USC Dornsife News

Alumnus Zack Porter’s path to finding solutions for climate change leads him to partner with champion paddleboarder and surfer Jamie Mitchell. [3 min read]

USC Dornsife and University of Hawaii researchers get a rare opportunity to study the immediate impact of lava from the Kīlauea volcano on the marine environment surrounding the Hawaiian islands. [2 ½ min read]

Our warming ocean waters could destabilize the seals that keep undersea carbon reservoirs from escaping — and this could alter our climate. [6 min read]

Professor Emeritus of Earth Sciences Robert Douglas was instrumental in helping the field of paleoceanography expand and thrive. In 35 years at USC Dornsife, he did much to build the earth sciences department and its scholarship as a beloved educator and administrator.

Kenneth Nealson of earth sciences and Nicos Petasis of chemistry are chosen as fellows of the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the journal Science.

Director of the Center for Dark Energy Biosphere Investigations, USC Dornsife’s Katrina Edwards has received the prestigious A.G. Huntsman Award presented annually by the Royal Society of Canada.

USC College researchers Douglas Capone and William Berelson will examine plume’s effects on climate.

USC College’s new Young Researchers Summer Program turns an aspiring filmmaker into a scientist.