News & Events

  • Prof. Erich Osterberg Receives Tenure

    Congratulations to Professor Erich Osterberg who received tenure this week. You can visit his faculty page here.

  • Department of Earth Sciences statement on President Trump’s decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris Climate Accord

    We, the undersigned (72) members of the Department of Earth Sciences at Dartmouth College, strongly support the Paris (Climate) Agreement and urge the United States government to commit to limiting greenhouse gas emissions and containing global warming to below 2°C.  As scientists who study the evidence of and mechanisms for climate change, as well as predictions for future change based on different scenarios of greenhouse gas emissions, we stress the need to limit greenhouse gas emissions...

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  • In Memoriam

    Announcement:

    Richard “Dick” W. Birnie, 71, Professor Emeritus of Earth Sciences passed away Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016. Dick was a vital member of the department for many years.  He will be deeply missed by all who knew him. A memorial service for Dick will be held Saturday,  November  19, 2016 at 1 pm in the Rollins Chapel at Dartmouth College. Reception to follow at Top of Hop

    Please enjoy a few comments from those who knew Dick.

    We heard yesterday...

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  • Ice Loss Accelerating in Greenland’s Coastal Glaciers, Dartmouth Study Finds

    Ice Loss Accelerating in Greenland’s Coastal Glaciers, Dartmouth Study Finds 

    HANOVER, N.H. – April 28, 2016 – Surface meltwater draining through and underneath Greenland’s tidewater glaciers is accelerating their loss of ice mass, according to a Dartmouth study that sheds light on the relationship between meltwater and subglacial discharge.

    The...

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  • Dartmouth Graduate Studies

    Online recruitment fair for potential graduate students:  Wednesday, November 18, 1-3pm EST.   Find out more at   dartgo.org/darmouth-fair

     

  • Dartmouth Scientists Track Mercury Pollution

    A Dartmouth-led study using a 600-year-old ice core shows that global mercury pollution increased dramatically during the 20th century, but that mercury concentrations in the atmosphere decreased faster than previously thought beginning in the late 1970s.

     

    CRREL research chemist Sam Beal, PhD ’14, conducted the mercury research as a graduate student in Dartmouth’s Department of Earth Sciences. (Photo courtesy of Sam Beal, PhD ’14)

    The study, conducted by Assistant...

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  • Ask Well: Arsenic in Rice Crackers? (The New York Times)

    To help answer a reader’s question posed on The New York Times “Ask Well” column about the levels of arsenic found in rice vinegar and rice crackers, the newspaper’s Deborah Blum turns to Dartmouth’s Brian Jackson for his expertise on the subject.

    “The question for everyone is, ‘Do I worry?’ ” says Jackson, a research associate professor of earth sciences and director of the Trace Metal Analysis Core Facility...

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  • AGU Reception - 2014

    Thanks for turning out! We had over 60 alumni and friends in 2014. We hope to see you again in 2015.

  • Rox Reunion

    Thanks to all those who attended the 2014 reunion. Our next 10 year alumni reunion will be in 2024!

  • the stretch | Faculty | Carl Renshaw
    The 2013 Stretch Student Saga: A Change in Course

    Joseph Blumberg

    Professor Carl Renshaw and 11 students just completed an unanticipated venture into the flood-ravaged canyons of Boulder, Colo. This was a detour in their 10-week off-campus odyssey known as “the Stretch.” Their original destination—the national parks—had been rendered inaccessible by the Federal government shutdown.

    In a...

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