This story originally appeared on Atlas Obscura and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. If you decide to pursue a degree in geology, be prepared to spend some time in the wilderness, where you ...

University of Washington geologists had set out to create computer-based field experiences long before the COVID-19 pandemic hit. Juliet Crider, a UW associate professor of Earth and space sciences, ...

The geosciences benefit from diverse student perspectives and backgrounds, but the field-based learning requirements pose barriers to students with disabilities. If carefully designed, fieldwork can ...

Across the dry, scrubby hills of the Mojave Desert, a group of Johns Hopkins scientists and students spent three weeks this month working to understand millions of years of Earth's history. Evidence ...

Field geology courses at the Brauer Field Station are intensive, project-oriented experiences designed to instruct students in the use of basic field methods and equipment, and develop their skills of ...

4-week course in New Mexico studying geologic field methods and the geologic history of North America Geology Field Methods teaches basic field observation, identification, and mapping skills for ...