Metal in Early Life According to U-M Scientist Jena Johnson

Inspiring the Future: Diana Velazquez's Journey Connecting Cultural Roots and Scientific Mentorship

Building Trust Through Simplicity: Sierra Petersen on Effective Climate Change Conversations

The Journey of Diversity and Discovery: Jeff Wilson Mantilla's Path in Paleontology

Tariq Abdul Kareem: New Insights Into Sauropod Evolution: Discovery of Tail Clubs in India

Jerónimo Morales Toledo: From the Heart of Mexico to the Heart of Science

Sierra Petersen Discusses the Effects of Climate Change on the Intensity of Hurricanes Helene and Milton on WDIV Local 4

LSA and EARTH Champion Sustainability: Innovative Initiatives and Grants Propel Environmental Stewardship and Curriculum Integration

Greg Dick, A Crew Was Searching for Shipwrecks in Lake Michigan—but They Found Something Completely Different, Popular Mechanics

Ellie Simon: Pioneering Renewable Energy Solutions at DTE Energy

Excellence and Innovation in an Evolving World: Our Academic Program Shines

Harmful Algal Blooms Going Airborne

Exploring Antarctica’s Cretaceous Forests

Weird Fish for the Win

New Era of Collaboration Unlocks Dawn of Humans

Welcoming new faculty to EARTH: Jessica Fayne and Luke Weaver

Experiential Learning: EARTH faculty and staff are cultivating opportunities for hands-on learning for students in the lab and the field

Exciting News: EARTH Launches Official LinkedIn Account!

Julia Cole’s Groundbreaking El Niño Study Captures Widespread Media Coverage

Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month 2023