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Please join us today for the Geochemistry seminar series with Dr. Jonathan Toma

In a new Perspectives article, Dr. Maggie Xenopoulos, Editor-in-Chief of @jgrbiogeo.bsky.social, reflects on the dramatic changes to the scholarly publishing environment that have occurred over the past 25 years. 🔗 buff.ly/MuVthAy #AG#AGUPubsc#ScholarlyPublishingu#Publishinga#EarthScience

Going to AGU, don’t forget our get together (see details below)

Hey 👋🏻 Join SEG & AAPG for a Holiday Party When? This Friday (Dec 5th, 2025 at 5pm) Where: The Den See details in the flyer 🎄❄️☃️

Come join UHEAS, two open faculty positions www.uh.edu/nsm/earth-at...

This week’s seminar is with Dr. Zheng, we look forward to seeing you there

Out with old, in with the new. UH Centennial makeover of central campus.

After the thanksgiving break, we will have Dr. Youtong Zheng to give a talk about “Convective Storms over the Texas Gulf Coast: Observations, Storm-Resolving Modeling, and Machine Learning”, see you then!

Our upcoming speaker for the Geochemistry Seminar is Dr. Silva, who will talk about “Plagioclase as a Recorder of Magmatic H2O in Explosive Eruptions”. It will be held in SR1-223 next Tuesday at 3pm.

Update: room number has been updated to 130

Tomorrow, we will host Ethan Perrine–Environmental Scientist and karst specialist as part of the AEG/AIPG Guest Speaker. It will take place in SR! room 316 at 12pm. See you then!

Do not forget that we are still accepting applications for this Mineral Science tenure-track position at the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Science. UHEAS will be at AGU if you have questions 😃

This week’s department seminar is with Dr. Lucien Nana Yobo from Texas A&M University. The talk is about « From Ocean Anoxia to Environmental Upheaval: Tracing the Signals of Large Igneous Provinces ». See you this Friday at 11am, SR1-634

Introduction to Climate Change class field trip to Surfside Beach today, launching an ozone weather balloon. All students helped with launch😊

Introduction to Climate Change class field trip to Surfside Beach today, launching an ozone weather balloon. All students helped with launch😊

Our Geochemistry Seminar tomorrow will feature Kyra Bennett. The presentation is entitled “Comparative Analysis of Machine Learning Algorithms for Petroleum Geochemical Fingerprinting in Energy and Environmental Applications”

The 27th Sheriff Lecture is being held today, see you then 😃

This week’s seminar will be with Michael Robinson from University of Nevada. The talk is about “Ridgelines record tectonic forcings”. See you Friday!

A high-resolution digital map allows people to plan their routes along the ancient roads of the Roman Empire go.nature.com/4nHZmoM

Again congratulations Gabriel, doing cave monitoring is difficult, but he demonstrates an excellent grasp of the topic and handled very well the problem he was assigned to address 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

Sheriff Lecture is around the corner (Nov 10th, 2025). Students: don’t forget to submit your abstract, and we also encourage professionals (industry or academia) to volunteer to judge. Lastly, our keynote speaker is Dr. Jiaxuan Li. See details here www.uh.edu/nsm/earth-at...

This week, our seminar speaker is Dr. Kieran Bhatia. The talk is entitled “Is Rapid Intensification Contributing to the Rising Economic Losses from Hurricanes?”. See details in the flyer and see you this Friday!

See you in a bit!

We’re excited to host our very own, Dr. Jiajia Sun, Associate Professor in Geophysics to give a seminar talk about “Advancing Subsurface Imaging with Generative AI: Across Scales from Continents to Deposits”. See details in the flyer and see you this Friday!

A new study by researchers at @uh-earth-atm-sci.bsky.social & colleagues proposes a new rationale for why shear waves split and travel in multiple directions. eos.org/research-spo...

Join the AAPG Wildcatters for an information session on the prestigious Imperial Barrel Award Program. Check the flyer below.

Our research on d18O calibration in Puerto Rico revealed a seasonality bias in isotopic fractionation and different seepage effects on isotopes and elements. It belongs to the cave monitoring special issue! Congrats Gabriel! @uh-earth-atm-sci.bsky.social digitalcommons.usf.edu/ijs/vol54/is...

The Geochemistry seminar will host Azeem Shah to give a talk about global oceanic anoxia during the End Triassic Mass Extinction. See details in the flyer.

Check out this story from our summer field camp. Beautiful photos included! www.uh.edu/nsm/earth-at...

For UH alumni, stop by the YBRA booth to get a huckleberry candy and YBRA sticker(Dr. Sisson is there!)

This Friday, we are happy to host Dr. Janelle Steffen. The talk is about iron isotopes, check the details in the flyer and see you at the seminar!

Come join our Department, we have an open Assistant Professor position for mineral science. Apply here: careers.uh.edu/jobs/assista...

The Departmental Seminar Speaker for this week is Dr. Momen Mostafa, who will give a talk about “Hurricane Dynamics: From Turbulence to Forecasting”. See you this Friday at 11 am in SR1-634

Magnitude 7.6 Strike-slip #earthquake in the Drake Passage (between Patagonia and Antarctica) about 40 minutes ago (2025-10-10Z20:29) Signal here on station GT.PLCA (Paso Flores, Argentina) earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...

The American Geosciences Institute is celebrating the 2025 theme, “Energy Resources for Our Future” with a series of webinars. UHEAS Professor Paul Mann will be one of the speakers for the “Shaping the Future of Energy Exploration with Geoscience and Innovation” www.earthsciweek.org/webinars/

Our next Geochemistry Seminar Series for next Tuesday is with Dr. Voarintsoa. See details in the flyer.

These tiny Arctic organisms glide through the ice at ultracold temperatures, outpacing their temperate cousins by leaps and bounds (wiggles and squiggles). 🧪🦠 eos.org/articles/ice...

We are half-way through the Fall semester, and we are happy to invite you to join a talk by our own postdoctoral fellow, Dr. Nahid Hasan, on the “Multi-Year La Nińa: Dynamics, Predictability and Impacts”. See you this Friday Oct 10, 2025 at 11 am in SR1-634!

Join us on our next Geochemistry Seminar, with Ali Raza, PhD Candidate in the Paleoclimate Geochemistry (PaleoGeochem) Group. See details in the flyer.

Our next Departmental Seminar Speaker is Dr. Surui Xie. He will give a presentation about “GNSS Interferometric Reflectometry for Planar Surface Elevation Measurements: Sea Level and Ice Thickness Case Studies.” See you this Friday!

Congrats to Jiaxuan Li, UH NSM assistant professor of geophysics, on receiving the 2025 AGU Keiiti Aki Early Career Award! 🌍✨ His pioneering work using fiber-optic sensing is advancing earthquake rupture imaging, volcanic monitoring & more. bit.ly/4mx3KWZ

Jiaxuan Li, assistant professor of geophysics, has been awarded the 2025 AGU Seismology Keiiti Aki Early Career Award. His innovative fiber-optic sensing research is shaping the future of seismology and deepening our understanding of earthquakes and volcanoes. http://bit.ly/4mx3KWZ #UH #UHNSM

Congratulations to Jiaxuan, assistant professor in EAS! www.uh.edu/nsm/news-eve...

Congratulations Dr. Voary! @voary.bsky.social

Our next Departmental Seminar Speaker is Dr. Jeffrey Rimer. He will give a presentation about “Next-generation zeolites for evolving energy and environmental landscapes: What can be learned from natural minerals.” See you this Friday!

Earlier this week we celebrated Hispanic Heritage Month with UH and other fantastic Hispanic Serving organizations and departments on campus! We’re so proud to also have had several of our students give presentations on their research in Spanish 🥳🤩

This new report highlights why all our undergrads as well as alums have benefited from attending the UH/YBRA field camp program www.americangeosciences.org/static/pdf/G...

Tomorrow is another exciting day as our students are gearing up for the Departmental 3-Minute Thesis Competition! Come support them 😃