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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.

 

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GES Featured in PittWire Today

Pitt students, faculty and staff display eco-friendly creations at an art expo organized by students in a Department of Geology and Environmental Science Sustainability course. Hear from others who are helping to keep Pitt green at the University's annual sustainability symposium at 8:30 a.m. Friday, 4/19. (Photo by Aimee Obidzinski)

GES Featured in PittWire Today

Some of Earth’s estuaries are warming, consistent with climate change

Congratulations to 2024 Flint Memorial Field Geology Award Recipients

We are so happy that members of the Flint family joined us as we celebrated this year's Flint recipients. Congratulations to: Amelia Aceves (not pictured), Luke Coburn, Emily Hoag (not pictured), Hannah Kovic (not pictured), Emily Kriner, Landy Simboro, Noah Stein, Emily Wallace, and Tyler Weinberger