Knowing this is important for understanding what happens to slabs of rock as they sink into the Earth, which in turn teaches us about how and why earthquakes and volcanoes happen on the surface.
Read MoreThe Williamson Fellowship pairs geoscience grad students with seventh- through 12th-grade classes.
Read MoreHands-on geology outreach continued during the hands-off pandemic.
Read MoreResearchers use 3D-printed models to explore fractal-like interior shell patterns.
Read MoreTrees are air quality monitors all around us. U scientists found that magnetic particles on pine needles can indicate levels of air pollution.
Read More“It’s not just planning out their classes, it’s helping them find their path.”
Read MoreExperiments challenge long-held assumptions about the strength of metals.
Read MoreA new cross-campus partnership multiplies and unifies the U’s environmental observations of the Wasatch Front.
Read More“We do the recoveries and the collection of meteorites in Antarctica. Forty-one years now we’ve been recovering meteorites and bringing those samples to science.”
Read MoreThe distinguished professor of geology and geophysics, and Dean Emeritus of the College of Mines and Earth Sciences, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, Sept. 30, 2017, at age 73.
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