Category: earth sciences

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COVID-19 lockdowns in China, Europe averted tens of thousands of premature deaths related to air pollution, study finds

Lockdowns initiated to curb the spread of the coronavirus in China and Europe at the beginning of the pandemic improved air quality, averting tens of thousands of deaths in regions where air pollution has a significant impact on mortality, a new study shows. According to research published in …

Professor Amy Hixon

Hixon named director of GLOBES program

The John J. Reilly Center for Science, Technology, and Values has announced new leadership for two key programs — GLOBES, an interdisciplinary training program in environment and society, and Medicine and the Liberal Arts. Amy Hixon, associate professor in the Department of Civil & …

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Growing again: new faculty hires in CEEES

The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences is excited to announce that, even amid a pandemic, we continue to grow to meet the needs of our students. “We have three new faculty members to introduce,” said Joannes J. Westerink, the Joseph and Nona Ahearn …

Three doctoral candidates receive outstanding teaching awards

Three doctoral candidates in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences have received the 2020 Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Award. Presented annually by Notre Dame Learning, the Graduate School, and the Kaneb Center for Teaching and Learning, the award …

Corinne Kuebler

Kuebler receives AGI’s 2020 Harriet Evelyn Wallace Scholarship

Corinne Kuebler, a Ph.D. candidate studying isotope geochemistry, has been awarded the 2020 Harriet Evelyn Wallace Scholarship by the American Geosciences Institute (AGI). Each year, the highly competitive scholarship is awarded to women pursuing graduate degrees in geosciences who demonstrate …

Working towards a healthier, more sustainable planet

The continued burning of fossil fuels, increased levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere, and changes in land use such as deforestation have led to the melting of ice sheets and glaciers, a consistent rise in sea levels, and fueled the intensity of devastating climate events such as …

Amid pandemic, engineers and climate scientists imagine Earth Day 2070

Earth Day 2020 will mark 50 years since the first nationwide effort to educate the public and raise awareness of environmental issues that threaten the health and sustainability of the planet. The impacts of global climate change are no less visible at regional and local levels. In the Midwest …