Field Work
Many Earth and Climate Sciences courses involve time outside the classroom. Field work ranges from bedrock mapping of mountains to monitoring on the Maine coastline.
Bates Earth and Climate Sciences Students work in and are exposed to some of the most dynamic and beautiful places in the world. They are on the forefront of environmental research and are working towards answering global scale research questions.
Collecting a marsh sediment core at the Bates-Morse Mountain Conservation area.
geochemistry students studying altered marsh environment - artificial marsh draining via ditching.
Geochemistry students studying water quality in a tidal marsh that's been restricted via a causeway
moraine lake at base of glacier, Iceland - Coastal Hazards Short term,
volcanic basalt columns and waterfall are observed during short term to Iceland