Environmental, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

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  UML-led Team Finds Source of Arctic Mercury
  UML-led Team Finds Source of Arctic Mercury | Featured Story

  7/13/2017
  Prof. Daniel Obrist recently led an international group of researchers to conduct a long-term study of the origin of mercury pollution in the Arctic tundra.
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  In The News

  The Arctic is Full of Mercury, and Scientists Think They Know How it’s Getting There
  The Arctic is Full of Mercury, and Scientists Think They Know How it’s Getting There | In The News

  7/12/2017

  Washington Post

  
  A research team led by Prof. Daniel Obrist, chairman of UMass Lowell's Department of Environmental, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, found that airborne mercury is gathering in the Arctic tundra, where it gets deposited in the soil and ultimately runs off into waters.
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  Climate Researchers Win Grant to Study Northeast Rainfall
  Climate Researchers Win $454K NSF Grant to Study Extreme Rainfall in the Northeast | Featured Story

  6/1/2017
  Assoc. Prof. Mathew Barlow of the Department of Environmental, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences is conducting research to try to understand what causes extreme rainfall events in the Northeast.
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  New Sciences Dean Gets Warm Welcome at Block Party
  New Sciences Dean Gets Warm Welcome at Block Party  | Featured Story

  10/7/2016
  The second annual Kennedy College of Sciences Block Party at Cumnock Hall gave the school’s new dean, Noureddine Melikechi, a fun and informal way to introduce himself to students, faculty and staff.