USC Dornsife News

Geobiologist Frank Corsetti looks to the past to postulate our climate future.

A member of the USC Dornsife Sustainability Task Force, Jonathan Lawhead works across the disciplines of philosophy and earth science to research climate change solutions.

Naomi Levine of biological sciences and earth sciences digs up information on climate by studying oceanic phytoplankton and bacteria.

USC Dornsife researchers study the Amazon to discover effects of climate change — and find hidden secrets in river water, sediment and leaves.

Graduate students from throughout the world attend a USC Dornsife summer course in geobiology. Some of their research takes place at the USC Wrigley Marine Science Center on Catalina Island.

With the advance and retreat of ice sheets, ancient Tibet became the cradle of evolution for cold-adapted mammals, USC Dornsife scientist says.

As the inaugural speaker of the USC Dornsife Sustainability Task Force’s Distinguished Lecture Series, renowned ecologist William Schlesinger warns against the “Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse” threatening a sustainable future.

Students spend Spring break at the USC Wrigley Marine Science Center on Catalina Island studying the science of sustainable food. After lessons on aquaculture and aquaponics, they get their hands dirty creating compost in an edible garden.

Geologist Meghan Miller works with scientists worldwide to study why curving mountain chains form where some tectonic plates collide. Their research appears online in Nature.