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On a recent 11-day raft trip through the Grand Canyon, geologists gathered evidence in hope that it would allow them to peer billions of years into the past. Using a relatively new technique, they were able to estimate the age of a mysterious section of...

The history of the Earth and of life on Earth is written in sedimentary rock layers. To understand the history, you must understand the rocks. Sedimentary rock layers of 541- 485 million years old, from the Cambrian Period, provide a record of incredible...

The University of New Mexico's Center for Regional Studies hosts a lecture presented by Visiting Scholar Yolonda Youngs titled, “Nature, Culture, and History at the Grand Canyon” on Friday, Nov. 8, at 2 p.m. in the Frank Waters Room in Zimmerman Library....

Yolonda Youngs, an associate professor of Geography at Idaho State University, will carry out research this fall at The University of New Mexico as part of the Center for Regional Studies (CRS) Scholar-in-Residence initiative. Youngs will conduct...

A new paper recently released in Geology by researchers Jacob Mulder, Karl Karlstrom, and other Australian colleagues provides a new dataset that may resolve the more than three decades-long debate about which continents were adjacent to southwestern USA...

The department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at The University of New Mexico presents the 2nd annual Stuart A. Northrop Distinguished Lecturer: Susannah Porter, who will give a lecture titled “Tiny Vampires and Living Fossils: The Record of Early Life...

On a weekend in May – and again in October – dozens of volunteers gather at trailheads on the north and south rims of the Grand Canyon to engage hikers embarking on the arduous rim-to-rim traverse.  It’s not for the faint of heart. The trip covers 24...

The debate over the age of the Grand Canyon has carried on for more than 140 years with several different scenarios bandied about over the decades. Some scientists say the canyon is some 70 million years old, while others believe it is much younger – l

In a ribbon-cutting ceremony set for Wednesday, Oct. 13, Grand Canyon National Park Superintendent Steve Martin, Chief of Interpretation Judy Hellmich-Bryan, interpretive staff and special guests will dedicate a new interpretive exhibit, the Trail of ...