Department of Geoscience News
Geoscience is an all-encompassing term used to refer to the earth sciences. Geoscientists strive to understand earth processes and study the origin and evolution of our planet; the chemical and physical properties of minerals, rocks, and fluids; the structure of our mobile crust; the history of life; and the human adaptation to earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides, and floods.
Current Geoscience News
A collection of news stories featuring research and accomplishment at UNLV.
New mineral from Earth’s lower mantle surfaced as diamond inclusion; study led by UNLV geochemist Oliver Tschauner.
A collection of news stories featuring collaboration and reflection at UNLV.
A collection of news stories highlighting community and perseverance at UNLV.
UNLV climate scientist Matthew Lachniet explains what it means and how climate change plays a role.
A collection of news stories highlighting research, health, and community at UNLV.
Geoscience In The News
A diamond inclusion has revealed a new mineral, davemaoite, as well as hints about the workings of our planet’s interior.
Using a diamond as their vessel, tiny specks of mineral blasted upward from the Earth’s lower mantle survived a harrowing journey of hundreds of miles amid unbelievably high temperatures and colossal pressures to end up in the hands of UNLV researchers.
Tree ring records show droughts worse than 2021 summer, without influence of climate change.
Tree ring records show droughts worse than 2021 summer, without influence of climate change.
Tree ring records show droughts worse than 2021 summer, without influence of climate change.
Scientists have found a new mineral packed in diamond more than 600 km deep in the Earth's lower mantle for the first time.
