Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences : University of Rochester

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Earth and Environmental Sciences Departmental Goals

Taking Part in a First-of-its-kind Study

Studying Earth Structure, Formation, Climate, and Dynamics

Exploring Global Environmental Issues

Leading Faculty and Researchers

Majors & Minors

Choose from geology, environmental science, environmental studies, and geomechanics.

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Graduate Studies

A variety of research choices allows students to specialize in one area, or explore a vast array of interdisciplinary studies.

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Research

We specialize in geochemistry, environmental sciences, palaeomagnetism, geodynamics, geological structure and tectonics.

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The lunar glass samples tested by Rochester scientists were gathered during NASA’s 1972 Apollo 16 mission.

Feature Story

Lunar samples solve mystery of the moon’s supposed magnetic shield

Rochester geophysicists’ latest findings contradict longstanding assumptions about whether Earth’s moon ever had a magnetic shield.

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top ranking by Thomson Scientific’s Essential Science Indicators

150department papers

cited 2,500 times in a recent 10-year period

Alternative Energy

Combining researchers and resources, the Center for Energy and Environment (CEE) works to improve energy systems and to understand the impacts of energy technologies on the environment and human health.

Earthquakes andVolcanoes

Ice Sampling at the Pakitsoq site, West Greenland

Climate andOcean Science

Plate Tectonics andPaleomagnetism

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