EPS 169 (Seminar on Global Pollution Issues) recently took a field trip to Falmouth, MA to start work on a case study of the interrelated cycles of mercury and nitrogen biogeochemistry at the Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve.

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EPS 102 (Data Analysis and Statistical Inference in the Earth and Environmental Sciences) recently took a field trip to Middlesex Fells, MA to collect data for an upcoming project. The weather proved to be perfect and they enjoyed a nice view of greater Boston.

Over spring break, EPS/OEB 56: The History and Evolution of Life on Earth students traveled internationally to explore the geology and paleobiology of central and southern Spain. In addition to unearthing shale-hosted invertebrate animal fossils and vascular plants, the students had the opportunity to visit the Puertollano Basin and the city of Cuenca.

On Monday, EPS 109: Earth Resources and the Environment students traveled to the Fore River generating station in Weymouth, MA to learn about combined cycle power and the factors that determine community distribution and use.

Over winter recess, the EPS department partnered with SEA Education Association and embarked on a week-long undergraduate field trip to the US Virgin Islands on board the SSV Corwith Cramer, a 134-foot steel brigantine built as a marine research ship. The students learned how to operate a sailing vessel in the open water, deployed plankton net tows for phytoplankton collection, and even got to drop anchor and swim in the Caribbean Sea! Read more about EPS Undergraduate Field Trip January 2023

This weekend, EPS 120/220 Introduction to Planetary Sciences students got hands-on experience with ~200 million year old flood basalts and sedimentary sequences in the Connecticut River Valley. Students visited outcrops of the Holyoke and Talcott Basalts as well as the sedimentary Shuttle Mountain and East Berlin Formations on their excursion.

Please follow this link to a great video prepared by the EPS concentrators featuring their recent field work in Hawaii.  The purpose of the video is to serve as a tool to let potential new concentrators know what a great department EPS is!  Very nice work!

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EPS is proud to participate in the New England Intercollegiate Geological Conference again this year.  Information about the conference can be found at here and the EPS registration page can be found here....

Read more about NEIGC Conference (Oct 14-16) Geology of the Maine Coast from Masquoit Bay to Muscongus Bay

This year's undergraduate field trip will be August 23-30 and will take EPS students to the Big Island of Hawaii for a week of fantastic research opportunities in the unique Earth sciences provided by such a great destination!

Please see the flyer below and the trip registration page.  The trip is open to all EPS concentrators.

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