With 23 faculty members, our undergraduate and graduate course offerings and research interests span a broad array of earth and planetary sciences. Situated within the Rocky Mountains, our Department ...

In the past, when West Antarctica melted, there was a rapid uptick in onshore geological activity in the area.

Geological and earth sciences/geosciences largely focus on the physical aspects of the Earth – such as its composition and structure – as a fully integrated system. Geology majors can use their skills ...

You never know where your major in geology or environmental geosciences at Bucknell will take you next. You might trek across the Southwest on a spring break field trip or accompany your professor for ...

There’s a whole world of discovery in the ground beneath your feet. From the shifting of tectonic plates to the eruption of volcanoes, learn about the Earth and >all of the natural processes that have ...

The connection between geology and the history of the Civil War has fascinated some researchers. Now they take history, military history in particular, a step deeper -- into the geology beneath the ...

Bob Whisonant is a Civil War buff with a peculiar way of looking at the Civil War. If you ask him to talk about, say, the Battle of Antietam, he might begin, “Well, it all started 500 million years ...

I was with the USGS in Flagstaff in the 1980s and had the opportunity to work with Gordon on some of the geologic problems of the Apollo 15 landing site. Gordon had brought Dave Scott, the Apollo 15 ...

Cemeteries not only provide a peaceful place to contemplate and commemorate the dead. They provide refuges for insects, wildlife, lichens and flowering plants, and are wonderful repositories for the ...

Wildfires in Colorado, sand bars in California and ore deposits in Wyoming. Laboratory analysis, field work and computer models. Those are just a few of the research opportunities that await you when ...