A conceptual figure from the study showing how researchers used InSAR deformation data to create a permeability map of ...

Dr. Rowan Martindale has developed a new educational board game about reef ecology, evolution, extinction, and resilience (Martindale et al., 2024)! The game can be modified for any time period with ...

Daniel S. Alessi joined the Jackson School of Geosciences in 2025. Prior to this, he was a professor and the Encana Chair in Water Resources in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the ...

The Bureau Seminar Series is held during the Fall and Spring on Fridays, typically at 9:00 a.m. This year, the Bureau Seminar Series is hosted by Sahar Bakhshian and Lucy Ko and coordinated by ...

Most geological materials are porous and the dynamics of flow, deformation, and reactions in porous media control energy and mass transport in many geological and environmental processes. The ...

Our team studies the connection between Earth and life through geological time; more specifically, our research elucidates the evolutionary and environmental events that have shaped ecosystems through ...

The Jackson School of Geosciences is home to one of the largest and most diverse sedimentology & stratigraphy faculties in the nation. When U.S. News & World Report last ranked sedimentology & ...

Dr. Ananta P. Gajurel is an expert in Himalayan structural geology, sedimentology, geomorphology, geochemistry, geodesy, and geohazards. He draws on over 20 years of experience mentoring and training ...

Organic compounds in natural waters are thought to interact at the silicate surface and accelerate mineral weathering processes. Natural and contaminating organic acids produce protons which ...

A figure from the study showing rock dripping from the craton. The researchers hypothesize that the dripping is caused by the remnants of the subducting Farallon slab below the craton. Credit: Hua et ...

An ash landfill in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. Recent research by The University of Texas at Austin tallied up the potential rare earth elements that could be extracted from coal ash around the country ...

Winners of the 2026 Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences Awards gather in Boyd Auditorium. More than 100 students, staff, researchers and faculty members in the Jackson School of Geosciences’ ...