Department News
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Simplifying uncertainty in mapping urban land use
With a new paper in Environmental Modelling & Software Dr. Seda Şalap-Ayça tests the efficacy of different ways to visualize error and uncertainty in GIS analysis. -
Discussing environmental education at the collegiate level
Dr. Britt Crow-Miller was a recent guest on a special episode of the popular Dive in with Seaside podcast. -
How much does Earth's crust deform near a fault?
Graduate student Hanna Elston and Dr. Michele Cooke recently co-authored a paper in the Earth and Space Science Open Archive on using analog modeling and a 2D Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) to predict off-fault deformation near a strike-slip fault. -
Virginia riverbanks tell the story of past large earthquakes
For the 10th anniversary of the 2011 Virginia earthquake, PhD student Laura Fattaruso discusses what paleoseismology can tell us in Temblor. -
What drives the exceptional coastal warming of the northeastern United States?
The northeastern United States and the adjacent Northwest Atlantic Shelf have emerged as warming hotspots. Dr. Ambarish Karmalkar explores the connection with a new paper in Nature. -
How did climate play role in settlement of northernmost Arctic?
Dr. Ray Bradley & team receives a $2.5 million grant from NSF to study paleoclimate and settlement of Peary Land (northernmost Greenland) ~4500 years ago -
PhD student aims to prevent water shortages
Marsha Allen’s research focuses on fractured-rock aquifers that can store and transport large amounts of water. -
Associate Director of the Climate System Research Center is interviewed
Climate researcher Michael Rawlins discusses the warming planet and its repercussions for the Northeast. -
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Findings reveal how New England beaches are shaped
Researchers discover the relationship between grain size of sand and beach slope. -
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