ecoRI News spoke with experts about the risks that Rhode Island will face going forward as heat waves hit more frequently and for longer periods. DEEPS Chair Meredith Hastings commented, noting that when it’s hot outside, air quality tends to get worse. “Under hotter conditions we speed up reactions,” she said. “That can lead to the faster production of secondary pollution.”

Dozens of veteran climate scientists have launched a coordinated response to a Trump administration report that casts doubt on the severity of climate change. Kim Cobb, DEEPS Professor and Director of IBES, told CNN it’s significant that the Trump administration is deep-sixing the climate assessments at the same time it’s releasing a misleading new report. She also said she hopes to help “set the record straight” on climate science in their response to the DOE report.

Strong new evidence suggests that primordial material from the planet’s center is somehow making its way out. Continent-size entities anchored to the core-mantle boundary might be involved. Assistant Professor Harriet Lau commented on this exciting research, noting: if material is effusing from the core into the mantle, is the boundary between them “as distinct as we think?”

A new art installation on Public Street by artist Eli Nixon features colorful windsocks that are raised as local air quality fluctuates. DEEPS Chair Meredith Hastings attended the windsock event and spoke about air quality issues, which she has studied as a part of her project Breathe Providence.

Turn To 10's Mario Hilario speaks with Logan Tullai, Artist-in-Residence at the Knight Memorial Library in partnership with LunaSCOPE and the NASA Rhode Island Space Grant, about the art project he's spearheading that gets the community involved by using the sun to print pictures of the moon.

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.

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."

During the European Astrobiology Institute’s BEACON 25 conference in Reykjavik, Postdoctoral Fellow Adam Valantinas spoke with Forbes about NASA’s Perseverance rover and its ongoing exploration beyond Jezero Crater’s rim.

DEEPS Shorts is a video series highlighting the diverse research within Brown’s Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences. This week, we hear from Justin Custado, a Geochemist studying weathering and climate history in the Philippines. Created by PhD Candidate Élise Beaudin, with support from Communications Specialist Mae Jackson.

DEEPS Shorts is a video series highlighting the diverse research within Brown’s Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences. This week, we hear from Matt Jones, Planetary Research Scientist exploring Moon asymmetries. Created by PhD Candidate Élise Beaudin, with support from Communications Specialist Mae Jackson.

In a new study published in Icarus, a team of researchers led by DEEPS graduate student Thomas Williams and Professors Stephen Parman and Alberto Saal have used modern analysis techniques to closely examine the microscopic mineral deposits on the outside of lunar beads from the Apollo mission. The team's findings suggest a change in eruption style over the course of a pyroclastic volcanic eruption in the Taurus-Littrow Valley.

DEEPS Shorts is a video series highlighting the diverse research within Brown’s Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences. This week we hear from John Nicklas, PhD Candidate and Climate and Health Scientist. Created by PhD Candidate Élise Beaudin, with support from Communications Specialist Mae Jackson.

The National Center for Science Education has announced the winners of the 2025 Friend of the Planet award, including IBES Director and DEEPS Professor Kim Cobb. This award recognizes Cobb's tireless efforts to support climate change education through her research, engagement, and outreach.

DEEPS Shorts is a video series highlighting the diverse research within Brown’s Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences. This week's scientist is Jaesoek Lee, PhD student studying seismology, earthquakes, and fault geometries. Created by PhD Candidate Élise Beaudin, with support from Communications Specialist Mae Jackson.

This year, DEEPS undergraduates traveled to Utah for the annual Spring Break Field Trip. Their geologic journey included the grandeur of Zion National Park, the unique hoodoos of Bryce Canyon National Park, the enigmatic splendor of Escalante Petrified Forest, and much more. Enjoy these photos from their exciting and educational adventure!

Assistant Professor Mara Freilich is one of the seventeen researchers on cross-disciplinary teams to win funding in the first year of "Scialog: Neurobiology and Changing Ecosystems", a three-year initiative that aims to spark new science exploring neurobiological response to rapid and extensive human-caused environmental changes. Freilich and her team will be exploring "From Feeding to Flux: Unraveling the Impact of Animal Behavior on Global Ocean Carbon Flow."

DEEPS is proud to present our newest Lincoln Field Art Show. "Blue Moon: Lunar Orbiter Silk Cyanotype" is a student exhibition featuring a 60-foot vertical silk cyanotype, along with smaller cyanotypes, community event photos, and a video on the 1960s Lunar Orbiter Missions.