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Rapidly-Intensifying Tropical Cyclones Likely to Increase Flood Hazard in the North Atlantic as Climate Warms
March 15, 2024
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Written by Cara Clase, Ph.D., Center for Policy Research on Energy and the Environment

Based on the findings of a new study conducted by Prof. Michael Oppenheimer, and other Princeton researchers, rapidly-intensifying (RI) events are already more hazardous than normal tropical cyclones (TCs) and future climate warming causes large increases in the likelihood of RI close to land.

Princeton’s S.C.R.A.P. Lab Turns Food Waste into Compost
March 1, 2024

In the fall of 2023, Prof. Xinning Zhang, Geosciences research specialist Shannon Haynes, and Geosciences lab manager Danielle Schmitt worked with the S.C.R.A.P (Sustainable Composting Research at Princeton) lab in providing a freshmen seminar “FRS 115: Decomposing: The Science of Composting.” Students investigated the effect of adding compostable serviceware on the compost maturity. This recent PAW article explains more about this collaboration between S.C.R.A.P. and the department.

‘A special place at a special time’: Inside Princeton baseball’s analytics revolution
Feb. 14, 2024
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Written by Joseph Uglialoro, The Daily Princetonian

“First, baseball analytics can show us what’s happening,” Haumacher told The Daily Princetonian during a sit down interview.... After arriving at Princeton, one of Haumacher’s first contacts was Adam Maloof. Maloof and Haumacher hit the ground running, placing advertisements around campus in search of student leaders who were interested in data analysis and willing to help the Princeton baseball team.

Congratulations to Dr. Kewei Zhao for successfully defending his Ph.D. Thesis
Jan. 2, 2024
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Written by The Department of Geosciences

The Department of Geosciences and Princeton University congratulates Dr. Kewei Zhao on successfully defending his Ph.D. thesis: “Calcium Dynamics in Marine Environment: Calcium Speciation in Seawater and Transformation of Amorphous Calcium Carbonate" on Wednesday, December 20, 2023.

Congratulations to Dr. Jianshu Duan for successfully defending his Ph.D. Thesis
Jan. 2, 2024
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Written by The Department of Geosciences

The Department of Geosciences and Princeton University congratulates Dr. Jianshu Duan on successfully defending his Ph.D. thesis: “Abiotic Transformation of Terrestrial Natural Organic Matter Probed by Multimodal Spectroscopy" on Tuesday, December 19, 2023.

John Higgins: Hunting for ancient air
Dec. 21, 2023
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Written by Liz Fuller-Wright and Denise Valenti, Office of Communications

At the northern and southern tips of our planet are tiny bubbles of air trapped for millions of years within polar ice. These microscopic time capsules hold a record of Earth’s atmosphere — and thus its climate history. (Higgins, Shackleton, Bender mention)

Paleoclimate Scientist Udara Amarathunga on an International Ocean Discovery Program to the Gibraltar Strait
Dec. 21, 2023
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Written by The Department of Geosciences

On December 12, 2023, the International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) Expedition 401 departed from Amsterdam to begin a two-month scientific journey to the Gibraltar Strait. Its mission is to uncover these climate secrets buried beneath hundreds of meters of water and rock. Onboard will be Harry Hess postdoctoral research fellow and paleoclimate scientist Udara Amarathunga.

"The Fall 2023 Smilodon" is now published
Dec. 20, 2023
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Written by The Department of Geosciences

This year’s The Smilodon: The Newsletter of the Department of Geosciences now available online. Featured article: In Memoriam: W. Jason Morgan - October 10, 1935 - July 31, 2023

Iceland volcano: The seismic sounds as a sudden eruption tore open the Earth
Dec. 19, 2023
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Written by Richard Gray, BBC

Listen to the cacophony of seismic activity that ripped a 4km-long fissure in the Reykjanes peninsula has been turned into audible clips; features Suzan van der Lee, a professor at Northwestern and GEO alumna, who received her Ph.D. at Princeton in 1996.


 

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When heavy metal meets microplastic: Princeton’s campus as a living lab
Aug. 25, 2023
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Written by Office of Sustainability, Princeton University

National Science Foundation Earth Sciences Post-Doctoral Fellow Lauren Pincus has been studying the interaction of microplastics and heavy metals in the natural environment. Using Lake Carnegie on Princeton University’s campus as a real-world laboratory, as well as two other aquatic sites in New Jersey. (Video)

W. Jason Morgan, pioneer of plate tectonics, dies at 87
Aug. 14, 2023
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Written by Liz Fuller-Wright, Office of Communications

William Jason Morgan, a leading scholar of plate tectonics and mantle movements, dies on July 31, 2023. Morgan, Princeton University’s Knox Taylor Professor of Geology, Emeritus, and a professor of geophysics, emeritus, was a pioneer of the theory of plate tectonics, which explains that mountains, earthquakes, volcanoes and more are caused by the movement of rigid plates floating on Earth’s mantle.

Geosciences Coprolites win Princeton's Interdepartmental Softball Championship
Aug. 10, 2023
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Written by The Department of Geosciences

Congratulations to the department's softball team, the Coprolites, for winning this year's University summer softball championship.

Q&A: Geosciences Professor Gabriel Vecchi on Extreme Heat
July 26, 2023
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Written by Carlett Spike, Princeton Alumni Weekly

So, is extreme heat the new normal? Gabriel Vecchi, professor of geosciences and director of the High Meadows Environmental Institute, spoke with Princeton Alumni Weekly (PAW) about what’s causing the heat, advice for coping with the weather, and the actions people need to take now to make a difference. 

Congratulations to Dr. Bolton Howes for successfully defending his Ph.D. Thesis
July 24, 2023
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Written by The Department of Geosciences

The Department of Geosciences and Princeton University congratulates Dr. Bolton Howes on successfully defending his Ph.D. thesis: "From Ooids to Extinction: Developing Physical Paleoenvironmental Proxies for Understanding Earth History."