Geology Department
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Will a volcanic eruption be a burp or a blast? | Perhaps monitoring from space will become the best way to see future phreatic eruptions coming. But so far, no successful long-term forecast of a phreatic eruption has taken place. “Phreatic eruptions are terrifying,” said … |
2021-06-07 | |
Rick Larsen visits Western's Mars Lab | 2021-05-13 | ||
Research Recap for April 16 | 2021-04-16 | ||
Milwaukee native helps Perseverance Rover capture images of Mars | Then, in 2011, Dixon transferred to the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, the year the Curiosity Rover launched. Sitting at his desk, watching the launch coverage, Dixon said the fear faded… |
2021-04-05 | |
Perseverance and the Martian Clock | Perseverance and the Martian Clock What is “Mars Time”? Are you excited about machines flying on another planet? Or Martian rocks coming back to Earth? If you are curious about spacecraft on the Red Planet then check out our Season 7 Premiere featuring… |
2021-03-31 | |
WWU student rediscovers regionally extinct bumblebee on Western’s campus | 2021-03-30 | ||
Western's Geosciences programs ranked #7 nationally by Study.com | 2021-03-16 | ||
Western's Geosciences programs ranked #7 nationally by Study.com | 2021-03-16 | ||
Perseverance's eyes see a different Mars | “We developed Mastcam-Z for a rover going to a spot on Mars that hadn’t been selected yet, so we had to design it with all the possibilities in mind—the optimal set of eyes to capture the geology of any spot on Mars,” says Melissa Rice, a planetary scientist at Western Washington University and… |
2021-02-24 | |
Perseverance's eyes see a different Mars | “We developed Mastcam-Z for a rover going to a spot on Mars that hadn’t been selected yet, so we had to design it with all the possibilities in mind—the optimal set of eyes to capture the geology of any spot on Mars,” says Melissa Rice, a planetary scientist at Western Washington University and… |
2021-02-24 |