Leading researchers design formal wear with a scientific edge

Jaishree Beedasy delves into how disasters disproportionately affect the most vulnerable groups in society, particularly children, and how to help them recover.

The PlastiX-Snow project will track microplastics that contaminate Earth’s most remote and pristine locations.

Tropical fossils found in a Greenland ice core hint at volcanic eruptions that threw the world into darkness from 536 to 537 A.D.

The project earned grad student Anna Barth a grand prize in the American Geophysical Union’s competition on Data Visualization and Storytelling.

A variety of undergraduate, graduate and PhD positions are available in various departments and research centers. Apply by January 29, 2019.

A chronological guide to key talks and other events at the Dec. 9-13 American Geophysical Union meeting in San Francisco.

Typically only shallow wells have arsenic problems, but in an area of India and Bangladesh, deep wells are highly contaminated. Scientists are starting to learn why.

As a teenage radio journalist in Zambia, Kaoma helped communities voice their environmental concerns. Now he’s a graduate student in Environmental Science and Policy.

The center focuses on developing better batteries as well as other energy storage options, which are key to a future fueled by renewable energy.