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View our Spring 2026 courses here! 

  • Check out our new Special Topics course - ECS 192: Natural Disasters in the Movies and watch disaster movies to learn about hazards in the Earth sciences

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New majors and new spaces: 

  • Check out The Tufts Daily article highlighting our recent developments!
  • Our new majors of Earth Science, Climate Science, and the minor of Earth and Climate Sciences, are live in fall 2025, please view the new majors information on the Undergraduate Programs page & the interest & FAQs handout.
  • We've moved! In fall 2025, you can find ECS offices on the first floor of Bromfield Pearson (503 Boston Ave) and labs in Bacon Hall (530 Boston Ave). 

View the Events calendar for department & university events, including the Bacon Lunch Talk (BLT) seminar series.

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The Ocean Gives Up Its Secrets

In a Tell Me More podcast episode, faculty and alumni plumb the depths to better know our watery planet, from sea-level rise to shipwrecks to giant squid

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