Congrats to SES Professor @djshillington.bsky.social on receiving a Marie Tharp Fellowship from the GEOMAR Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung in Kiel, Germany. This fellowship is awarded to outstanding women in marine science. www.linkedin.com/posts/spotli...

Spotlight on Women in Marine Science: GEOMAR honours Marie Tharp Fellows 🌊👏    Marie Tharp (1920-2006) was a pioneer of modern oceanography and continues to inspire new generations of scientists… | GE...

Spotlight on Women in Marine Science: GEOMAR honours Marie Tharp Fellows 🌊👏    Marie Tharp (1920-2006) was a pioneer of modern oceanography and continues to inspire new generations of scientists. At G...

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New work by recent PhD student Frank Telles and colleagues traces how Spanish colonial livestock and land use scarred Southwestern soils and kicked up centuries of extra dust. But Indigenous land practices kept many landscapes in balance for generations. eos.org/articles/pay...

Pay Dirt: How Colonialism Left Its Mark on the Soil of the American Southwest - Eos

An alpine lake holds traces of how Spanish conquistadors kicked up dust as they colonized the Southwest.

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A new paper by SES Prof Bridget Smith-Konter and colleagues shows that the San Andreas Fault is at the highest stress level in 1000 years. agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

For years, geologists in the Southwest have pondered a big question: Where did the Colorado River go before it carved the Grand Canyon? A study published in the journal Science on April 16 proposes a possible answer. buff.ly/NlcEc9G

Awesome SES undergrad researchers are showcasing their work at the NAU Undergrad Research Symposium. We are very proud of them!

ENV 425-525 Water Resource Policy and Management Students visit the springs in Sycamore Canyon Wilderness to understand the important role of surface and groundwater interactions in the Verde River Watershed. #NAU_environsci, #NAU_sustainability, #SES_students

Geology students in the capstone field mapping class ventured to beautiful southern Utah for their final mapping project

Students and faculty from SES had fun on Saturday at the awesome Science in the Square event in downtown Flagstaff sharing our passion for our awesome planet with our community: Pollinators, rocks, volcanos, earthquakes and more!

A new paper by Yinchu Li out in Nature Communications today shows that fluids are not always the explanation for creeping megathrusts..... Check it out! @gtresearch.bsky.social @nau-ses.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Apache Elders discuss the value of Emory oak and how the Emory oak Collaborative Tribal Restoration Initiative (EOCTRI) supports oak conservation. SES Prof @sarasouther.bsky.social is featured in this excellent video - check it out! www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQb0...

Emory Oak Project Update 2026

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Some of our excellent Climate Science & Solutions MS students and alums are volunteering and networking at GreenBiz this week, which is “the premier event for sustainable business leaders.” If you're attending, look them up! @nauclimatescience #greenbiz26

Want to show off your creativity? Enter your design for the School of Earth and Sustainability Logo Competition! The top design artist can win SES swag and bragging rights. If you have any questions feel free to contact us!

Check out this nice story on a new paper by scientists in the School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems and SES to reveal the mysteries of cave-fed springs in the Grand Canyon. news.nau.edu/lasala-canyo...

Attention SES Students! Your SES ambassadors will be hosting a study group session for any student apart of the School of Earth and Sustainability. Feel free to come and hang out with fellow classmates and get to know your peers! We look forward to meeting you all there.

Check out this nice story on SES Prof Christine Regalla's research on the giant 2011 earthquake offshore Japan: news.nau.edu/japan-earthq...

Rejecting Climate Doomism is a new book coming out in March by SES Prof Diana Stuart. It draws from climate science, sociology, philosophy, and more to counter doomist thinking and offers a variety of perspectives to motivate climate action. Check it out!

Rejecting Climate Doomism

As scientists call for widespread climate action, there has been an alarming rise in climate doomism, the belief that it is too late to do anything about climate change. Many people who struggle to im...

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New paper alert! SES Prof Ranjan explores how to achieve collective action outcomes when property and water rights intersect - insights from agricultural drainage and irrigation systems in the United States and India! Check it out. wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

New article in Science by the #JTRACK science team, led by Jamie Kirkpatrick, on extreme localization of the plate boundary megathrust fault at the Japan Trench: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... ⚒️

Extreme plate boundary localization promotes shallow earthquake slip at the Japan Trench

The 2011 Mw9.1 Tohoku-oki earthquake is exceptional among great earthquakes for having peak slip of ~50-70 m on the shallowest portion of the plate boundary megathrust. Drill cores and geophysical log...

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Many congratulations to SES Professor @rengellia.bsky.social on being awarded the 2025 Taira Prize!!!

What a pleasure it was to write the epic story of plate tectonics - and the woman who brought the theory from the ocean to the land - with the fabulous editors at @highcountrynews.org. Give a read! #womeninstem #science #geology #scicomm

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The discovery that the continents are in continuous motion is fairly recent—dating back only to the late 1960s — and one woman was responsible for decoding what it meant for California and much of the West Coast. buff.ly/2vAwspH

Happy holidays from all of us in the School of Earth and Sustainability! We just emailed our annual newsletter to alums and other friends of SES with updates on all of the great things happening in SES over the last year. If you didn't get it but wish you did, message us!

SES seniors presented their senior capstone projects at our Biannual Environmental Science and Sustainability Capstone Project Symposium this week. So many cool projects! We’re beyond proud of their work and impact! #nau_environsci #nau_sustainability

Did you know that NAU SES offers certificates in Greenhouse Gas Management and Mitigation for undergraduate and graduate students and for professionals? We do! Check out our website for more details! ses-nau.org/student-oppo...

Our Introduction to Oceanography class took a 5-day field trip to The Ocean, visiting some spectacular spots near Big Sur and Monterey. Some major storm systems battered the coast while we were there, so the weather was.... epic. But so was the geology, biology and oceanography 🙂.

Our ENV 226 students got their hands dirty (in the best way!) exploring invertebrate diversity with NAU’s compost team. Thanks to Jacob Vanetsky for sharing these great shots! #NAUsustainability @sarasouther.bsky.social

Do you use AI/ML methods in your Earth and environmental science research? NAU is hiring multiple positions! Check it out and apply! careers.nau.edu/jobs/assista...

Assistant Professor (multiple positions), Applications of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML) - Flagstaff, Arizona, United States

Special Information This position is an on-site position which requires the incumbent to complete their work primarily at an NAU site, campus, or facility with or without accommodation. Opportunities...

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Meet our new SES Ambassadors Andrea, Kendall, and Laine! Our ambassadors are leaders in our school to assist current and incoming students. They also help create and promote ways to connect and grow the community. Feel free to take a tour with us or email any questions to learn more! #ses_students

Learn about the interesting and diverse internship and research projects that our Environmental Science and Sustainability seniors have completed! Scan the QR code to view recorded presentations and give any feedback using this google survey: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Today we celebrated the newly reinstated Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) Laboratory with an open house. Prof Francisco Apen, Lab Manager Gabe Epstein, and undergrad Freya Robson gave us a tour. This facility will enable lots of great science!

A new paper led by SES grad student Caelum Mroczek examines Arizona's long-term base flow combining observational records and machine learning to fill gaps in Arizona's monitoring network. Check out the paper and this Q&A with Caelum! #NAU_environsci, #SES_students news.nau.edu/jacks-in-a-f...