Faculty Spotlights

Unraveling Earth’s Hidden Plumbing with Volcanologist Meredith Townsend.

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.

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.

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.

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.

A new interdisciplinary research center explores one of the most vital resources on Earth.