The department of Earth and Environmental Science offers five majors and one minor to allow students maximum flexibility in pursuing their academic and career interests: Environmental Science – Natural Science and Social Science tracks, Geology, Environmental Geology, and their newest major, Interdisciplinary Science Studies, which is designed for students interested in elementary science education. They also offer a Minor in Environmental Sustainability. To learn more, visit the Earth and Environmental Science webpage.
Submissions from 2024
Coastal Forest Change and Shoreline Erosion across a Salinity Gradient in a Micro-Tidal Estuary System, Lori E. Gorczynski, A. Reuben Wilson, Ben K. Odhiambo, and Matthew C. Ricker
Investigating the Effects of Three Trace Metals on the Viability, Embryonic Development, and Locomotor Behavior of the Seminole Ramshorn Snail at Environmentally Relevant Concentrations, Talia Tanner, Leanna Giancarlo, and Tyler Frankel
Borneo Stalagmite Evidence of Significantly Reduced El Niño-Southern Oscillation Variability at 4.1 kyBP, C.M. Theaker, S.A. Carolin, C.C. Day, K.M. Cobb, S. Chen, Pamela R. Grothe, and H.O. Couper
Submissions from 2022
A Global Perspective on Soil Science Education at Third Educational Level; Knowledge, Practice, Skills and Challenges, Przemysław Charzyński, Magdalena Urbańska, Gian Franco Capra, Antonio Ganga, Peter Holmes, Melanie Szulczewski, Undrakh-Od Baatar, Ali Boularbah, Betim Bresilla, and et al.
Central Equatorial Pacific Warming and Freshening in the Twentieth Century: Insights From a Coral Ensemble Approach, Nicholas T. Hitt, Hussein R. Sayani, Alyssa R. Atwood, Pamela R. Grothe, Christopher Maupin, Gemma K. O'Connor, and et. al.
Submissions from 2021
Coral Oxygen Isotopic Records Capture the 2015/2016 El Niño Event in the Central Equatorial Pacific, Gemma K. O'Connor, Kim M. Cobb, Hussein R. Sayani, Alyssa R. Atwood, Pamela R. Grothe, Samantha Stevenson, and et. al.
Preliminary Examination Correlating Earthworm Behavior and Acid Mine Drainage-Contamination in Soils, Melanie Szulczewski, Rina Murasaki, and Tyler Frankel
Increasing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Soil and Agronomic Sciences through K-12 Outreach and Education, Briana M. Wyatt, Melanie Szulczewski, Jennifer M. DeBruyn, Andrea L. Ludwig, and Jingnuo Dong
Submissions from 2020
Enhanced El Niño–Southern Oscillation Variability in Recent Decades, Pamela R. Grothe, Kim M. Cobb, Giovanni Liguori, Emanuele Di Lorenzo, Antonietta Capotondi, Yanbin Lu, Hai Cheng, and et. at.
Submissions from 2016
A Comparison of U/Th and Rapid‐screen 14C Dates from Line Island Fossil Corals, Pamela R. Grothe, Kim M. Cobb, Shari L. Bush, Hai Cheng, Guaciara M. Santos, John R. Southon, R. Lawrence Edwards, and et al.
Submissions from 2015
Soil’s Social and Cultural Connections, Melanie Szulczewski