Tag: geology
Great Salt Lake’s fragile future emerges from the mud
Sediment cores reveal how Utah’s landmark lake was transformed by settlers, industry, and climate change, raising questions about its future survival.
Digging into a gap in time at the Grand Canyon
Why have more than a billion years' worth of rocks gone missing from the geologic record at certain sites in the Grand Canyon?
Magnitude 8.1 earthquake strikes Mexico
An earthquake has devastated parts of Mexico, esp. those near its border with Guatemala. But the effects were felt for 100s of miles. Tsunami warning.
Fins, arches, and hoodoos in the Utah mountains
The rocks in a "natural amphitheater" in Utah reveal clues as to how those structures were formed thousands or millions of years ago.
Red rock layers of Sedona show natural history
Evidence reveals all around us that parts of the US that are now part of a desert were once covered by an ocean.