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Q&A with Michael Taylor, professor of geology (Opens in new window)
LAWRENCE — A group of geology graduate students recently traveled to Nepal — home to eight of the world’s 10 tallest mountains — to explore compelling research questions about how these landforms change over time. Understanding mountain growth illuminates tectonic movement related to hazardous seismic activities, such as earthquakes. Michael...
KGS scientist, partners receive NSF funding to expand program to reduce barriers in STEM occupations
LAWRENCE — A National Science Foundation grant will allow a researcher from the Kansas Geological Survey and her collaborators at seven other institutions to expand the reach of a program designed to reduce hostile workplace climate barriers that individuals face when entering STEM occupations. ...
Kansas Geological Survey scientists collaborate on project to identify unmarked graves in local cemetery
For 100 years, KU’s Colorado field station provides geology students with valuable hands-on experience (Opens in new window)
Every year, KU Geology students take part in a century-long tradition – learning geology in a remote, mountainous area 35 miles north of Cañon City, Colorado. ...
Students win awards at online Undergraduate Research Symposium
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas Center for Undergraduate Research has announced the winners of its 24th annual Undergraduate Research Symposium. The event took place online this year and went live April 24. Over 190 students shared their undergraduate research and creative projects that they have been working on throughout...
Pioneering study of LGBTQ experience in the geosciences finds difficulties, dangers in fieldwork
Ambitious project spanning 5 states, 8 institutions will focus on intermittent streams
KGS scientist receives national award for groundwater research
LAWRENCE — Jim Butler, senior scientist and geohydrologist at the Kansas Geological Survey, is the 2020 recipient of the National Ground Water Association’s M. King Hubbert Award. ...
Kansas Geological Survey in partnership to research underground storage of carbon dioxide
LAWRENCE — For two decades, the Kansas Geological Survey has been investigating the state's subsurface geology and industrial infrastructure to determine the safety and viability of injecting carbon dioxide (CO2) from industrial sources into underground rock formations for long-term storage and to recover hard-to-reach oil. As part of an initiative...
Geologic map for Bourbon County now available
LAWRENCE — Layers of limestone, coal and other rocks formed about 310 million years ago and now found on or near the surface throughout Bourbon County are featured on a newly revised map available from the Kansas Geological Survey. ...