A new global analysis of the last 19 million years of seafloor spreading rates found they have been slowing down. Geologists want to know why the seafloor is getting sluggish.

DEEPS Visiting Scientist and NASA Citizen Science Officer Marc Kuchner facilitated a seminar on the growing importance of “citizen science” — an uncoordinated collection of independent volunteers around the world — in advancing the discovery of exoplanets and planet formation.

Professor Meredith Hastings Receives Award

New study led by UMass Amherst suggests that increasing aridity, not temperature change, contributed to the Norse abandonment of Greenland settlements in the 15th century.

2021 AGU Outstanding Student Presentation Awards

Between 26-15 My ago, forests covering west-central North America gave way to open, grassy habitats. Now, oxygen isotope records suggest this shift is owed to drier winters and increased aridity.

Congratulations to the 2022 recipients of this award from LPI.

Congratulations Kierra!

The SBFT Fundraising Committee is proud to announce this year's t-shirt fundraiser! Support the DEEPS Spring Break Field Trip by purchasing either a new t-shirt or quarter-zip sweatshirt (or both!).

Webb Telescope Update

Assistant professor Karianne Bergen joins the TWIML Podcast.

Mineralogical Society of America 2021

The National Science Foundation has awarded Brown DEEPS a grant supporting new initiatives that foster belonging and participation among Asian Americans and Pacific Islander (AAPI) students in the geosciences.

DEEPS alumnus Richard Vachula just landed a spot on the Forbes 30 Under 30 Science list.

The AGU Bridge Program has selected 15 new partner departments for 2021 including DEEPS.

President Paxson discusses science with DEEPS alumna Maria Zuber ’86.

Earthquake research from The University of Texas and Brown University found cloverleaf shockwaves hidden in low-frequency seismic data.

Composition of air bubbles can help scientists date Antarctica’s ice caps