Earth & Planetary Sciences

The Moon has both a South and North Pole, but just how cold are they? For context, Antarctica's coastal temperatures average around 14°F (-10°C), while the interior drops to -76°F (-60°C), making Earth's South Pole one of the coldest places on the...

The University of New Mexico hosted Space Day recently to highlight important discoveries, advertise internships, and provide fun experiences - like walking on the planet Mars - for attendees to experience. The event, which was part of UNM’s Research &...

Collaborative studies using new analytical techniques combined with traditional field geology in one of the world’s premier geologic laboratories have led to new views of the Cambrian explosion of life. Since soon after our planet formed, Earth’s 4.6...

University of New Mexico Professor Carl Agee was elected recently as American Geophysical Union’s (AGU) Fellow, joining a distinguished group of 54 individuals in the 2024 Class of Fellows. AGU, a nonprofit organization that supports 130,000 enthusiasts...

A new study led by interdisciplinary team researchers at the University of South Florida and The University of New Mexico, suggests humans were in Mallorca, Spain, an island in the western Mediterranean, at least 5,600 years ago. This date is at least...

Fourteen faculty members at the University of New Mexico have been selected for the 2024 Women in STEM Awards.  The 11 funded projects include a study of carbon storage in soils along the middle Rio Grande floodplain, an investigation into rural New...

The Cretaceous period ended with a bang 66 million years ago when an asteroid more than six miles across collided with the Earth off of the Yucatan Peninsula. The resulting prodigious environmental change to land, sea, and atmospheric habitats ultimately...

A University of New Mexico research scientist and professor is being recognized nationally for his contributions to planetary geology by the Geological Society of America. Charles 'Chip' Shearer, a Senior Research Scientist for the Institute of...

The University of New Mexico Sustainable Space Research Grand Challenge team aims to develop a center of space science-exploration excellence at UNM by uniting relevant and diverse space expertise. To that end, last month, the team brought industry, lab,...

The University of New Mexico’s Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences announces the Seventh annual Stuart Northrop Distinguished Lecturer featuring Dr. Jerry X. Mitrovica on Friday, April 26 at 2 p.m. in Northrop Hall, Room 122. A reception will...