Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

EAS students are engaged in field research on seven continents and across the world oceans. Photo credit: Mary Hambrick

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New UH Mentoring Scholarship Program Aims to Fill Future Demand for STEM Jobs

Program to benefit freshmen with majors in the Departments of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Mathematics, and Physics.
Hurricanes and Pollution: Studying a Connection

Doctoral student laying groundwork for future studies on impact of hurricanes on air pollution.
Postdoctoral Fellow Receives Prestigious NSF Award for Pacific Plate Tectonics Research

Only 10-to-12 awards are given each year.
Atmospheric Scientists Study Under-Researched Role of Clouds in Regulating Earth’s Temperature

Yunsoo Choi Uses Data from TRACER, a Meteorological Experiment in Houston.

Ph.D. Student Michael Comas Receives GSA Research Grant

Grant supports work with marine sediment cores from West Antarctica.
UH Hosting Lecture by ‘Father of Environmental Justice’ Robert D. Bullard

Noted author, activist presenting ‘The Quest for Environmental and Climate Justice’ Sept. 23.
SEG Wavelets Student Chapter Recognized as “Ridge-Level Chapter”

Designation places Wavelets as one of the 17 best performing SEG student chapters worldwide.
Geophysicists Use Machine Learning to Study Formation of Oceanic Plateaus

Jiajia Sun and Will Sager awarded research grant by National Science Foundation.