Department of Earth, Environmental & Planetary Sciences

Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences at Brown University

The Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences (DEEPS) integrates teaching and research to investigate fundamental phenomena affecting the Earth and planets. Our students engage in hands-on learning, in collaboration with DEEPS faculty, to explore natural hazards, global climate, and planetary bodies.

Professor Amanda Lynch was recently named to the Advisory Council of the The Hague Institute for Global Justice: North World Approach. Building upon the success of The Washington Compact for Off World Governance, The Hague Institute for Global Justice is pioneering a new frontier in global governance with The North World Approach. This initiative is a necessary step towards ensuring sustainable, cooperative, and just governance in one of the world’s most strategically significant and rapidly changing regions—the Arctic.
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Sarah Esenther won within the Hydrology section for her AGU presentation, "Machine learning empowers remote sensing of ice shelf supraglacial stream works." Yiran Huang won within the Tectonophysics section for her talk, “Investigating Layered Cratonic Lithosphere in the Fennoscandian Shield”. Jared Nirenberg won within the Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology for his presentation, “Plant Waxes Record East Antarctic Hydroclimate during Miocene Global Warmth.” Lastly, Leadership Alliance REU student Margaret Gonzalez, who worked with Mara Freilich and Lily Dove in the summer of 2024, won in the Ocean Sciences section for her presentation, “The importance of Antarctic Winter Water in the global carbon cycle.” Congratulations to all four winners for their hard work and achievements!
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Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences

Box 1846
324 Brook Street
Providence, RI 02912

DEEPS@Brown.edu
(401) 863-3339