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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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Laura Taylor Receives UH Outstanding Senior Thesis Award

Research used oxygen and carbon stable isotopes to better understand the depositional environment and monsoons.
UH Research Sheds New Light on How Passing Seismic Waves Can Trigger Earthquakes

Newly discovered transient pressure surge effect may be underlying mechanism for earthquake dynamic triggering.
UH Geology Students and Professors Study Sedimentary Facies in Washington

Students covered three areas – Whidbey Island, Willapa Bay, and The Channeled Scablands – to study regional differences in deposition.
Ph.D. Student Wins Third Place Poster Award at GeoGulf 2020 Conference

Takashita-Bynum, Ph.D. Student, Awarded Grants for Paleoenvironmental Research

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

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Three EAS Faculty to Receive Awards at Joint SEG-AAPG Meeting IMAGE 2021

Sun wins Karcher Award, two professors win best paper awards.
Artificial Intelligence Breakthrough Gives Longer Advance Warning of Ozone Issues

University of Houston research team finds “holy grail” of air quality forecasting.
Research by EAS Graduate Students Recognized in the Mining Sessions at 2020 SEG Annual Meeting

Students received Best Student Presentation and Best Poster Awards.
The Power of Limestone Caves to Store Information about its Environment

Anjohibe Cave site of monitoring study in Madagascar.

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