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About Geophysics at Harvard University

Geophysics is housed in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Harvard University which encompasses faculty with research interests ranging from the Earth's deep interior to the stratosphere, from the formation of the Earth to present-day problems of global climate change. However the Earth is but one of many planets in our solar system that is studied at Harvard. Past and current investigations range from Mercury's magnetic field to atmospheric dynamics of the Jovian planets.