The New York Times just featured an article about the RELAMPAGO project in Argentina - a project run by our own Department of Atmospheric Science. The project was lead by Professor Steve Nesbitt, with Professors Jeff Trapp, Francina Dominguez, and Deanna Hence as major participants with a large number of graduate and undergraduate students were also involved in Argentina.
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Erinn Dady, a junior studying earth, society, and environmental sustainability, is working with Kevin Tan, an assistant professor of social work, Esther Ngumbi, an assistant professor of entomology, and Tracy Dace,...
Cloud seeding has become an increasingly popular practice in the western United States, where states grapple with growing demands for water. Measuring how much precipitation cloud seeding produces has been a longstanding challenge. Researchers have developed a way to use radar and other tools to more accurately measure the volume of snow produced through cloud seeding....
This past weekend in Washington, D.C, ESES major Erinn Dady presented her poster titled, "Soil Fertility and Arbuscular Mycorrhiza: Impact on Herbivore Induced Plant Volatiles in Tomato," at the American Association for the Advancement of Science Emerging National Researchers in STEM. Erinn was awarded 1st place in the sub-category: Ecology, grouped within the general category: Ecology,...
Clouds hold the key to understanding climate change - and University of Illinois are flying through storms to get the data we need to predict future change. See the article in verge magazine.
University of Illinois geologists Jack Albright, left, and professor Patricia Gregg are part of a team that has developed new computer models to help researchers better forecast volcanic eruptions. Volcanic eruptions and their ash clouds pose a significant hazard to population centers and air travel, especially those that show few to no signs of unrest beforehand. Geologists are now using a...
Professor Stephen Altaner led over 45 students and staff on the 2019 Annual SESE Field Trip. Participants were able to collect shattercones at the Kentland Impact Site, the site where U of I alumnus Robert Dietz showed that these structures were a result of meteorite impacts. They also visited Williamsport Falls, the highest free-falling waterfall in Indiana, and Portland Arch, a natural bridge...
A group of young scholars from Zhejiang University are participating in a summer school program in SESE for the next two weeks. Welcome to the University of Illinois!
Nidhi Shastri talks about the opportunities Illinois has provided to help her find her voice in the college newsletter
Since 1892, the Natural History Building has been a landmark at the University of Illinois. Designed by the renowned Nathan Ricker—Illinois alumnus and first architectural graduate in the U.S.—the building underwent a $70 million renovation in 2014 to transform the interior into a modern learning environment while preserving the architectural details that led to its place on the National...
The 2019 SESE graduating class assemble before the May 11th Convocation Ceremony. Also in attendance, Dean Isabel Molina-Guzman, Director Bob Rauber, and Heads and faculty from Atmospheric Science, Geography and Geographic Information Science, and Geology. A wonderful event honoring the achievements of our wonderful students. Congratulations graduates!
Nineteen Illinois students experienced a unique spring break this year with help from donors to the College of LAS: They traveled deep into the communities and landscape of Costa Rica and came back with knowledge that can only come from a special kind of immersion in the everyday dealings of the environment and the people who sustain it......
The class spent three days at the Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado, examining the geomorphology and sedimentology of a range of environments, from hillslopes and debris flows to shallow braided rivers to eolian dunes and playa lakes, and the sedimentary structures present in each. The group were lucky to gain an overview of the park from Park geologist, Dr Andrew Valdez, and then have the...
The department's Eryops Skeleton replica is being repaired in preparation for its return to NHB. Christa Deacy-Quinn from the Spurlock museum is generously helping this effort, supplying essential expertise in plaster preservation and repair. Click here for blog posts as the project proceeds.
Hurricane forecasting depends heavily on government-funded satellites, allowing the communities in their path to prepare and evacuate. Those satellites, monitored and maintained by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and NASA, require constant upkeep and frequent replacement. News Bureau physical sciences editor Lois Yoksoulian spoke with...