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.
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Evan Dethier, visiting assistant professor of earth and oceanographic science, began the new year with a feature article in Science News.
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Bolden, an oceanographer, returned to campus November 14 to give a talk on his pioneering biogeochemical investigations into the world's imperiled coral reefs.
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A steady November rain couldn’t deter more than sixty-five hardy Mainers from attending an open house at the Schiller Coastal Studies Center on November 13. The first such event in the new facilities on Orrs Island attracted neighbors, potential students and families, and Bowdoin alumni, staff, and faculty.
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Bowdoin College has appointed marine biologist, policy expert, author, and climate justice expert Ayana Elizabeth Johnson the new Roux Distinguished Scholar.
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In July, professor Phil Camill and Ana Gunther ’23 traveled to Canada's Baffin Island, searching for color amid its remote and rocky terrain. What they discovered far exceeded their expectations.
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.