Geology
Geology Ph.D. Student Helps Discover Remains of a Martian Glacier
Hints of Water Ice Near Surface Helps Explain How Planet Was—and Still Might Be—Habitable
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Major North American Oil Source Yields Clues to One of Earth’s Deadliest Mass Extinctions
UMD Geologists Studying Shale Formation Discovered How Rising Seas Created a ‘Kill Mechanism’ 350 Million Years Ago
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Research at the Frozen End of the Earth
On Coast of Antarctica, Geology Team Investigates Ins and Outs of World’s Largest Ice Shelf
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UMD-led Team’s Laser Device Can Help Detect Signs of Life on Other Planets
Miniature Analyzer May Revolutionize Astrobiology Discoveries
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T. Rex’s Fancy Footwork Owed to Special Ligaments, Study Finds
UMD Researcher Part of Team That Helped Explain Dinosaur’s Speed, Endurance
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Catching Waves on Mars
UMD Researchers Help Make First Observation of Seismic Surface Waves on Another Planet, Offering Clues to Interior Structure
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$95M NASA Cooperative Agreement to Support Research Center Focused on Global Sustainability
Funding Allows UMD to Expand Collaboration With Space Agency, Broader Research Community
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New Craters Discovered on Mars by UMD Geologist and NASA Team
InSight Mission Captures Impacts, Offers New Knowledge of Planet’s Structure and Formation
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Three Professors Named to National Academy of Sciences
Economist, Geologist and Engineer Bring UMD’s Total to 24
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Two Professors Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Sociologist Patricia Hill Collins, Geologist Richard Walker to Be Inducted for Research Into Inequality, Early Solar System
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New Scoring Scale Tracks Harmful Effects of Salt Pollution in Streams and Rivers
Salinity of Local Waterways Exceeds Water Quality Thresholds, New UMD-led Study Finds
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$3.2M NASA Grant Supports Development of Mini Moon Spectrometer
Instrument Could Uncover Resources Important to Space Exploration, Future Economy
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