'Clumped' Methane Reveals Human Climate Impact—and Potentially Future Climate Progress

'Clumped' Methane Reveals Human Climate Impact—and Potentially Future Climate Progress

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Sarah Penniston-Dorland Named Chair of UMD’s Department of Geological, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences

Sarah Penniston-Dorland Named Chair of UMD’s Department of Geological, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences

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Congratulations to our 2025-2026 Graduates!

Congratulations to our 2025-2026 Graduates!

Volcanic Rocks Reveal Earth’s Earliest Chemical Secrets

Volcanic Rocks Reveal Earth’s Earliest Chemical Secrets

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UMD Department of Geology Announces New Name

UMD Department of Geology Announces New Name

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Faculty and Student Awards

Undergraduate major Kamirah Billups received a CMNS Alumni Network Endowed Undergraduate Award to support her field camp work at Bowling Green State University in Ohio.

Undergraduate major Kamirah Billups received a CMNS Alumni Network Endowed Undergraduate Award to support her field camp work at Bowling Green State University in Ohio.

Other news...
  • Professor Sujay Kaushal has been selected as a fellow of the International Association of Geochemistry for his significant contributions to the field of geochemistry.
  • Graduate Student Elizabeth Huang recently competed in the final round of the Graduate School's 3 Minute Thesis competition. Click to watch her presentation. read more...
  • James Farquhar Named 2025 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science read more...
  • Jay Kaufman is the recipient of the 2026 the Francis J. Pettijohn Medal for Sedimentology, awarded by the Society for Sedimentary Geology.

Upcoming Events

Kiran Almas Dissertation Defense

Monday, August 17, 2026

12:00 pm EDT

PLS 1140

Colloquium

Friday, September 4, 2026

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Friday, September 18, 2026

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