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About Education Alumni & Community Announcement UW ESS Graduation Ceremony Thursday June 6th at 4 PM Event Details Degrees and Programs The offers an expansive educational experience. We provide a rigorous interdisciplinary program in which students develop an understanding of the fundamentals of Earth, space, and planetary sciences, and learn relevant skills for a variety of careers. Undergraduate Program Graduate Program Courses Research in Earth and Space Sciences The Earth and space sciences — geology, geophysics, geobiology and geochemistry — play a critical and unique role in the advancement of knowledge, improvement of the quality of life, and in understanding humanity’s place in the universe. Research in Earth and space sciences draws on methods and theory from chemistry, physics, biology and computational sciences. Faculty in our department are concerned both with fundamental research and with the dissemination of Earth-science knowledge in the service of society. Limited resources, geologic hazards, and related environmental change are among the most serious challenges we face. We use our expertise to provide the training and education required to address these challenges, and we are engaged in serious efforts to include a more diverse community of scientists, students and stakeholders than in the past. ESS Research Meet Our Faculty See all news News Apr 5, 2024 In the Field: UW researchers traveling to capture total solar eclipse On Monday, large parts of the United States will experience a total solar eclipse. This eclipse is expected to be a more significant event than the one in 2017, and the next one visible from the U.S. Read more Apr 29, 2024 | Awards and Honors Earth and Space Sciences’ Cailey Condit awarded 2024 NSF CAREER Award Cailey Condit, a UW Assistant Professor and petrologist in the was recently awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award, the most prestigious award presented by NSF to support junior faculty. Read more Apr 24, 2024 | Awards and Honors UW’s Eric Steig awarded 2024 Guggenheim Fellowship ESS Professor and Chair Eric Steig, a University of Washington glaciologist and geochemist, recently was awarded a prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship, an honor given to 188 culture creators” working across 52 disciplines. Read more See all events Events Wednesday, May 15, 2024 Final Exam: Tristan Bench Thursday, May 16, 2024 ESS Colloquium: Isabel Montañez (UC Davis) "Paleo-CO2 revisited — challenges, advances, and implications" Friday, May 17, 2024 ESS Graduate Student and Postdoc Writing Group Friday, May 17, 2024 General Exam: Jess Ghent Friday, May 17, 2024 GeoProm 2024 Wednesday, May 22, 2024 SeismoLunch with Zoe Krauss (Topic: offshore tremor in Cascadia)Johnson Hall 070, Box 351310, 1707 NE Grant Lane *protected email* | (206) 543-1190 Search Facebook Instagram LinkedIn Aquatic and Fishery Sciences Atmospheric Sciences Center for Quantitative Science Climate Impacts Group Cooperative Institute for Climate, Ocean, & Ecosystem Studies EarthLab Earth and Space Sciences Environmental and Forest Sciences Friday Harbor Laboratories Marine and Environmental Affairs Marine Biology Oceanography Program on Climate Change Program on the Environment Quaternary Research Center UW Botanic Gardens Washington Sea Grant University of Washington Be Boundless © 2024 University of Washington | Staff login Jobs My UW Privacy...