Geophysical Sciences

What decades of data reveal about climate disaster deaths

UChicago-led study analyses 2,000 deadly events worldwide since 1988

Scientists unite to explore origins of life

The Origins Federation Conference gathered researchers across disciplines in the search for how life emerged and evolved

Was Mars doomed to be a desert? Study proposes new explanation

UChicago-led analysis of Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover data may explain why planet was likely harsh desert for most of recent past

For these students, a South Side beach is a geoscience laboratory

UChicago undergrads learn to ‘read’ the shoreline as they study coastal resilience

NASA’s Curiosity rover finds evidence for long-ago CO2 atmosphere on Mars

NASA’s Curiosity rover discovered minerals that indicate Mars once had a thick carbon dioxide atmosphere capable of supporting liquid water.