Latest USC Dornsife News in the Topic Earth Sciences http://dornsife.usc.edu/news/topics/403/earth-sciences/ A new geology study recently published online in Geology led by Sarah Feakins, assistant professor of earth sciences in USC Dornsife, raises questions about the environment in which our ancestors took shape and developed bipedalism.]]> Thu, 31 Jan 2013 14:00:00 -0500 The American Geosciences Institute honors the USC Dornsife University Professor for his earthquake preparedness work, including as chair of a commission formed after the 2009 quake that killed more than 300 people in L’Aquila, Italy.]]> Tue, 6 Nov 2012 14:05:00 -0500 USC Dornsife has started a Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) chapter on campus to promote diversity in all scientific fields.]]> Wed, 31 Oct 2012 15:20:00 -0500 Led by Jan Amend of earth sciences and biological sciences, a team of USC Dornsife researchers will study life in Earth’s subsurface biosphere with a $6 million grant from the NASA Astrobiology Institute.]]> Fri, 21 Sep 2012 08:45:00 -0500 A study by Meghan Miller and Thorsten Becker of earth sciences in USC Dornsife published in Nature Geoscience shows how constantly moving continental plates reshape Earth’s surface.]]> Mon, 20 Aug 2012 14:10:00 -0500 During Maymester, aspiring geologists from USC Dornsife research ancient rocks in southern Spain.]]> Fri, 13 Jul 2012 09:10:00 -0500 USC Dornsife’s Sarah Feakins is lead author of a paper published June 17 in Nature Geoscience showing how ancient global warming led to the greening of Antarctica.]]> Mon, 18 Jun 2012 07:00:00 -0500 USC Dornsife geologists contribute to a recent study that examines the rock record to find evidence that mass extinction events may have been caused by ocean acidification.]]> Tue, 6 Mar 2012 10:02:00 -0500 This week a USC scientist who spent 65 days at sea in search of life hidden beneath the seafloor returns from a successful expedition, which she chronicled in regular blog posts from her ship. Katrina Edwards of USC Dornsife and...]]> Wed, 23 Nov 2011 10:34:00 -0500 David Bowie asked it best in his 1971 song “Life on Mars?” But when it comes to the question of whether there’s currently life on the Red Planet, USC Dornsife professor Kenneth Nealson is fairly confident that...]]> Tue, 22 Nov 2011 16:50:00 -0500 Global warming is not a novel phenomenon, and by studying what happened to the planet during a period of global warming about 250 million years ago, one USC Dornsife scientist hopes to discover what could happen to us this time...]]> Wed, 12 Oct 2011 09:21:00 -0500 USC Dornsife assistant professor Meghan Miller’s important discovery beneath the Earth’s surface has been published today in Nature.]]> Wed, 27 Apr 2011 12:01:00 -0500 Faculty and graduate students from the USC College Department of Earth Sciences explore the cliffs of England to search for evidence of an ancient ocean crisis.]]> Wed, 19 Jan 2011 09:57:00 -0500 If tectonic plate collisions cause volcanic eruptions, as every fifth grader knows, why do some volcanoes erupt far from a plate boundary? A study in Nature suggests that volcanoes and mountains in the Mediterranean can grow...]]> Thu, 3 Jun 2010 12:02:00 -0500 USC Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE) offers incentives to recruit and retain Ph.D. students.]]> Fri, 7 May 2010 14:32:00 -0500 Undergraduate Team Research (UTR) in USC College's Department of Earth Sciences takes students in various disciplines to the Sierra Nevada Mountains, Washington Cascades, Joshua Tree National Park and Inner Mongolia, China.]]> Thu, 6 May 2010 10:06:00 -0500 Do you know what lies deep, deep below the ocean floor? With the support of a $25 million grant from the National Science Foundation, Katrina Edwards and her team are determined to find out.]]> Mon, 26 Apr 2010 13:46:00 -0500 Katrina J. Edwards, professor of biological sciences and Earth sciences in the University of Southern California's College of Letters, Arts & Sciences, has been recommended for an award of a $25 million NSF grant to establish a...]]> Fri, 19 Feb 2010 10:51:00 -0500 USC College’s new Young Researchers Summer Program turns an aspiring filmmaker into a scientist.]]> Tue, 6 Oct 2009 11:08:00 -0500 Katrina Edwards' study published in Nature Geoscience reveals a new way for iron from the sea floor to reach life at the surface.]]> Mon, 9 Feb 2009 11:26:00 -0500 Seafloor bacteria are more abundant and diverse than previously thought, according to a new study by USC College’s Katrina Edwards.]]> Thu, 1 May 2008 15:24:00 -0500 The American Geophysical Union recognizes Charles Sammis]]> Tue, 1 May 2007 20:29:00 -0500