Last week’s flash flood tragedies are a reminder that the mesmerizing and beautiful slot canyons and flood washes in Utah can also become very dangerous. nationalparkstraveler.com As wondrous and mesmerizing as slot canyons in southern Utah and northern Arizona can be, they can be even more deadly, as last week’s tragedy at Zion National Park […]
Just like a heart monitor, the “hum” of Mesa Arch shows that it’s in good health, and safe from collapse for now. Read more how scientists are assessing the internal health of our arches! livescience.com A spectacular rock arch in Utah is safe from collapse for now, according to a study that used a new […]
eastern Uinta Basin, Uintah County, Utah Photographer: Michael Vanden Berg; © 2014 Algal stromatolites from the Green River Formation, eastern Uinta Basin, Uintah County.
A sad event after a group of people fell victim to a powerful flash flood in southern Utah. Heavy rains in Washington County swept a road away, taking their cars along with it. As always, please exercise the utmost caution around flash floods, and areas prone to flooding after any amount of rain fall. sltrib.com […]
Here are a few more great articles highlighting the work some of our geologists have done towards recent earthquake research in the Salt Lake Valley: kutv.com Scientists help builders, planners prepare for Utah’s big quake Utah’s seismic scientists are sounding a warning about impending earthquakes in Utah. They say Utah is not prepared for a […]
Take a quick minute today on your afternoon break to think about earthquake preparedness. What have you done around your home to help relieve potential damage from a large earthquake? Have you talked to your family and friends, do you have an action plan if an earthquake occurs? A team of geologists, including some of […]
A wonderful resource for earthquake safety and preparedness has just been released. The report was developed by the Utah Chapter of the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) and was prepared for the Utah Seismic Safety Commission. The Scenario for a Magnitude 7.0 Earthquake on the Wasatch Fault-Salt Lake City Segment: Hazards and Loss Estimates report […]
Mount Superior, Salt Lake County, Utah Photographer: Mike Hylland; © 2014 Tilted and folded Precambrian-age strata on Mount Superior (11,132 feet).
Why are dinosaurs extinct? Let me google that for you. theguardian.com Let’s clear something up right away. Dinosaurs aren’t extinct. Not entirely. Every magpie, pigeon, penguin, and ostrich alive today – every single bird – is a dinosaur. They’re all descendants of small, toothy, feathery dinosaurs that hopped and fluttered around from the Jurassic era […]
People hiking in Provo Canyon were narrowly missed by a rockfall Monday morning. Very fortunately, no one was seriously injured. ksl.com A large rock slide took place in Provo Canyon Monday, narrowly missing several bystanders and leaving rubble across a popular trail. READ MORE
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