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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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Ethan Sontarp ’24 recipient of the 2023 Mineralogical Society of America Undergraduate Prize
July 18, 2023
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Written by The Department of Geosciences

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

Heat Records Are Broken Around the Globe as Earth Warms, Fast
July 6, 2023
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Written by Brad Plumer and Elena Shao, New York Times

From north to south, temperatures are surging as greenhouse gases trap heat in the atmosphere and combine with effects from El Niño. (Vecchi mention)

Unique Partnership Creates New Stories For A Changing Planet
June 22, 2023
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Written by High Meadows Environmental Institute and , Lewis Center for the Arts

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: The Civilians theater company and Princeton University’s High Meadows Institute and Lewis Center for the Arts announce The Next Forever

New seismic imaging technique gives fresh look at Earth’s mantle
June 21, 2023
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Written by Paige Colley, EAPS News

A new seismic imaging method that tells us more about the physical properties of the mantle below the Pacific and helps propose possible explanations for these enigmatic mind-mantle discontinuities. (Zhang, Simons, Irving mention)

The world’s oceans are extremely hot. We’re about to find out what happens next.
June 16, 2023
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Written by Umair Irfan, Vox Climate Science

Unprecedented Atlantic Ocean heating and El Niño in the Pacific are pushing the climate into uncharted territory. (Vecchi mention)