Because the ground is frozen, water cannot penetrate the soil, so anything applied to the ground will run off rather than soak in to the field when it rains or there is flooding, according to Ken ...

This side of the specimen was uncovered in the fossil preparation lab at the University of Wisconsin Geology Museum. Dozens of amphibians perished together on an ancient floodplain around 230 ...

In the heart of Central Texas, surrounded by fast food chains, cookie-cutter homes and mega stores, a group of University of ...

Along with revisiting the site to look for more samples, the University of Wisconsin Geology Museum team has been doing ...

The formation of the Great Lakes is the result of numerous geological events, the most recent of which involved massive Ice Age glaciers.

University of Wisconsin geoscience professor Shanan Peters spends a lot of time looking at rocks. But finding good-looking rocks can sometimes be a challenge. Peters said the difficulty of finding ...

Ph.D., Civil/Environmental Engineering, University of Notre Dame, 1995 M.S., Hydrogeology, Indiana University, 1991 B.S., Geology, University of Wisconsin, 1985 Dr ...