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

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Finding Critical Minerals Could Get Easier with UH Geological Research Team’s Discovery

Greater demand due to clean energy transition presents new challenges.
Atmospheric Scientists Reveal Much of Houston’s Ozone Exceedance Due to Air Flows from the North

University of Houston researchers publish findings in Science of the Total Environment.
Geophysics Ph.D. Student Named to Inaugural Cohort of UH-Chevron Energy Graduate Fellows

Program supports research efforts through a one-year $12,000 fellowship.
NASA Program Gives Students New Perspective on Environmental Research from the Air and Ground

Environmental and atmospheric sciences students collaborate with NASA experts during student airborne research program.

In The Spotlight

Sediment Movement During Hurricane Harvey Could Negatively Impact Future Flooding, Prove Costly to Houston, UH Study Finds

Researchers correlate stream modification to sediment movement in Houston area during Hurricane Harvey.
EAS Geology Major Appointed as Student Councilor-at-Large for AIPG-Texas Section

Hodakievic to serve on AIPG-TX board and as president of texas statewide student chapter.
Team Studies Outdoor Air Movement and the Effects on Spread of Respiratory Diseases

Paper published in Science of The Total Environment.
Geophysics Ph.D. Student Receives Student Presentation Award

Award for oral presentation at Seismological Society of America Annual Meeting.

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186Undergraduate Students
155Graduate Students
4Undergraduate Degree Options
8M.S./Ph.D. Degree Options