In The News: Department of Geoscience
With gold hitting an all-time high, it begs the question, is Nevada really the gold state? The price for gold, which is set on a global market, closed at $3,383 per ounce on Friday, a good sign for Nevada. In fact, if Nevada was a country, it would be the fifth largest gold producer in the world, behind China, Russia, Australia and Canada.
Researchers explain what we know about the potential for water and life on Mars and what we might learn from analysis of returned samples.
Another summer, another Lake Mead update: And this year, it's not looking great. Our snowpack gains this winter were pretty dismal, and the National Weather Service recently even lowered their projections for Lake Powell, whose upstream levels affect Lake Mead's. In light of all this, we're bringing back a conversation that co-host Dayvid Figler had with 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ hydrology professor David Kreamer. The creation of Lake Mead was not without its costs — so was it worth it? And what happens if we use Lake Mead up?
Mars, one of our closest planetary neighbors, has fascinated people for hundreds of years, partly because it is so similar to Earth. It is about the same size, contains similar rocks and minerals, and is not too much farther out from the Sun.
Five years ago, Covid-19 drastically changed lives all over the world. The pandemic also presented unique challenges for Las Vegas. We discuss how Nevadans continue to be impacted in a special collaboration with KNPR’s State of Nevada. We then meet Libby Hausrath, a 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ professor and lead researcher on a Mars project. She explains what samples being collected now may tell us about the Red Planet.
Five years ago, Covid-19 drastically changed lives all over the world. The pandemic also presented unique challenges for Las Vegas. We discuss how Nevadans continue to be impacted in a special collaboration with KNPR’s State of Nevada. We then meet Libby Hausrath, a 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ professor and lead researcher on a Mars project. She explains what samples being collected now may tell us about the Red Planet.
Five years ago, Covid-19 drastically changed lives all over the world. The pandemic also presented unique challenges for Las Vegas. We discuss how Nevadans continue to be impacted in a special collaboration with KNPR’s State of Nevada. We then meet Libby Hausrath, a 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ professor and lead researcher on a Mars project. She explains what samples being collected now may tell us about the Red Planet.
Five years ago, Covid-19 drastically changed lives all over the world. The pandemic also presented unique challenges for Las Vegas. We discuss how Nevadans continue to be impacted in a special collaboration with KNPR’s State of Nevada. We then meet Libby Hausrath, a 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ professor and lead researcher on a Mars project. She explains what samples being collected now may tell us about the Red Planet.
Could life exist on Mars? That's what a professor at 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ is looking to find out using samples from the red planet.
Mars has fascinated humanity since Galileo Galilei accurately observed it more than 400 years ago. Now we’re getting to the point of trying to land spaceships on the planet, which is the stated goal of President Donald Trump and his advisor, Elon Musk.
Some Las Vegans have been looking to the sky for hints of alien life for decades, but 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ geoscience professor Libby Hausrath has gotten closer than any of them to finding sound proof.
Las Vegas locals began a project in the 1990s to protect a geological marvel at the edge of town. They made educational signs and were joined by politicians including late Sen. Harry Reid and then-Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt, but the area was vandalized soon after.
