School of Earth & Sustainability

Earthquake seismologist launches international study of oceanic plate

Posted by jzj7 on July 12, 2022

Congrats to professor James Gaherty and associate professor Ryan Porter of Northern Arizona University’s School of Earth and Sustainability who were recently awarded $473,000 by the National Science Foundation for a study of the Cocos oceanic plate beneath Central America. NAU is collaborating on a large project led by Samer Naif of the Georgia Institute of Technology. Gaherty and Porter will lead… Read more

NAU team studies how spring water affects ecosystems

Posted by jzj7 on June 21, 2022

Dr. Abe Springer (Photo by Troy Hill/Cronkite News)
Dr. Abe Springer (Photo by Troy Hill/Cronkite News)

Springs are immensely important to Arizona’s ecosystems and its people, and springs can tell us a lot about both, according to Abe Springer, whose Northern Arizona University research team studies spring water and groundwater and their effects on the environment.

For the past 10 years, the… Read more

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