Eberly News

Research shows loss of tree diversity could lower global forest productivity

Research shows loss of tree diversity could lower global forest productivity

Could cause billions of loss per year in forestry 

Ken Martis, professor emeritus of geography

Professor emeritus of geography endows scholarship for future students

As a first-generation high school and college graduate who grew up in a working family of Slovakian immigrants, West Virginia University Professor Emeritus Ken Martis is grateful for the life-changing opportunities sustained to him through higher education.

Kathleen Benison

Geologist explores ancient air pockets changing the history of Earth’s oxygen

Ancient air trapped in rock salt for 813 million years is changing the timeline of atmospheric changes and life on Earth. 

The collective estimated amount of carbon dioxide being released into the atmosphere from 140 coal mines across Pennsylvania is the equivalent to that of a small power plant, a new West Virginia University finds.

WVU geologist examines impact of carbon dioxide released from mine drainage

The collective estimated amount of carbon dioxide being released into the atmosphere from 140 coal mines across Pennsylvania is the equivalent to that of a small power plant, a new West Virginia University study finds.

Boren Scholars

Three WVU students to fly the globe for intensive language study as Boren Scholars

Food security, Middle Eastern history and agroecology may seem like very different subjects, but they brought three West Virginia University students to the same love – language.

Amanda Stoner

WVU senior from Harpers Ferry named 2016 Udall Scholar

“Water is life. Keep it clean.”

Greg Elmes

Retired WVU geography professor receives Lifetime Achievement Award

Greg Elmes, professor emeritus in the Department of Geology and Geography at West Virginia University was recently honored with a Lifetime Achievement award by the West Virginia Association of Geospatial Professionals for his dedication to the study and promotion of geographic information systems (GIS).

WVU researchers offering workshops to help countries understand unconventional gas resources

West Virginia University will provide guidance to a group of international officials seeking to develop unconventional gas resources this spring.

Gift from WVU geology alumni helps create student field experience fund

West Virginia University graduates Pamela (MS ‘88) and Dan (MS ‘89) Billman recently pledged to establish a permanent endowment in support of student field experiences for geology students in the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences.