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.
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.
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More News from DEEPS This article in Nature investigates how researchers are filing appeals, seeking court remedies, turning to philanthropy and starting GoFundMe campaigns to support their research. The article includes the cancellation of Assistant Professor Mara Freilich's NASA grant, which engaged citizens in studying the air quality around California's Salton Sea.
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New research is using tracks from dust devils to learn about the whirlwinds and potentially guide future mission planning. "Dust devils themselves are difficult to capture in images because they are so short-lived," said Associate Professor Ingrid Daubar, lead author of the study. "The tracks they leave behind last longer, so we are able to observe them more thoroughly."
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News from IBES
Summer reads from IBES scholars
Recent titles that inform and inspire fresh ways of thinking about people and the planet.
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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