USC Dornsife’s Ken Nealson and a team of researchers helped develop SHERLOC, the ultraviolet laser technology that will probe the red planet for chemicals produced by living organisms.
As the new director of the Southern California Earthquake Center, Yehuda Ben-Zion wants to advance quake forecasting to a place where we can see the “big one” coming.
La Niña conditions in the Pacific Ocean may lead to sandals and sunglasses at Christmastime. USC experts explain what such warm weather means for the state’s water supply and wildlife.
Though marine life may benefit from the influx of iron, USC scientists reinforce that the pollution from burning coal will have an adverse effect on human health.
Sylvain Barbot shares why he studies temblors and what needs to happen before we can forecast quakes.
By researching tremors under the infamous San Andreas Fault, USC scientists are seeking out what’s brewing beneath a quake’s surface.
A new, USC-led study of more than 1,000 years of North American droughts and global conditions found that forecasting a lack of precipitation is rarely straightforward.
With the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover about to launch, USC professors explain what we know about the planet already and what this latest mission can teach us.
Emily Cooperdock, professor of Earth sciences at USC Dornsife, is building a lab aimed at revealing new information about the planet’s history.
USC Dornsife faculty and alumni born on Feb. 29 share stories about this rarest of birthdays.
Paleoclimatology data — which contains the details of our climate history — can be messy. That’s why USC’s scientists and AI experts have teamed up on a new platform to standardize it for research, analysis and prognostication.
A USC Earth science doctoral candidate goes deep to see how oceans are reacting to climate change.
USC researchers say confronting reality and taking local action may help humanity cope — and even spur economies and innovation.
With three decades of experience studying Earth science, John Vidale’s research focuses on anything related to seismic waves and earthquakes.
USC grad students give juniors and seniors hands-on research experience and a taste of what a career in STEM fields could bring.
Scientists eagerly await “The Great American Eclipse” — and remind us to be sure to view it safely.
As water supplies decline in major agricultural states, scientists explore how to generate plants that are more drought-resistant.
Widely varying CO2 levels are nature’s way of self-regulating against future runaway glaciation, USC researchers say.
Professor emeritus became a world leader in sedimentary geology and a devoted teacher whose 1952 book on paleontology endured for more than six decades.
The Southland is being torn apart in ways we are only beginning to understand. Just ask James Dolan.
Professor emeritus of Earth sciences was instrumental in building the department and its scholarship as a revered educator and administrator.
Clues to the fundamental physics of the irregular climate pattern come from millennia-old corals and clams.
USC Dornsife scientist explains why current models aren’t enough to predict future changes in climate and weather patterns.