Welcome to GES
GES is closely tied to the other three departments and the interdisciplinary programs within the School of Earth Sciences. In GES, fields of research and education encompass the entire planet from its deep interior to the surface, throughout the long span of geological time up to the human timescale. The scale of view ranges from global to atomic. Physical, chemical, and biological processes as well as the unique history of the Earth are within our broad scope.
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Amorphous diamond, a new super-hard form of carbon, created under ultrahigh pressure
Assistant Professor Wendy Mao and graduate student Yu Lin led the research team that produced a new form of carbon.
Professor Michael Moldowan named 2011 Treibs Medalist
The Organic Geochemistry Division of the Geochemical Society has awarded the 2011 Alfred Treibs Medal to J. Michael Moldowan of Stanford University. The award will be presented at the 2011 IMOG meeting in Interlaken, Switzerland.
First life may have arisen above serpentine rock, say Stanford researchers
Stanford Earth scientists lend geophysical support to a theory of life's origins – but show that, if it's accurate, the first organisms could only have arisen during one brief stretch of geological time, long ago.
A trip to dinosaur time, Stephan Graham
A project to drill a 10-kilometre-deep hole in China will provide the best view yet of the turbulent Cretaceous period. Jane Qiu reports.
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