Planetary Health

McKelvey Engineering student says bold climate solutions demand engineering innovation, geopolitical acumen

The climate crisis demands immediate action; the rapidly expanding climate sector demands highly educated leaders; and students demand an education that prepares them to tackle what they say is a top priority.

Andrea Gokus, a McDonnell Center postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Physics in Arts & Sciences at WashU, is advocating for a reduction of emissions associated with air travel to professional conferences.

Jenna Ditto to study dust chemistry transformations, impact of exposure to humans

Researchers led by Randall Martin investigate global particulate matter, revealing health risks from trace elements.

A magnitude-4.8 earthquake beneath New Jersey shook the northeastern United States at 10:23 a.m. Eastern April 5. The seismograph at WashU’s Rudolph Hall recorded this event. Douglas A. Wiens, professor of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, shares.

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.