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NEW YORK STATE GEOLOGY LICENSE
Geology Bachelor of Science designated as Licensure-Qualifying Program for New York State Geology License at Queens College.
The School of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Queens College is proud to announce that the Geology Bachelor of Science degree has been added as a licensure-qualifying designation and is now listed as a registered program for obtaining the New York State Geology License.
Queens College is currently the only institution in New York City to offer this to students.
This will permit students who graduate with a Bachelor of Science in Geology at Queens College to be eligible to take the exam for the New York State Geology License. Many consulting and governmental jobs in both geology and environmental science now ask prospective employees to have the New York State Professional Geologist title. Contact the geology undergraduate advisors, for more information about this exciting opportunity for Queens College students : Dr. Pekar (Stephen.pekar@qc.cuny.edu) and Dr. Laczniak (dara.laczniak@qc.cuny.edu)
Meet Your Academic Advisors!
Environmental Science & Studies
Jeffrey Bird
Environmental Science & Studies
Christine Ramadhin
Geology
Dara Laczniak
Geology
Stephen Pekar
Graduate Studies
Greg O’Mullan
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News & Events
FACULTY SPOTLIGHT
Pedro Val,
Assistant Professor Tectonic Geomorphology of School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Queens College, CUNY
At least 43 aftershocks have been reported since the 4.8 magnitude earthquake
Pedro Val, assistant professor at the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Queens College, was on Drive Time with Michael Wallace to discuss the earthquake aftershocks.
Listen to the full interview below.
Interview at WCBSAM: On-Demand
Pedro Val – School of Earth and Environmental Sciences
April 2024
ConEd Scholarship Winners
Congratulations to our ConEdison Spring 2024 Scholarship Winners
- Carol Calle
- Kimberly Lutchman
- Emily Albines
FACULTY SPOTLIGHT
Dax Soul,
Assistant Professor Seismologist of School of Earth and Environmental Sciences Queens College, CUNY
provides expert commentary for CBSNewYork on aftershocks from Friday’s Northeast earthquake
“While aftershocks are a concern for this first 24, 36, 72-hour period out to about a week, the entire East Coast is a seismically active area. But most of the earthquakes are relatively small,” said Dax Soule, a seismologist and assistant professor at Queens College.
Full report on CBSnews : https://shorturl.at/jwA37
Mentioned in MSN.com : https://shorturl.at/nqDQY
Dax Soule – School of Earth and Environmental Sciences (cuny.edu)
April 2024
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Colloquium
Xiyan Xu, PhD
Professor, Institute of Atmospheric Physics of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
“Professor, Institute of Atmospheric Physics of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China”
The terrestrial biosphere is currently a net carbon sink and absorbs 25-30% of fossil fuel carbon emissions annually. However, the large carbon storage and carbon sink of the terrestrial ecosystems are affected by climate change and disturbances from human activities, leading to uncertainties in evaluating their potential for climate change mitigation. In the northern high latitude, where climate warming has been much faster than in the rest of the world, we found a large reduction in terrestrial carbon sink because warming increases soil carbon decomposition and wildfire biomass burning. The increased carbon emission cannot be offset by enhanced vegetation carbon sequestration. In the tropics, the ecosystems are more shaped by human activities, e.g., deforestation for agricultural expansion. Deforestation accompanied with intentional ignition not only causes carbon loss, but results in a drier and warmer regional climate, which in turn accelerates forest degradation and carbon loss. Sustainable land use and management practices provide opportunities to combat climate change. Natural and seminatural vegetation with conservation practices has higher amount of foliage in the canopy, and can effectively cool the land surface temperature and thus buffering the effects of climate change. The demonstration that conservation can significantly contribute to climate mitigation and adaptation also highlights the need to tackle the biodiversity and climate crises simultaneously.
Wednesday, May 1st 2024, 12:15 PM – 1:30 PM, Science Building C-201 (updated location)
Zoom ID: 827 8857 5939 Passcode: 321
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