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  1. Matthew Eisaman, a global expert in the field of natural carbon capture, was remembered as a pioneering scientist and a valued colleague and mentor.

    Matthew Eisaman, Associate Professor of Earth & Planetary Sciences
  2. A new study finds that ocean acidity may have prevented life on Earth from developing for the planet’s first 500 million years.

    AI-generated image of a giant hand dipping an acidity test strip into the ocean near an active volcano.
  3. Yale researchers deliver insights into a pair of spiky sea creatures, the use of AI triage, and brain connections in the early stages of Alzheimer’s Disease.

    A virtual reconstruction of Punk ferox, highlighting the ancient mollusk’s top-of-the-body spikes (purple).
  4. A new Yale study finds that a destabilized ozone layer may have delayed the rise of land animals and plants on Earth.

    Noah Planavsky.
  5. In the field and in the lab, Assistant Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences Lidya Tarhan is deepening our understanding of early evolution and uncovering ancient organisms in Earth's sedimentary record.

    Lidya Tarhan
  6. Yale researchers find paleontological origins of the way modern birds navigate the world when they’re not in flight.

    Thumbnail of a Yale News video featuring two Yale paleontologists discussing
  7. Derek Briggs, G. Evelyn Hutchinson Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences, has helped identify ancient “gold” bug fossils as a new species of arthropod.

    This life reconstruction image shows Lomankus edgecombei in what would have been its natural marine environment. (Illustration by Xiaodong Wang)
  8. Matthew Eisaman, Associate Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences in Yale’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences, researches climate change and ocean carbon dioxide removal.

    Matthew Eisaman, Associate Professor of Earth & Planetary Sciences
  9. Incoming FAS faculty member Elizabeth Yankovsky blends physics, Earth and planetary sciences, and computer science to model the world’s oceans.

    Elizabeth Yankovsky, Assistant Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences
  10. Yale climate scientist Alexey Fedorov explains the reasons why experts are predicting a more active Atlantic hurricane season.

    Hurricane