EAPS News
Purdue Team Simulating Life on Mars
01-16-2019
The air may be breathable and the location is on planet Earth, but for two weeks a multidisciplinary team of Purdue students and alumni will eat, sleep, work and live like they’re on Mars.
Crowdfunding Campaign to Support Outreach Program
12-07-2018
As part of the University’s 150th anniversary celebration, a Purdue crowdfunding website has been created, which provides EAPS with an opportunity to make “Giant Leaps” in outreach and recruitment.
Major natural carbon sink may soon become a carbon source
11-20-2018
Until humans can find a way to geoengineer ourselves out of the climate disaster we’ve created, we must rely on natural carbon sinks, such as oceans and forests, to suck carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere. These ecosystems are deteriorating at the hand of climate change, and once destroyed they may not only stop absorbing carbon from the atmosphere, but start emitting it.
Dr. Filley Named Director of Center for the Environment
11-13-2018
Timothy Filley, professor of geochemistry and soil science in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences and the Department of Agronomy, has been named as the new director of Discovery Park's Center for the Environment. His appointment began Sunday (Nov. 11).