Princeton University professor of geosciences Allan Rubin spoke to News 12’s Roxanne Evans about the cause of the earthquake and the possibility of another occurring in New Jersey.
The magnitude 4.8 earthquake that occurred this morning was one of only a handful this large to have struck New Jersey in the last 300 years. Probably the largest of these occurred in 1783, with a magnitude estimated to be 5.3 (this was before seismometers were available). An aftershock was felt close to 6 o'clock.
Congratulations to Professor Laure Resplandy who has been promoted to Associate Professor in the Department of Geosciences and the High Meadows Environmental Institute, effective July 1, 2024.
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.
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.
“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.
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.
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.
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)
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Congratulations to the department's softball team, the Coprolites, for winning this year's University summer softball championship.
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.
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."
Congratulations to Ethan Sontarp ’24 who was awarded an Undergraduate Prize from the Mineralogical Society of America (MSA) in recognition of his Junior Independent work with Assistant Professor Jie Deng…
From north to south, temperatures are surging as greenhouse gases trap heat in the atmosphere and combine with effects from El Niño. (Vecchi mention)