Why geoscience matters
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Geosciences is an integrative science, combining many disciplines and touching many aspects of our lives.
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Unusual earthquakes highlight central Utah volcanoes
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No sign of imminent eruption, researchers say, but quakes show activity in Black Rock Desert
Read MorePerseverance Rover’s journey to Mars
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U alum Thomas Stucky, a KBRwyle engineer at NASA’s Ames Research Center, talked about NASA’s mission to search for life on Mars—and prepare for future human explorers.
Read MoreFossil species named for U professor Kathleen Ritterbush
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Name honors Ritterbush’s research in the rock formation where the fossil shell was found.
Read MoreU partners with Taiwan universities for dual degree program
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The agreement allows students studying geology or atmospheric science to concurrently earn degrees.
Read MoreUtah’s land and life
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Explore the Natural Museum of History’s exhibitions from the comfort of your own home.
Read MoreA chemical mosaic under our feet
New research paints an intricate picture of how the Earth’s mantle is like a Jackson Pollock painting.
Read MoreSeal conservation strategies
Chemical records in teeth confirm elusive Alaska lake seals are one of a kind.
Read MoreFlying across America for POWs and for science
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A geology professor explores the way water weaves through America—and into Americans’ very bones.
Read MoreOLD FAITHFUL’S HEART
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Dense seismograph network shows subsurface geyser plumbing structures.
Read MoreA SEISMIC CELEBRATION
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Today is the 50th anniversary of the U’s Seismograph Stations, which now include 237 seismic-recording stations located in Utah, Wyoming and Idaho to monitor earthquakes throughout the world and the region.
Read MoreLIVE FAST, DIE YOUNG
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A team of international paleontologists, including Adam Huttenlocker at the U, determine how some mammal relatives survived the Permo-Triassic Mass Extinction.
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