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All Posts in #Department of Earth Sciences

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NSF Equipment Grants to Fund Acquisition of Two Chromatography-Mass Spectrometers

Sunday, October 18, 2020, By Dan Bernardi

The familiar saying goes, “The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.” But for scientists, understanding those smaller parts is critical to scientific discovery. A method known as chromatography-mass spectrometry lets researchers analyze and study the composition of…

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Syracuse’s Seasons: What’s To Blame For Our Harsh Winters?

Monday, December 9, 2019, By Hailey Womer

Tripti Bhattacharya, assistant professor of earth sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences, was interviewed for the Syracuse.com article “25 things that make Syracuse great: The seasons.” In the article, Bhattacharya explains the science behind the seasons and how…

STEM

Trilobites on Ice: A Syracuse University Experience

Wednesday, September 4, 2019, By Joyce LaLonde

Last month, 15 students, faculty and alumni were climbing high into the Canadian Rockies as part of the “Trilobites on Ice” immersive learning experience through Syracuse University. The group spent six days amongst the spectacular scenery and geology of Alberta…

STEM

Ammonium Fertilized Early Life on Earth

Tuesday, May 21, 2019, By News Staff

A team of international scientists—including researchers at the University of St. Andrews, Syracuse University and Royal Holloway, University of London—have demonstrated a new source of food for early life on the planet. Life on Earth relies on the availability of…

Media Tip Sheets

Warming Seawater Is Making Ice Shelves More Vulnerable

Wednesday, February 27, 2019, By Daryl Lovell

This week, NASA reported that an iceberg roughly twice the size of New York City is expected to break off an ice shelf in Antarctica. Researchers say the iceberg could be the largest to break from the Brunt Ice Shelf…

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Geology Professor Featured for SU Lava Project

Friday, February 15, 2019, By Sean Dorcellus

Jeffrey Karson, Earth Sciences Professor in the College of Arts and Sciences, was featured in NPR’s Science Friday program for the story “The Geologists who Control Lava.” In the story, Karson’s Lava Project at Syracuse University is highlighted. He explains that “we have to…

STEM

Petroleum Experts to Donate MOVE Software Licenses to Syracuse

Wednesday, December 12, 2018, By Rob Enslin

Members of the Department of Earth Sciences will gain new insights into Earth’s crust, thanks to a licensing agreement between Syracuse University and Petroleum Experts (Petex), a leading developer of optimization software for the oil and gas industries. The Scotland-based…

STEM

SU Geologist is Co-Editor of New Major Book on Fission-Track Thermochronology

Tuesday, November 13, 2018, By Renee Levy

Geologist Paul Fitzgerald, professor of Earth sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences, is co-editor of a new book, “Fission-Track Thermochronology and Its Application to Geology” (Springer, 2018), the first major book on the subject in 20 years. The…

STEM

Scientists Link Marine Dead Zone to Carbon Cycle, Climate Change

Thursday, October 18, 2018, By Renee Levy

Associate Professor Zunli Lu says tropical Pacific played major role in absorbing Earth’s atmospheric carbon dioxide during last ice age Scientists have long known that atmospheric carbon dioxide is closely linked to climate change. Studying ice age cycles, carbon dioxide…

Media Tip Sheets

A&S Geochemist Predicts Hurricanes Like Florence Will Become More Frequent

Monday, September 10, 2018, By Daryl Lovell

As of 11 a.m. ET on September 10, the National Weather Service has upgraded Florence to a Category 3 storm and forecast the weather event will make landfall late Thursday night or early Friday morning. In the meantime, those on…

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