Providence Journal
Moon Landing Anniversary
A collaboration with NASA-RI Space Grant and Brown University
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Department of Earth, Environmental & Planetary Sciences
News Archive
Meredith Hastings and the team from ESWN are awarded a Presidential Award.
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The Fund for the Education of the Children of Providence marks its five-year anniversary this spring — but it’s just one illustration of the many ways in which Brown and the city’s schools work together to enrich educational opportunities.
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News from Brown
Earth’s orbital variations and sea ice synch glacial periods
Climate simulations show how changes in Earth’s orbit alter the distribution of sea ice on the planet, helping to set the pace for the glacial cycle.
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News from Brown
Scientists reconstruct formation of the Appalachians
A new study finds that the process that built the Appalachian Mountains 300 million years ago is similar to the process building the Himalayas today.
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John Mustard, Ralph Milliken, and co-authors examined global patterns of landscape shapes and near-surface water ice the orbiters mapped. They concluded a covering of water ice mixed with dust mantled the surface of Mars to latitudes as low as 30 degrees, and is degrading and retreating.
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