Dr. Sasha Wagner of RPI's Dept of Earth and Environmental Sciences will give a talk on January 29, 2026, in JRSC 3W13.

Prof. Sasha Wagner, aboard the Alvin research submersible, sends a bit of “explosive” news from the East Pacific Rise:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/science/deep-ocean-volcanic-eruption-pacific.html?unlocked_article_code=1.EE8.8kZg.367mj6Ktnugp&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
In our history of the understanding of plate tectonics as a unifying theory for how the earth functions, there has never been a direct observation of volcanism along the mid-ocean rise. This is as close as we’ve come and is a huge deal!
Univ of Delaware's press release: https://www.udel.edu/udaily/2025/may/rare-tica-deep-ocean-volcanic-eruption/
Students in Prof. Morgan Schaller's Oceanography class were able to interview Prof. Wagner on ship live from the classroom during her two recent research cruises, all in real time. This has been a great opportunity for the students to be engaged in the research and think critically about it.