Understand and safely manage the Earth, its resources, and natural hazards. Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences offers four undergraduate degrees—applied geophysics, geology, geological ...

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Within only a few moments, a catastrophic avalanche, volcano, earthquake or tsunami could kill every living creature nearby. It would be impossible to predict these natural disasters and mitigate ...

The GES department administers separate programs in environmental science and geology. You can pursue either of these topics independently, or combine them both to specialize in environmental aspects ...

Engineering Geology is the application of the science of geology to the understanding of geologic phenomena and the engineering solution of geologic hazards and other geologic problems for society.

Images from NASA’s Dawn mission have been used to create a series of high-resolution geological maps of the large asteroid Vesta, revealing the variety of surface features in unprecedented detail.

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Some of the geologic wonders of Nevada will be celebrated as part of national Earth Science Week with a day-long field trip around northern Nevada led by geologists from the University of Nevada, Reno ...