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From Lehigh’s campus to tropical rainforests, Michelle Spicer studies canopy plants to understand how forest ecosystems adapt in a warming climate.

It started as a Christmas gift gone wrong. Stella Buckley ’22 never asked for an ice cream maker — but that’s what she unwrapped on Christmas 2022 after her boyfriend and his mother accidentally bought her the same gift: a pasta maker. Scrambling for a replacement just days before the holiday, her fiancé, Noah Backman ’22, made a quick switch — and landed on the ice cream maker.

Unraveling Earth’s Hidden Plumbing with Volcanologist Meredith Townsend.

For 50 years students camp across the country studying the land and its natural systems.

Bob Booth's hands-on ecology classes take students to Bethlehem rivers and forests.

Lehigh researchers use remote sensing data to reveal how melting snow signals caribou to begin their spring journey.

Aurora Bertoldo ‘24 conducts research in Mongolia and solidifies her passion for geology.

A 10-member team with participants from Lehigh, Colorado State University, the University of California Irvine and Mongolia dug into the question of how the Altai Mountains influence the climate in the arid Mongolian desert. The Altai, an ancient mountain range, is at the convergence point of four countries: China, Kazakhstan, Mongolia and Russia.

Ashley Kreitz ’15 has raised nearly $10,000 and recruited fellow alumni to help restore damaged homes in North Carolina.

Earth and Environmental Sciences Ph.D. Students Collaborate and Research Hydrothermal Vents

Joan Ramage, professor of earth and environmental sciences, was elected chair recently of the Council of Institutions.

Working together, a deep-sea robot and human occupied submarine led the discovery.