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Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

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EAS students are engaged in field research on seven continents and across the world oceans.

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UH Team Places Second in 2021 Gulf Coast Section of AAPG Imperial Barrel Award Competition

Competition Held as virtual Microsoft Teams conference.
Bluware Donates Use of Software to University of Houston Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

Students will have access to seismic deep learning and seismic visualization software.
Teaching with Technology: Geology Alums Step in to Enhance Education During Pandemic

Core Laboratories scanned 20 rocks from UH’s teaching collection to bolster geologic education.
Adjunct Faculty Leads Team to Develop Successful Hybrid Geology Field Camp During Initial COVID-19 Outbreak

UH Students Excel at Best Student Poster Presentations at the 2020 AAPG Annual Convention & Exhibition

Seminar Video: The Modes of Transmission of SARS-COV-2: What We Know Now & How To Protect Ourselves (Dr. Jose Jimenez)

Sun Named Associate Editor for New Data Integration Section in the Journal, GEOPHYSICS

In The Spotlight

EAS Alum Amanda Pascali Selected for Geoscientists in the Parks Position

Pascali works as visiting researcher and science communicator making science accessible to the public.
Julia Wellner Chosen as USSSP Ocean Discovery Lecturer

Wellner to share her scientific experience in west Antarctica.
UH Geologists Discover Powerful ‘River of Rocks’ Below Caribbean

Study finds flows in softer layer under tectonic plates are stronger, faster.
UH Geologists Search for Remains of Lost Ocean Beneath Earth’s Surface

Team awarded 2.5 million CPU hours on NSF-funded supercomputer to conduct research.

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198Undergraduate Students
195Graduate Students
4Undergraduate Degree Options
8M.S./Ph.D. Degree Options