Department of Earth, Environmental & Planetary Sciences

Research

DEEPS faculty and students actively engage in ground-breaking research on diverse and fundamental questions about the Earth and planetary phenomena.

Investigating how the Earth’s atmosphere, oceans, surface, and interior have changed through time to understand fundamentally important climatic, tectonic, and biogeochemical changes.
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Leading diverse, interdisciplinary research programs investigating Earth’s changing environments related to natural processes and human impacts across a large range of temporal and spatial scales.
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Using analyses, experiments, and observations of aerosols, minerals, organic compounds, and waters to understand biogeochemical cycles, climates, and igneous and tectonic processes on Earth and other planets.
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Understanding the physical processes that shape the Earth and other planets.
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Exploring surface and interior processes of planets throughout the solar system to understand their formation and evolution.
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