This week several faculty and students are presenting at the American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting in Washington DC. If you're there, check out these great talks by Kevin Bean, Dr. Forrest Bowlick, Xin Li, Dr. Eve Vogel, and Dr. Piper Gaubatz:
A 1:24,000-scale geologic map and database of surficial materials has been released by the USGS for Massachusetts. This has been a major effort by State Geologist Steve Mabee and the Massachusetts Geological Survey, in collaboration with the USGS, since 2002. The database and map represents the culmination of nearly 80 years of state-federal cooperation and research.
Assistant Professor Dr. Isaac Larsen has received a Fulbright Scholarship for Spring 2020! Dr.
The Daily Hampshire Gazette recently interviewed PhD student Shaina Rogstad and assistant Professor Dr. Ambarish Karmalkar on the IPCC's recent report on the impacts of global warming and how it will affect Western Massachusetts. Read more...
Department head and professor Dr. Julie Brigham-Grette was interviewed by Live Science on her role in the construction of the Yukon Geological Survey's new map of Beringia, ca. 18,000 years ago. Read more...
Dr. Mike Rawlins, associate director of the Climate Systems Research Center, was recently interviewed on WAMC Northeast Public Radio about 2018 being the wettest year on record for Massachusetts, in addition to increasingly rapid weather changes in New England due to climate change. Read more...
Recent research by Professor Dr. Rob DeConto is featured by National Geographic-- The article discusses this research in the light of studies pubished this month showing that retreat of of our ice caps may be slower than previously thought, though the situation is still dire... Read More...
Staple Isotope Laboratory manager and alum Dr. Jeff Salacup published a recent paper in AGU's Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology on using alkenones from phytoplankton to reconstruct high-resolution paleo- sea surface temperatures from coastal settings in Narragansett Bay, RI. Read more....
Professor Dr. Stephen Burns, post-doctoral researcher Dr.
“The world needs more hydrogeologists.”
The U-Mass International Programs office recently highlighted PhD student Marsha Allen and her goal of preventing water shortages on her native island of Tobago. Read more...
Research on beach erosion carried out by several members of the department has been featured in UMass magazine. Not every job lets you work at the beach.
Congratulations to alum Ashley Griffith who won GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics division 2016 Outstanding Publication Award for his paper:
Rowe, C.D., and Griffith, W.A., 2015, Do faults preserve a record of seismic slip: A second opinion: Journal of Structural Geology, v. 78, p. 1–26.
Congratulations to the new class of GSA fellows:
Carol de Wet (Franklin & Marshall College; nominated by Gail Ashley)
Anna Martini (Amherst College; nominated by Tekla Harms)
Suzanne McEnroe (Norwegian University of Science & Technology; nominated by Laurie Brown)
Breaking news - Geosciences joins the new School of Earth & Sustainability (SES) in partnership with Department of Environmental Conservation (ECo), and the Stockbridge School of Agriculture (SSA)! SES is dedicated to solving the complex, global environmental challenges of the 21st century.
AMHERST, Mass. – In her role as chair of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences’ Polar Research Board, geosciences professor Julie Brigham-Grette of the University of Massachusetts Amherst on Aug. 31 gave one of the few invited scientific talks at the international Summit Conference on Global Leadership in the Arctic: Cooperation, Innovation, Engagement and Resilience (GLACIER), organized by Secretary of State John Kerry. President Barack Obama addressed the GLACIER summit at the end of the day.
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Portrait of an Integrated Research and Extension Project: RiverSmart
Supporting Flood Prevention and Remediation in New England
RiverSmart Communities and Federal Collaborators: Attuning federal agencies and programs with state, regional and local efforts to support ecologically restorative flood prevention and remediation in New England
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