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Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

Sunday with a Scientist to feature 'Antarctic Time Machine'

October 6, 2015

Carissa Raymond (right) holds fossilized teeth of a multituberculate mammal, a small rodent-like creature that lived at the end of the dinosaur’s era. During summer 2014, Raymond found a similar fossil later identified as a previously unknown multituberculate species while on a dig in New Mexico. Ross Secord (left), associate professor of earth and atmospheric sciences, led the dig.

Undergrad discovers new mammal species

October 5, 2015

Two decades later, former Ashfall intern finishes excavation

September 23, 2015

Tracy Frank

Frank named Geological Society of America fellow

August 28, 2015

Jason Nolan (left) and Karrie Weber used data from roughly 275,000 groundwater samples in the High Plains and Central Valley aquifers to show that many Americans live less than a mile from wells that often far exceed the EPA's uranium guideline.

Study: 2 major U.S. aquifers have high levels of natural uranium

August 19, 2015

Student helps fine-tune next generation of weather satellites

June 4, 2015

Clint Rowe (left) and Adam Houston (second from left) showcase the touchscreen video wall in UNL's recently remodeled Meteorology-Climatology Computer Lab in Bessey Hall. Rowe and Houston are participating in a two-day Weather Day on the Hill summit in Washington, D.C.

National weather summit features UNL researchers

May 13, 2015

John P. Holdren, the director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and the chief science adviser to President Obama, participates in a May 6 climate roundtable at Hardin Hall. UNL's Ronnie Green is at right.

Obama science adviser highlights climate initiatives during UNL visit

May 6, 2015

Jason Head, assistant professor in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences.

Skeleton study sheds new light on how snakes evolved

January 5, 2015

UNL leading group studying severe weather with drones

December 15, 2014

Consumers are asking questions about the food-production system they've never asked before, and agriculture needs to do a better job of answering those questions, panelists at a UNL lecture on Nov. 6 agreed.

5 to participate in CIC seminar

November 7, 2014

Mark Anderson (left) and Curtis Walker

NSF grad fellow hopes to improve road safety

October 16, 2014