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Lehigh University Field Camp

An Inside Look at Field Camp

For 50 years students camp across the country studying the land and its natural systems.
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Rory Bertoldo, environmental science and anthropology double major at Lehigh University

Fieldwork Rocks

Aurora Bertoldo ‘24 conducts research in Mongolia and solidifies her passion for geology.
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Members of the Mongolia research team representatives from Lehigh University, Colorado State University, University of California Irvine, and the Mongolian Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics on a ridge in the Zereg Basin, Mongolia.

Lehigh Geologists Explore the Secrets of Mongolia's Altai Mountains

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.
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Uprooted trees after a storm.

Understory Regeneration

In the first large-scale field experiment that tested four simultaneous natural disturbances, a team of researchers led by forest ecologist Michelle Spicer is providing new insights into the impact on native plant species.