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The Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences (EPS) brought together alumni, faculty, students, and friends for a festive evening during the Geological Society of America (GSA) Annual Meeting in San Antonio, Texas, on October 20, 2025. The reception drew more than 70 attendees — from emeritus faculty to current graduate students — for an event that felt “almost like a family reunion.”
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An analysis of shark tooth shapes, a proxy for body size and diet, reveals species with specialized traits are most at risk of extinction. The findings are the latest example of the biodiversity crisis affecting the tree of life’s most distinctive branches. Unless threats like overfishing are addressed, “you end up with a more boring world.”
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New analysis of isotopes preserved in ancient seafloor sediments suggests oxygen levels in Earth’s deep ocean stabilized at modern-day levels long after the rapid burst of evolution that gave us most major animal groups.
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Earth Planetary Science Seminar - Dr. Laura Webb "Is surface geology linked to mantle structure beneath ancient orogens? New insights from the New England Seismic Transect (NEST)."
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