What Killed Dinosaurs and Other Life on Earth?

Dartmouth-led study fortifies link between mega volcanoes and mass extinctions.

Open Positions in Earth Science

Assistant Professor

Study Shows Economic Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Climate-warming activity from five countries caused $6 trillion in global losses.

Dartmouth News

River Sediment Flux Shows Human Footprint

Seminar on Sponge Sterol Lipid Fossils on May 5, 2022

Faculty Reacts to Dire Climate Report

Experts say only a brief window of time is left to respond.

Speaker Presentation on Submarine Glacier Melting, March 11, 2022

New Atlas Says Most Glaciers Hold Less Ice Than Thought

Findings have implications for freshwater availability and sea levels.

Research Challenges "Whiff" of Oxygen Present in Earth's Deep Past

Recent research by Professor Sarah Slotznick challenges the view that scientists proposed in 2007 of a "whiff of oxygen" present before the Great Oxygenation Event more than 2 million years ago.

Study Links Glaciers to Earth's 'Great Unconformity'

Ancient ice action seems responsible for massive erosion of rock across the planet.