Department of Earth Sciences News

Zachary Burton’s recent paper describes how critical minerals mobilize and accumulate in cold, arid environments.

57 grad students at MSU have been awarded inaugural Crawford Wildlife Habitat Scholarships, which provide opportunities to bolster research in wildlife habitats and which were made possible by the largest scholarship endowment in university history.

Earth Sciences MS Candidate Kyla Christopher-Moody will defend her thesis titled, "Effects of Forest Management on Snow Accumulation and Ablation in a Montane Watershed" on Tuesday, June 17 at 10:00 am MT.

The evidence, published this week in the journal Science, was found in 73-million-year-old fossils discovered on Alaska’s North Slope.

MSU hosts 92ne Annual Western Snow Conference at the Emerson and will showcase "No Winter's Tale", a Shakespeare adaptation of "The Winter's Tale" written by Gretchen Minton (MSU English). A cool fusion of arts and science!