If you drive south through central Utah on Interstate 15 and look west somewhere around Fillmore, you'll see smooth hills and fields of black rock. The area is, aptly, named the Black Rock Desert. It may not look like much, ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 2, 2021
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A new species of quail-sized fossil bird from 44 million year old sediments in Utah fills in a gap in the fossil record of the early extinct relatives of chickens and turkeys, and it shows strong links with other extinct ...
Archaeology
Mar 3, 2020
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Most of the earthquakes rumbling under the West's Great Basin come in surges, clustered together in time and place. Scientists call these seismic groups "swarms," which are a distinct category from the numerous aftershocks ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 25, 2023
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A Utah company plans to dig a series of underground caverns that it hopes to one day fill with compressed air, releasing it to generate electricity by turning a turbine and solving one of the most vexing problems facing the ...
Energy & Green Tech
Feb 9, 2010
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On July 22, 1847, a scouting party from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints stood above the Great Salt Lake Valley in modern-day Utah; by 1870, more than 18,000 followers had colonized the valley and surrounding ...
Ecology
Nov 3, 2017
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Engineers at Utah State University's Utah Water Research Laboratory have constructed a 1:50 scale model of the Oroville Dam spillway.
Engineering
Jun 9, 2017
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There is a 43% probability that the Wasatch Front region in Utah will experience at least one magnitude 6.75 or greater earthquake, and a 57 % probability of at least one magnitude 6.0 earthquake, in the next 50 years, say ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 13, 2017
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The transfer of 31 million acres of land managed by the federal government to Utah would hinder public land management reforms and harm the state, according to a newly released analysis by researchers at the Wallace Stegner ...
Environment
Feb 6, 2015
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Record snowfall across much of the western United States has not only helped to alleviate drought—it has also brought a massive boon for the region's ski resorts, with many hoping to keep their lifts running deep into summer.
Environment
Apr 12, 2023
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Air pollution has been a problem in Utah since before the territory was officially recognized as a state. The mountain valleys of this high elevation region are particularly vulnerable to the buildup of air pollution from ...
Environment
Nov 19, 2020
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