Recently discovered dinosaur, Titanosaurus, is set to fill the halls of the American Museum of Natural History in New York City this coming January.
smithsonianmag.com
The American Museum of Natural History in New York City has some large exhibits. There’s the 94-foot, 21,000-pound fiberglass model of a blue whale that curves gracefully over the Hall of Ocean Life. There’s the 63-foot long “Great Canoe” carved around 1878 by Native people from the Northwest Coast. But those exhibits will be dwarfed by what is to come: a 122-foot long skeletal cast of a newly discovered species of Titanosaurus, reports Margaret Rhodes for Wired.
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Students unearth Provo’s Hinckley mounds to find history of past dwellers, and clues that provide answers for future development considerations.
ksl.com
Not far from the bustling center of Provo, students have been working to uncover details about the lives of those who lived in the area more than a thousand years ago.
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The Utah Geological Survey 2016 Calendar of Utah Geology has arrived. The calendars are on sale for $4.95 each or $4.25 for orders of 10 or more at the Natural Resources Map & Bookstore, 1594 West North Temple in Salt Lake City.
The photos are taken by staff members who are often on assignment in some of the most intriguing areas of the state.
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 underscores.
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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 technique to listen to the arch’s natural “hum” to measure its internal health.
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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
Eight people had died and five remained missing Tuesday morning, the day after an SUV and a van were washed off a road during a flash flood in this polygamous Utah-Arizona border community.
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 our very own Utah Geological Survey geologists, have been studying the Taylorsville-West Valley City fault over the last couple of weeks. They hope to gain a better understanding of the fault’s ability to produce large earthquakes, and if that fault tends to rupture with or without the Wasatch Fault. Below are a couple of articles outlining all of their hard work and findings!
deseretnews.com
Geologists sample Taylorsville-West Valley fault line to study earthquake risk
A team of geologists has dug a 150-foot trench by the Salt Lake City International Airport to study the Taylorsville-West Valley City fault, and its rock samples will help scientists forecast when the next major earthquake could erupt along the Wasatch fault.
Utahns ‘lulled into a false sense of security’ in earthquake prep
A team of geologists has dug a 150-foot trench by the Salt Lake City International Airport to study the Taylorsville-West Valley City fault, and its rock samples will help scientists forecast when the next major earthquake could erupt along the Wasatch fault.
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