Geology will rock the NU State Museum during the Dec. 18 Sunday with a Scientist program at Morrill Hall. The family-friendly program, offered from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m., will explore rocks and minerals through hands-on activities led by scientists from UNL and the University of Maine, and members of the Lincoln Gem and Mineral Club. […]

UNL scientists say that recent earthquakes in Haiti and Chile temporarily affected groundwater levels in Nebraska. The hydroseismic activity – the effect that seismic waves have on groundwater – likely would have been missed if not for a decades-old instrument. Jesse Korus checked on the water well near Aurora on March 2 and found a […]

Matt Joeckel, a geologist in the School of Natural Resources, appeared in the “Killer Pigs” episode of National Geographic’s “Prehistoric Predators,” which aired Oct. 12. Joeckel, whose expertise includes vertebrate paleontology, explains on-camera that Entelodonts have teeth “that would have been perfectly capable of tearing a bite out of a carcass.” For more information and […]