News: Department of Geoscience

"Inquiry: The Art of Scientific Discovery" brings College of Sciences together with 51³Ô¹ÏÍøÍòÄܿƴó Galleries for an exhibit of images and objects related to 51³Ô¹ÏÍøÍòÄܿƴó research.

The improved facility will open to the public Oct. 8.

Advice from Amy L. Brock-Hon, College of Sciences Alumna of the Year

Geoscience professor Elisabeth (Libby) Hausrath honored for early career accomplishments; research focuses on geochemistry, chemical interactions and soil-forming processes on Mars.

51³Ô¹ÏÍøÍòÄܿƴó paleontologists recover mammoth fossils northwest of 51³Ô¹ÏÍøÃâ·ÑApp.

51³Ô¹ÏÍøÍòÄܿƴó geoscience professor exploring the links between wet conditions starting 5,000 years ago and weather events such as El Niño in the Desert Southwest.
Data from NASA’s Mars Exploration Program is helping Elisabeth Hausrath understand how soil and water might have once interacted on the surface of our solar system’s most-Earthlike neighbor.



51³Ô¹ÏÍøÍòÄܿƴó paleontologist Josh Bonde shares his favorite vertebrate discoveries in Nevada and where you can go see them today.

51³Ô¹ÏÍøÍòÄܿƴó paleontologists discover rare Precambrian fossils in remote region of Nevada.

51³Ô¹ÏÍøÍòÄܿƴó-led research team takes to ancient Nevada caves to counter prevailing theory of what drives Great Basin climate; findings reported in Nature Communications.