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The Department of Earth Sciences at UCR
UCR’s Department of Earth Sciences focuses on research and education about Earth’s dynamic nature and history. Students and faculty investigate geological processes operating at a wide range of spatial and temporal scales and our research interests span many disciplines within the Earth Sciences.
News & Announcements
- Earth Sciences Welcomes a New Musuem Scientist (November 3, 2015)
The Department of Earth Sciences Welcomes our new Museum Scientist Jessica Miller Camp. Jessica comes to us from Hendersonville, NC and has a B.S. in Geology with a Biology minor from Appalachian State University in 2003. She has a M.S. in Geoscience from the University of Iowa in 2010 and will be defending there this academic year for a Ph.D. in Earth and Environmental Science. Jessica has a vertebrate paleontologist studying the phylogeny, taxonomy, ecomorphology, biogeography, and diversity in relation to climate change of alligatorines as well as the morphology and extinction dynamics of Lystrosaurus, a dicynodont that survived and proliferated following the P–T mass extinction. Welcome Jessica!!! - Hot temperatures in October not unusual, expert says (October 13, 2015)
- Mark Your Calendar for 10:15 on 10/15 (October 12, 2015)
- Free Public Lecture Tomorrow on Earth’s Climate History (September 25, 2015)
- Computer Models Show Significant Tsunami Strength for Ventura and Oxnard (August 20, 2015)
