*Explore your planetand discover new ones***

The Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences (EEPS) is uncovering Earth’s history, restoring our environment, and traveling the solar system. Our graduates become leaders that shape the future of the geosciences.

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Molly Colleen McCanta in ‘The Conversation’: Seafloor sediment reveals previously unknown volcanic eruption 520,000 years ago in south Aegean Sea

Rockfall Gives UT Geology Class Something to Talk About

First-year students studying geology in the Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences (EEPS) this fall will get a first-hand look at a geological event that took Knoxville by surprise this spring.

Earth and Planetary Sciences Background image; Mars rover

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