| AS.270.606 (01) |
EPS Colloquium |
TTh 12:00PM - 12:50PM |
Gnanadesikan, Anand |
Olin 305 |
Spring 2026 |
- Description: A weekly seminar series in which graduate students present their latest research results and attend Departmental seminars. This course is required for all graduate students in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences.
- Credits: 2.00
- Status: Closed
- Seats Available: 11/50
- Tags: n/a
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| AS.270.607 (01) |
Urban Ecology |
TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM |
Avolio, Meghan Lynn |
Olin 204 |
Spring 2026 |
- Description: Urban ecology has been called the ecology in, of, and for cities. In this course, we will explore how ecological concepts are applied to urban ecosystems and the different approaches to urban ecological research. Topics will include: Biodiversity, water dynamics, energy and heat island effects, and nutrient cycling, urban metabolism, design of greenspace, and sustainability of cities. We will use Baltimore as a case study for studying cities.
- Credits: 3.00
- Status: Closed
- Seats Available: 23/25
- Tags: n/a
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| AS.270.617 (01) |
Seminar in Geosciences |
W 4:00PM - 5:00PM |
Gomes, Maya L |
Olin 145 |
Spring 2026 |
- Description: This is a discussion-based course in which students take turns leading the discussion of geoscience science journal articles and other relevant publications.
- Credits: 1.00
- Status: Closed
- Seats Available: 15/20
- Tags: n/a
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| AS.270.662 (01) |
Seminar in Planetary Science |
F 4:00PM - 5:00PM |
Horst, Sarah |
Olin 145 |
Spring 2026 |
- Description: This is a discussion-based course in which students take turns leading the discussion of planetary science journal articles and other relevant publications.
- Credits: 1.00
- Status: Closed
- Seats Available: 6/20
- Tags: n/a
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| AS.270.666 (01) |
Life Detection |
Th 1:15PM - 2:15PM |
Nordheim, Tom Andre; Wiemann, Jasmina |
Olin 304 |
Spring 2026 |
- Description: The origin and evolution of life-as-we-know-it is obscured in deep time, while the origins and evolution of life-as-we-do-not-know-it are assumed to be hidden in deep space. Both temporal and spatial distance to the processes behind evolvability impose surprisingly similar methodological challenges: although we can directly measure the diversity and disparity of modern life forms and their emergent properties, contextualization in the light of evolutionary relationships and dynamics universally follows top-down inferences. The resulting mechanistic insights allow to constrain evolvability on future Earth and elsewhere in our dynamic universe. This course introduces frontier tools that allow us to integrate compatible data for modern organisms and fossil remains of extinct life forms through time. Practice datasets will guide participants step-by-step through inferences of evolutionary processes and their implementation into models constraining and probing evolvability across space. This is a cross-disciplinary, immersive course that requires no prior coding skills.
- Credits: 1.00
- Status: Closed
- Seats Available: 12/15
- Tags: n/a
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| AS.270.682 (01) |
How to Accelerate Carbon Sequestration |
MW 9:00AM - 10:15AM |
Beaudry, Patrick |
Olin 145 |
Spring 2026 |
- Description: This course will provide an overview of the dominant technologies aimed at “negative carbon emissions”. These initiatives, collectively known as Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS), involve capturing CO2 from industrial sources or the atmosphere, utilizing it to create products, or storing it permanently underground. Our societies will need to remove several billion tons of CO2 from air annually in order to have measurable impacts and limit global warming, and this requires a multi-directional approach, involving expertise in Earth, atmospheric and ocean sciences as well as engineering. Students will evaluate the feasibility of strategies such as carbon storage in soils and biomass, direct air capture, ocean alkalinity enhancement, carbon mineralization via enhanced weathering, as well as geological storage in sedimentary formations or by mineralization in mafic and ultramafic rocks. This course is intended for both undergraduate and graduate students in EPS, environmental science, engineering, economics and social sciences. There are no pre-requisites, although general Earth science knowledge will help interpreting the readings.
- Credits: 3.00
- Status: Closed
- Seats Available: 13/15
- Tags: n/a
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| AS.270.687 (01) |
ERL Snowball Earth: Earth’s most extreme climate states |
Th 4:00PM - 5:00PM |
Smith, Emmy |
Olin 346 |
Spring 2026 |
- Description: The geologic record indicates that during several multi-million year intervals in Earth’s ancient past, ice sheets at sea-level stabilized at tropical latitudes, suggesting alterations between snowball and greenhouse climate states. By reviewing literature from the initial hypotheses of global glaciation through the most recent advances in understanding of Earth's long term climate history, this course will explore the geologic evidence for extraordinary climate fluctuations, the climate dynamics of these extreme states, and the geochemical and geobiological causes and consequences of the most severe episodes of climate change in Earth history.
- Credits: 1.00
- Status: Closed
- Seats Available: 0/5
- Tags: n/a
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| AS.270.808 (01) |
Research |
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Gnanadesikan, Anand; Zaitchik, Benjamin Frederick |
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Spring 2026 |
- Description: Research in earth, planetary, and/or environmental science conducted under the direction of a faculty advisor.
- Credits: 1.00 - 20.00
- Status: Closed
- Seats Available: 13/50
- Tags: n/a
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| AS.270.808 (01) |
Research |
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Gnanadesikan, Anand |
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Summer 2026 |
- Description: Research in earth, planetary, and/or environmental science conducted under the direction of a faculty advisor.
- Credits: 1.00 - 20.00
- Status: Open
- Seats Available: 36/50
- Tags: n/a
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| AS.171.671 (01) |
Advanced Topics in Astrobiology |
TTh 9:00AM - 10:15AM |
Norman, Colin |
Bloomberg 259 |
Fall 2026 |
- Description: This is an advanced course discussing mainstream and frontier topics in the five areas of: 1. Cosmology and galaxy, star, black hole and planet formation. 2. Discussions on the astrophysics of (exo-)planets including atmospheres, non-equilibrium atmospheres and biosignatures. 3.Future missions including the Habitable Worlds Observatory. 4. The hazards of space flight and how to overcome them 5. Significant existential questions for life’s continuance over the vast timeline of the Universe.
- Credits: 3.00
- Status: Open
- Seats Available: 18/20
- Tags: n/a
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| AS.270.605 (01) |
EPS Colloquium |
TTh 12:00PM - 12:50PM |
Zaitchik, Benjamin Frederick |
Olin 305 |
Fall 2026 |
- Description: A weekly seminar series in which graduate students present their latest research results and attend Departmental seminars. This course is required for all graduate students in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences.
- Credits: 2.00
- Status: Open
- Seats Available: 46/50
- Tags: n/a
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| AS.270.618 (01) |
Remote Sensing of the Environment |
MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM |
Lewis, Kevin; Zaitchik, Benjamin Frederick |
Krieger 108 |
Fall 2026 |
- Description: This course is an introduction to the use of remote sensing technology to study Earth’s physical and biochemical processes. Topics covered include remote sensing of the atmosphere, land and oceans, as well as remote sensing as a tool for policy makers. Also offered as 270.318.
- Credits: 3.00
- Status: Open
- Seats Available: 11/15
- Tags: n/a
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| AS.270.628 (01) |
Seminar in regional field geology |
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Smith, Emmy |
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Fall 2026 |
- Description: This course focuses on select regional geology or ecology sites and involves a weekend field trip to explore key locations. Students are required to prepare short presentations on field trip stops in advance of the weekend trip. Attendance at organizational meetings is required. Open to E&PS graduate students and upper level EPS or ENVS undergraduate majors/minors. The focus area will the Inner Piedmont and Blue Ridge of North Carolina. Two meetings to be scheduled prior to trip.
- Credits: 1.00
- Status: Open
- Seats Available: 13/15
- Tags: n/a
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| AS.270.641 (01) |
Present and Future Climate |
MW 1:30PM - 2:45PM |
Waugh, Darryn |
Olin 304 |
Fall 2026 |
- Description: Meets with AS.270.378.
- Credits: 3.00
- Status: Canceled
- Seats Available: 10/10
- Tags: n/a
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| AS.270.662 (01) |
Seminar in Planetary Science |
F 4:00PM - 5:00PM |
Horst, Sarah |
Olin 145 |
Fall 2026 |
- Description: This is a discussion-based course in which students take turns leading the discussion of planetary science journal articles and other relevant publications.
- Credits: 1.00
- Status: Open
- Seats Available: 19/20
- Tags: n/a
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| AS.270.679 (01) |
Atmospheric Science |
TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM |
Waugh, Darryn |
Olin 145 |
Fall 2026 |
- Description: A survey of core topics in atmospheric science, including dynamics, thermodynamics, radiative transfer, and chemistry. The course addresses both basic principles and applications to weather and climate. Recommended pre-requisites: General Calculus and Physics I and/or Oceans and Atmospheres.
- Credits: 3.00
- Status: Open
- Seats Available: 7/10
- Tags: n/a
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| AS.270.695 (01) |
Graduate Skills in Earth and Planetary Sciences |
F 3:00PM - 3:50PM |
Smith, Emmy |
Olin 145 |
Fall 2026 |
- Description: This seminar-style course will enable graduate students in Earth and Planetary Sciences to discuss issues and develop skills relevant to working in earth and planetary science fields. Topics will vary each iteration and may include graduate school expectations, research and communication methods, grant and funding procedures, stress management, organization and management methods, critical conversations, work-life balance, career paths, and JEDI issues and resources in the geosciences. Course open to EPS Graduate Students or by Instructor Permission
- Credits: 1.00
- Status: Open
- Seats Available: 15/15
- Tags: n/a
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| AS.270.804 (01) |
Independent Study |
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Lewis, Kevin |
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Fall 2026 |
- Description: Exploration of topic(s) in earth, planetary, and/or environmental science under the direction of an instructor.
- Credits: 3.00 - 9.00
- Status: Open
- Seats Available: 10/10
- Tags: n/a
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| AS.270.807 (01) |
Research |
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Gnanadesikan, Anand |
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Fall 2026 |
- Description: Research in earth, planetary, and/or environmental science conducted under the direction of a faculty advisor.
- Credits: 1.00 - 20.00
- Status: Open
- Seats Available: 43/45
- Tags: n/a
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| AS.270.807 (02) |
Research |
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Sing, David Kent |
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Fall 2026 |
- Description: Research in earth, planetary, and/or environmental science conducted under the direction of a faculty advisor.
- Credits: 1.00 - 20.00
- Status: Open
- Seats Available: 45/45
- Tags: n/a
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| AS.270.807 (03) |
Research |
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Szlavecz, Katalin |
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Fall 2026 |
- Description: Research in earth, planetary, and/or environmental science conducted under the direction of a faculty advisor.
- Credits: 1.00 - 20.00
- Status: Open
- Seats Available: 44/45
- Tags: n/a
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