The Earth and Environmental Science Department is in the ground floor of Fisher Science Hall. Our facilities include classrooms, soil/sediment and geochemistry laboratories, and a rock sample preparation room. The department maintains an extensive collection of rocks and minerals, as well as maps and aerial photographs from the region and around the world.

Henstep Run and Faylor lake are just a few of the ecological resources available for fieldtrips and student projects available at the Boy Scout camp.

Just two miles from campus, this constructed wetland along Penns Creek offers many opportunities for groundwater chemistry and ecosystem structure studies.

A palustrine wetland in an ancient, abandoned channel of the Susquehanna River, Montandon Marsh provides unique glacial outwash sediments that support a variety of native and even rare species.

Urban wetlands offer an interesting mix of urban influence on natural ecology. The site combines groundwater discharge and stormwater runoff into a basin that supports common reed, cattails, turtles, and songbirds.

Microflow technology allows for rapid analysis of water samples with very little wastes.

This and other portable instruments give student quick and reliable measurements of common nutrient and ions in water.

Gas chromatography allows detection of trace quantities of fuels, organic, and inorganic gases in air samples.

A variety of rock and sediment analysis techniques can be performed in our well equipped laboratories.

Geology and Environmental Science Mobile Laboratory means we can take our field and laboratory equipment to where the action is!

A portable X-ray Fluorometer provides the elemental composition of sediments and rock without lengthy chemical analysis.

The department maintains a variety of instruments for manually and remote recording of water chemistry and temperature. We conduct studies of surface and groundwater chemistry, soil conditions, and atmospheric monitoring.

The department is capable of numerous non-invasive, subsurface investigation techniques. Ground Penetrating Radar, electromagnetic terrain conductivity, seismic monitoring, and electrical resistivity are instruments in the field arsenal.