Our undergraduate and graduate students gain a strong foundation across the geosciences. Areas of specialization may include environmental and isotope geochemistry, applied geophysics and tectonics, paleoclimatology, planetary science, remote sensing and GIS, volcanology, and human-environmental interactions.
Pittsburgh is the land of landslides, yet research monitoring them is sparse. But projects out of Pittsburgh’s universities could fill in the gaps to sturdy the region’s hillsides. Dr. Daniel Bain was quoted in this WESA article.
Photo by Keith Srakocic / AP
Learn more from PhD Student, Abby Yancy, on her new publication titled "Evaluating the definition and distribution of spring ephemeral wildflowers in eastern North America". Congratulations
on your first publication, Abby!
Landslides pose a threat to life and infrastructure and are influenced by anthropogenic modifications associated with land development. Learn more from Dr. Tyler Rohan and Dr. Eitan Shelef about their research on "Prolonged Influence of Urbanization on Landslide Susceptibility".
Basement flooding can cause many issues outside of water damage. Learn more from Linnea Warren May, Daniel J. Bain, and Alyssa Lyon on how flooded basements are more dangerous than they seem.
Photo from Benjamin B. Braun at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
