Department of Geology

11/14/17

UB Geology is poised to help society at the intersection of Earth and its population in a warming and more crowded planet.

Understanding Earth

11/14/17

UB Geology is poised to help society at the intersection of Earth and its population in a warming and more crowded planet.

Understanding Earth

11/14/17

UB Geology is poised to help society at the intersection of Earth and its population in a warming and more crowded planet.

Understanding Earth

11/2/18

Basaltic and intermediate volcanoes in western Argentina

UB Geology is poised to help society at the intersection of Earth and its population in a warming and more crowded planet.

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Climate Change

Water and the Environment

Ecosystems and Adaptation

Geohazards, Volcanoes and Geodynamics

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Geology in the News

Ocean-bottom sediments tell a story about ancient Greenland summers
5/13/21
5/13/2021: A new UB study uses these deposits to learn about ancient climate in southern Greenland, focusing on summer temperature during periods of relative warmth on Earth, called interglacials, over the past 600,000 years.
Ice sheets and glaciers are shrinking. But we can still slow that process dramatically, study finds
5/6/21
5/4/2021: New research from a large international community of scientists including Sophie Nowicki from UB, predicts that sea level rise from the melting of ice could be halved this century if the world meets the Paris Agreement target of limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. That’s relative to projections based on countries’ current pledges to reduce emissions of heat-trapping gases.
Iceland's Fagradalsfjall is erupting. This UB expert helps predict where lava may go
4/22/21
4/21/2021: Mattia de’ Michieli Vitturi, a geology faculty member and a mathematician, uses computational modeling to help officials in Iceland understand where lava may flow

Center for Geohazards Studies

The Center for Geohazards Studies supports research and training that improves our understanding and mitigates the consequences of natural hazards.

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Future Students

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We offer a cutting-edge curriculum designed to train the next generation of earth and environmental scientists.

GEOLOGY FIELD CAMP

Geology is all around us. Join the department for a once-in-a-lifetime experience exploring hidden gems of the Western U.S.

Alumni Profiles

(Left) Jessica Ball (Right) Martin Derby.

Our featured alumni for 2020 are Jessica Ball and Martin Derby. Both work on natural hazards, and speak to their experience at UB in our Alumni Profiles page.

4/25/20 Alumni Profiles Q&A