University of Utah geologists study reed-covered mounds that mark locations where ancient groundwater emerges at the surface. As water levels in the Great Salt Lake continue to drop, a new and unusual ...

Advanced satellite and lidar mapping has uncovered signs that the Tintina fault in Canada's Yukon may be primed for a powerful earthquake.

The Ecuadorian portion of the South American subduction zone presents an interesting case study in the structure and complex evolution of an upper plate. There are outstanding questions about its ...

A University of Wyoming professor is developing what could be groundbreaking technology to protect nuclear reactors from earthquake damage. His ...

Jefferson Moss, executive director of the Utah Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity, poses for a portrait outside his ...

Smarty, a leading address intelligence provider, announced the launch of its US Property Risk Data product. The new API-based solution transforms FEMA's National Risk Index (NRI) into structured, ...

In many cases, those changes occur beneath the surface and only gradually become visible over thousands of years. Occasionally, however, an earthquake’s effects aren’t just felt—they’re seen.

Istanbul’s historic buildings, including the Hagia Sophia and Basilica Cistern, are at risk from a major earthquake on the Anatolian fault line.

Fortunately, we have a template for how to fix this. In 1997, Utah adopted the One Door model, which integrates welfare and work programming under a single state-level authority and prioritizes ...

Risk models can’t rely just on the past anymore. A team of geoscientists suggests new ways to forecast evolving hazards in real time as cascading disaster risk worsens.