Geological Sciences
- Evidence from Snowball Earth found in ancient rocks on Colorado’s Pikes Peak—it’s a missing link.
- ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ· geologists Lizzy Trower and Carl Simpson win $1 million in support from W.M. Keck Foundation to try to solve an evolutionary puzzle and to extend Earth’s temperature record by 2 billion years.
- Australia’s largest iron ore deposits are 1 billion years younger than previously thought.
- In studying dinosaur discards, ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ· scientist Karen Chin has gained expertise recently honored with the Bromery Award and detailed in a new children’s book.
- ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ· geological sciences professor is an expert on ‘induced seismicity,’ when earthquakes are triggered by energy development.
- Ancient eggshells remained unidentified until AI directed researchers toward an answer.
- The College of Engineering and Applied Science, the College of Arts and Sciences and the Leeds School of Business are teaming up to highlight ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ·-led research to address climate change from 3-5 p.m. on Nov. 30 in the Olson Atrium of the Rustandy Building.
- With National Science Foundation support, ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ·-led initiative aims to attract under-represented people to geosciences and foster grassroots ideas at frontier of "inclusive and collaborative science."
- CIRES, Geological Sciences, ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ· mourn loss of exceptional scholar who inspired greatness
- Seminar in geological sciences helps prepare undergrads—particularly low-income and first-generation students—for graduate-level research.