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Department of Geosciences

Department of Geosciences

2 students walking on campus wearing masks

Underground fiber optic sensors record sounds of COVID lockdown, reopening

A close-up shot of Rafinesquina, an ancient genus of brachiopod belonging to order Strophomenida

'Dead clades walking': Fossil record provides new insights into mass extinctions

Penn State undergraduate digs into the past through fossil leaves

Rachel Kronyak poses next to a hot spring in Yellowstone National Park

Penn State alum makes tracks on Mars as Perseverance rover springs to life

Scientists on Sierra Negra volcano

Lead up to volcanic eruption in Galapagos captured in rare detail

Pacaya volcano in Guatemala

Scientists identify flank instability at a volcano with history of collapse

Kate Freeman

Freeman awarded 2020 Nemmers Prize in Earth Sciences

Scientists collected rock samples from Kilbourne Hole volcanic crater in New Mexico

Glimpse deep into Earth's crust finds heat source that may stabilize continents

Earth from space

To boldly go: Penn State launches planetary science consortium

Deception of asteroid impact event

Fossil carbon burned by asteroid impact contributed to dinosaur extinction

Telica volcano

Photos may improve understanding of volcanic processes

Troy Ferland and Annalee Sekulic collect middens in Oman

Digging into the past

Sha Feng

Scientists create road map for improving carbon estimates

An ancient micrometeorite under a microscope

Meteorites reveal high carbon dioxide levels on early Earth

Geosciences Field Camp 2019 field exercise

Field camp a rite of passage for undergraduate geosciences majors

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