College of Arts & Sciences
November 08, 2022
The village of Zumaia, on the Basque Coast (north coast) of Spain, hosted a meeting recently (October 26-28, 2022) of the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS), the 60th anniversary of the IUGS, with representatives from over 40 counties. The...
By Steve Carr
October 31, 2022
The National Science Foundation has awarded The University of New Mexico’s Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences (EPS) a two-year, $500,000 grant to establish the CONVERSE Center, a project that will set up the foundation for a new national center...
By Mary Beth King
October 11, 2022
Finding her niche from her traditional background to success has sometimes been a rocky road for Raven Longwolf Alcott. But now a senior looking forward to graduation next spring, she has negotiated the obstacles and found success at The University of...
By Savannah Peat
September 22, 2022
There are one million known in existence, each with their own set of unknowns.
With no atmosphere, varying shapes, sizes, and compositions, there are many questions when it comes to asteroids, the minor planets which orbit within our solar system.
One...
By Steve Carr
September 19, 2022
A team of international scientists has found that many densely populated coastal cities worldwide are at a high risk of extreme relative sea level rise as land sinks due to groundwater extraction and other industrial processes.
The team of scientists,...
September 19, 2022
University of New Mexico Distinguished Professor Yemane Asmerom was elected as an American Geophysical Union’s (AGU) Fellow. He joined 53 other individuals from around the world in the 2022 Class of Fellows (add link).
Since 1962, the AGU Union...
By Irene Gray
September 03, 2022
For two weeks over the summer, students throughout the world have the opportunity to learn from one another at one of the largest stable isotope facilities in the country. In its second year at UNM, the Center for Stable Isotopes (CSI) hosted 54 students...
By Mary Beth King
July 26, 2022
A team from The University of New Mexico is among the scientists and artists who will participate in an exhibition at ¡Explora! that launches with events for the whole family. The exhibition, Shared.Futures, kicks off with Meet a Scientist/Artist...
By Steve Carr
June 30, 2022
An international team of scientists has developed an accurate record of preindustrial sea level utilizing precisely dated phreatic overgrowths on speleothems that provide a detailed history of Late Holocene sea-level change in Mallorca, Spain, an island...
By Steve Carr
May 26, 2022
New research from a stalagmite collected from Hidden Cave in the Guadalupe Mountains in southeastern New Mexico shows the overall climatic backdrop for Pueblo cultural development in relation to climate before and after when it was drier.
The stalagmite...
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