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UMD Geologist Helped Develop Moonquake Detector for Astronauts’ Surface Mission

Monitoring System Will Add to Knowledge of How Moon Formed, Evolved

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UMD Graduate Student Helps Discover Giant Mars Volcano Hidden in Plain Sight

Discovery Is Major Step in Search for Evidence of Life on Mars, Provides Possible Destination for Exploration

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Potomac River

UMD Geologist Helps Create Fresh Approach to Tracking Saltwater Contamination

Project to Monitor Tidal Rivers Near the Ocean to Protect Drinking Supplies

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The Shrinking of the Moon Is Making It Harder to Find Artemis Landing Site

UMD Geologist Among Researchers IDing Regions Prone to Landslides, Moonquakes on Lunar South Pole

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A History Hidden From View

Geology Students Search for Early Gravesite of Historic African American Church

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UMD Scientists ‘Fingerprint’ Methane to Track a Climate Change Culprit

Emissions of the Potent Greenhouse Gas Have Spiked Since 2007—but Why Is Unclear

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Humans Are Disrupting Natural ‘Salt Cycle’ on Global Scale, New Study Shows

UMD Geologist Leads Research Finding That Influx of Salt in Streams, Rivers Poses ‘Existential Threat’

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Potomac River

Climate Change Is Hurting River Water Quality, New Study Shows

UMD Researcher Who Contributed to Paper Has Seen Local Waterways’ Decline Firsthand

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Histopathology of ferruginous body

UMD-led Study Sheds Light on How Incurable Form of Cancer Develops

Size and Shape of Contaminant Particles Play a Role in Immune Response, Mesothelioma Development

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Rising to a Grand Challenge: Climate-Related Disasters, Farming Crises

Institutional Grant Team Works to Provide Early Warning in Maryland, Beyond

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Mars glacier

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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Oil rig in a small dray canyon in North Dakota

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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