Welcome

We are a diverse group of scholars committed to providing students with a high-quality classroom education and opportunities in research. Our mission is to develop, apply and disseminate scientific knowledge about the Earth and Earth's systems throughout its 4.6 billion year history.

The Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences
...where the Earth is our Laboratory

Grad student Michael Hopkins and Asst. Professor Nicole Gasparini identifying field sites on the volcanic tableland, Eastern CA.

Research scientist, Alex Kolker, taking a push core sample at Port du Lac, LA.

Geomorphology students observing open channel flow in the Bogue Falaya River, Covington, LA.

Ph.D. graduate student, Elizabeth Williams, in the American lotus fields of the Atchafalaya delta

EENS students on field trip to Llano Texas.

EENS students and faculty on field trip to Bryce Canyon, Utah.

Grad students Glenn Fischer and Jianwei Han installing erosion pins in Wainaia Gulch near Hawi, Hawaii.

Grand Canyon Colloquium

One of the best geology classrooms in the world, this class is offered each spring semester.

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Graduate Research Opportunities

We offer a Ph.D. and M.S. degree in Earth and Environmental Sciences. Graduate students in our department are involved in a wide range of research, from investigating ice shelves in Antarctica to river channel morphology in Hawaii, including studies of the Mississippi delta and river systems in our backyard laboratory.

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Undergraduate Program

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Research Spotlight

Brad Rosenheim Assistant Professor Brad Rosenhaim and his SILT U Group sample oil deposits along Louisiana coastline for isotopic "fingerprints" to be used in tracking oil through marshes and beach ecosystems.

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