Earth & Planetary Sciences

Tobias Fischer, a professor at The University of New Mexico's Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, has been heavily involved in tracking Iceland’s volcanic activity. A noted volcanologist, Fischer traveled to Iceland in mid-November 2023 to...

University of New Mexico Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences Professors Laura Crossey and Karl Karlstrom have received a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant for Developing Partnerships Among Tribes, Geoscientists, and the National Park Service...

What would happen if a volcano were to erupt tomorrow in New Mexico? How prepared as we as a society for an event like this to occur? When volcanic unrest occurs, both academic and government agencies need to have advanced fundamental understanding of...

Olumide Adedeji, a Ph.D. candidate in the Earth and Planetary Science Department at the University of New Mexico (UNM), achieved a remarkable milestone by securing the first-place prize at the National Elevator Pitch Competition, organized by the Houston...

The Grand Canyon’s valleys and millions of years of rock layers spanning Earth’s history have earned it a designation as one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World. But, according to a new UNLV and University of New Mexico study, its marvels extend to...

A team of international scientists from the USA, France, Germany, and Ethiopia recently published cutting-edge climate research on how thunderstorms can “clump” together and how that influences the Earth’s climate. This led to the discovery that this...

Researchers from the University of New Mexico and Sandia National Laboratories recently created a way to track local sea ice using a telecommunications fiber optic cable, located in Alaska, combined with Machine Learning algorithms to analyze ground...

Professor and Chair of the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Peter J. Fawcett has been elected as a Fellow of the Geological Society of America (GSA). This honor is bestowed by the Society Fellowship to recognize the best in their...

Climate model projections indicate that New Mexico's future will be warmer and drier, with diminished water supply from the Rio Grande, presenting extreme challenges for policy makers and agricultural stakeholders. A new study titled, “Adapting irrigated...

Field Camp is an immersive capstone course for geology majors in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, and as 2023 student Ben Thorp says, “it rocks!” During this three-week course, students...