GES student and professor highlight Department's commitment to transfer students
Oct 10, 2019
Transfer students make up 7% of Appalachian's student body, and are faced with unique challenges during their college experience. Because transfer stu...
Gregg Marland quoted in Washington Post article on Amazon's efforts to cut carbon emissions
Sep 20, 2019
Dr Gregg Marland, adjunct faculy in Geological and Environmental Sciences, was quoted by the Washington Post in an article about the online retai...
Dr Steve Hageman helps make Appalachian and UNC system leader in Fulbright recipients
May 10, 2019
Dr Steve Hageman was highlighted in a UNC system article celebrating Appalachian and UNC-system-wide success in receiving Fulbrig...
Dr Steve Hageman and others make Appalachian #1 Fullbright-receiving Masters-level institution
Feb 18, 2019
Dr Steve Hageman joined a group of four faculty and staff to make Appalachian the nation's leading receipient of Fullbright awards at the Master'...
Earthquakes not unusual for western NC
Jan 10, 2019
A small earthquake shook homes near Asheville early in the morning of January 7. Dr Scott Marshall was interviewed by WUNC radio, based in Chapel...
GES faculty and student research improves University flood preparedness
Oct 29, 2018
Much of the City of Boone and Appalachian State University (ASU) lie very close to a river or creek. This means that, when heavy rains fall and river ...
Glacier change research funded by National Science Foundation
Aug 27, 2018
Loss of water stored in glaciers impacts downstream ecosystems, river dynamics, and sea level rise. In a warming world, a glacier will experience more...
Fading human history characterized using cutting-edge techniques
Aug 27, 2018
The Engare Sero site in northern Tanzania preserves footprints made by humans traversing the landscape between 10 and 20 thousand years ago. The footp...
Ordovician life just needed a breath of fresh air… or oxygen rather
Nov 27, 2017
The three-fold diversification of marine life during the Ordovician (485–444 million years ago) appears to have been fueled by a major increase in a...
There's a new SEM in town...
Sep 22, 2017
Drs. Sarah Carmichael, Gabriele Casale, Jamie Levine, and Ellen Cowan from Geological and Environmental Sciences and Dr. Guichuan Hou from Biology wer...