A new Northwestern study found that breadfruit, a starchy, nutrient-rich alternative to staple crops, will be relatively unaffected by climate change. Unlike its more popular counterparts (rice, corn, soybeans etc), researchers predict that a very small percentage of suitable land …
A team of Northwestern researchers has developed a new method that predicts debris flow to help warn people living in high-risk areas of potential flooding.
Water runoff caused by intense rainfall can often devastate communities that are not prepared. With …
Professor Katherine Freeman, the 2020 Nemmers Prize in Earth Sciences recipient, is participating in the spring Seminar series presented by the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences.
Freeman holds the Evan Pugh University Professorship at Penn State University, and …
Institute for Policy Research graduate Leah Salditch (PhD, 2021) received the Natural Hazards Section Award for Graduate Research from the American Geophysical Union. Salditch earned PhD in earth and planetary sciences and a master’s in applied statistics from Northwestern in …
Spearheaded by Professor Suzan van der Lee of the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, the Metropolitan Chicago Data-science Corps (MCDC) has been established as an interdisciplinary corps. MCDC will assist a wide range of community-based groups in taking advantage …
Since Americans were traveling less frequently during the coronavirus pandemic, U.S. greenhouse gas emissions decreased by more than 10% in 2020.
For Professor Daniel Horton, of the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, this decrease was unsurprising, as he …
Three Northwestern scientists will explore the connection between art and science at different exhibits around Chicago from Friday, May 7 through Sunday, August 22. Daniel E. Horton, professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Aaron Packman…
Professor Magdalena Osburn of the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences has been awarded an Early CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation.
The Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program is a Foundation-wide activity that offers the National Science …
Professor Daniel E. Horton of the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and members of his research group will present their findings at The Planetary Health Annual Meeting, during Planetary Health Week (April 25-30, 2021). The meeting aims to gather …
Laura Larocca is a PhD candidate in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and was recently named a Presidential Fellow, the most prestigious fellowship awarded to graduate students by Northwestern University.
Larocca received a Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement …