Earth Systems & Climate Change

Claire Masteller, assistant professor of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, has won a prestigious National Science Foundation award for a study that will look at the erosive power of ocean waves on rocky coastlines.

In this video, Derek Hoeferlin describes how a highly managed system of locks and dams has transformed the river over the last century — and how that transformation affects local perceptions as well as potential responses to climate change.

WashU seismologist Doug Wiens discovered that unexpected movements of the Ross Ice Shelf are triggered by the sudden slipping of parts of the Whillans Ice Stream.

Archaeologist Xinyi Liu’s field work on the Tibetan Plateau, inner Mongolia and regions across Central Asia has contributed to a better understanding of the globalization of food in deep antiquity and its biological and social consequences.

Foston takes detailed look at lignin disassembly on path to replace petroleum with renewables

Scientists at WashU are developing a prototype for an instrument for a future Moon mission with support from a nearly $3 million grant from NASA.

The Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum at WashU will present this exbibition Feb. 23 through July 29. It consists of 52 canvases that Sierra placed on the floor of a city building, highlighting the contaminants that can poison the urban environment.

Climate Across Curriculum connects Gateway STEM students to WashU experts and resources. Recently, a cohort of 40 high school students met and had a Q&A session with Elizabeth Kolbert.

Two teams of engineers led by WashU faculty will work toward developing products to monitor drinking water quality and to detect explosives with an electronic nose with one-year grants from the National Science Foundation.

The soils in many iconic Australian landscapes are colored red by an abundant mineral known as goethite. This mineral tends to lock away trace metals over time, according to WashU research.