Scholars representing a wide array of disciplines benefitted from grant funding during the spring semester. From math to music, from neuroscience to environmental studies, from biology to oceanography, Bowdoin faculty are pursuing pioneering research.
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Four Bowdoin alumnae are covering unique beats at the New York Times—the climate, Maine's juvenile justice system, American institutions, and special projects.
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Students, faculty, and community members gathered recently in the Roux Lantern to engage in a panel discussion about the meaningful involvement of all people in the decision-making and activities that affect human and environmental health.
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William R. Kenan Professor of Earth and Oceanographic Science Collin Roesler talks to the academic journal Science about NASA’s recently launched PACE satellite, which will provide valuable information about the changing ecosystem of the world’s oceans.
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Students involved in Department of Earth and Oceanographic Science (EOS) traveled to the Schoodic Peninsula for a geology-filled weekend.
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The earth and oceanographic science major teamed up with professional academic researchers in his senior year to explore the damaging effects of mineral mining in the world’s tropical rivers. Their results are published in the latest edition of Nature magazine.
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By schooner, ferry, plane, and on foot, the students are adventuring to northern latitudes for different purposes this summer—to do research, to learn new skills, and to travel just for the sake of exploration and personal reflection.
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Last fall, Greta Bolinger ’23 seeded a fifty-foot line in Harpswell Sound near the Schiller Coastal Studies Center to grow sugar kelp over the winter. At the same time, she cultivated kelp in tanks in the Center's marine lab for scientific analysis.
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Four students recently shared results from their independent research projects at a national conference focused on marine science and coastal ecosystems.
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Oceanographer Isaiah Bolden ’15 in early February moderated a discussion on climate change with Vice President Kamala Harris at Georgia Tech, where he is an assistant professor at the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences.
Read moreIn our courses and research programs, we sample rocks, sediments, shells, and waters to reconstruct Earth’s geologic history, including past climates. We study Earth’s systems at all scales—atoms to oceans—and use state-of-the-art instrumentation and data analysis to unravel Earth’s past so that we can better understand and prepare for our future.
EOS students learn the skills and knowledge to address questions such as: where will we secure fresh water to meet the needs of a growing global population? How will landslides triggered by more extreme storms affect populations? Do decreases in snowpack and glaciation in response to modern climate change impact volcanic hazards? How does natural resource extraction impact the Earth system?
From tracking how a harmful algal bloom develops along our coastline to learning how supervolcanoes form deep within the Earth, a degree in EOS opens up a world of possibilities.