Landscape evolution intrinsic to ancient mountain settings
New research helps explain why the structure of some mountains continues to evolve long after the tectonic forces that formed them cease.
Tag: "Department of Geosciences"
Outstanding Grad: Colleen Olson
Focus and determination power student athlete beyond injuries to degree in geology from Warner College of Natural Resources.
Measuring snow persistence can help predict streamflow
In a new study, researchers found that snow persistence can be used to map patterns of annual streamflow in dry parts of the western U.S.
UPDATE: Engineering, biology, earth sciences climb in latest U.S. News & World Report rankings
Colorado State University graduate programs in the sciences are on the rise in U.S. News and World Report’s 2019 rankings of the nation’s best graduate schools.
California's other drought: A major earthquake is overdue
For major events, with magnitudes of 7 or greater, California is actually in an earthquake drought. Multiple segments of the expansive San Andreas Fault system are now sufficiently stressed to produce large and damaging events.
New details emerge on temperature, mobility of Earth's lower crust in Rocky Mountains
A research team led by Colorado State University has mapped the temperature and viscosity of the Earth's lower crust for the first time.
Dalton Meyer, Warner College of Natural Resources
Meyer will deliver the commencement address for the Warner College on Friday. He said he'll focus on how the college has prepared students to go out into a world that is changing in terms of the environment and politics.
Where science is fun: Studying glaciers in Rocky Mountain National Park
Research scientist Dan McGrath has studied glaciers in Alaska, Colorado, Greenland and Antarctica.
Wading waterways in search of carbon
How can rivers and floodplains help manage climate change impacts? By storing loads of carbon.
Competing priorities: student athlete managed priorities and still got some sleep
Warner alumna and former CSU student athlete reflects on making it through school amidst varied priorities.