Department of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences
Volume 11, Issue 2
Four at the forefront
Operating on the frontiers of science, these accomplished LAS researchers explain why their work is important to the advancement of science and to future generations.
Volume 11, Issue 2
Cultivating research, one acorn at a time
Iowa State alumni Tom and Evonne Smith established the frontier science fund, hoping to plant seeds of inspiration and curiosity in the minds of LAS scientists committed to high-risk, high-reward research.
Volume 10 Issue 2
Timing is everything
A climate-concerned donor paves the way for a new climate science major.
Link Winter 2018
Cyclones in the forecast
As storms sweep across a landscape, forecasters have mere minutes to predict their direction and intensity — and to issue warnings to the public. To meet the extreme time constraints, they need the latest meteorological tools — tools developed by […]
Link Spring 2017
3-D printing: The future of geology
A new 3-D app makes printing terrain models easy and cheap.