News: Department of Geoscience

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Scientists link fate of Mesoamerican civilizations to climate change

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Who says research is just for faculty? Meet six of the many UNLV students who know that research is the best way to learn their disciplines, build their skills, and change the world.

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UNLV researchers combined new and historical data to further understand the unique geology of Nevada’s gold deposits, which could help locate similar deposits in other areas of the world.

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A team of UNLV and UNR researchers have devised a new model for how Nevada’s gold deposits formed, which may help in exploration efforts for new gold deposits.

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UNR, UNLV researchers’ work featured in the journal Nature Geoscience

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UNLV researchers complete detailed model showing how the shallow sediments of the Las Vegas Valley will respond during an earthquake.

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Volcanologist’s career, UNLV programs develop as nuclear waste repository battle drug out.
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The Harry Reid Silver State Research Award honors UNLV’s most respected faculty scholars, whose work exemplifies the best in Nevada research.

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Designed to encourage faculty collaboration and acquisition of external grant funding, the President’s Research Award has also sparked intriguing research projects on subjects ranging from nanotechnology to volcanoes.

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The relationship between research and graduate education is considered of tremendous value to both faculty and students. Why are the two so mutually beneficial?

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Why one professor hiked to a remote Russian volcano to figure out how to tap deep into the scalding water below Nevada for renewable power.