Is Pluto A Planet? It’s A Double-Act, Scientists Say
The revelation that Pluto and its large moon may have collided, causing Pluto to be geologically active, could mean there are ...
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Is the moon still geologically active? Evidence says it's possible
The moon may still be geologically active, judging from the way the lunar far side is wrinkling as the moon contracts. At least, that's what planetary scientists who have discovered 266 lunar ...
In A First, Geoscientists Track Earth’s Largest Sediment Avalanches
Using seismic stations usually used for monitoring earthquakes, an international team of geoscientists tracked Earth’s ...
Jupiter's moon Callisto is very likely an ocean world
More pocked with craters than any other object in our solar system, Jupiter's outermost and second-biggest Galilean moon, Callisto, appears geologically unremarkable. In the 1990s, however, NASA's ...
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Quakes raise concern in already-geologically stressed Culberson County
Savvaidis said the seismicity isn’t necessarily occurring below where injection wells are located; however, wastewater ...
Greenland’s rapidly melting ice and landslide-prone fjords make the oil and minerals Trump covets dangerous to extract
Melting ice, thawing permafrost and crumbling fjord walls are just a few of the risks climate change poses for those living ...
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Staying informed and prepared: How government agencies monitor natural disasters in Alaska
As Alaskans, we live in one of the most geologically active and climatically challenging regions in the United States. From ...
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Geological Sciences and Engineering graduate programs
Work with expert faculty on cutting-edge research in one of the most geologically interesting landscapes in the U.S. The Department of Geological Sciences and Engineering offers research-oriented M.S.