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Our undergraduate and graduate students gain a strong foundation across the geosciences. Areas of specialization may include environmental and isotope geochemistry, applied geophysics and tectonics, paleoclimatology, planetary science, remote sensing and GIS, volcanology, and human-environmental interactions.

 

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Pittsburgh Water Collaboratory Featured in PittWire

The Pittsburgh Water Collaboratory and Women for a Healthy Environment join forces to investigate local water systems.

3D hidden Archaeological inscriptions in Alexandria

Mohamed Abdelaziz Presents at ARCE 2024 Annual Meeting

GES Featured in PittWire Today

Pitt students, faculty and staff display eco-friendly creations at an art expo organized by students in a Department of Geology and Environmental Science Sustainability course. Hear from others who are helping to keep Pitt green at the University's annual sustainability symposium at 8:30 a.m. Friday, 4/19. (Photo by Aimee Obidzinski)

GES Featured in PittWire Today

Some of Earth’s estuaries are warming, consistent with climate change