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By Liz Ivkovich, Global Change & Sustainability Center, originally published on April 9, 2018. Water uptake in plants, the neurocognitive underpinnings of certain personality traits and food as a cultural process. How are these starkly different areas connected? Each topic relates to environmental change. And each topic is the thrust of a new interdisciplinary research collaboration. […]

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Brenda Bowen’s group aims to learn why the Bonneville Salt Flats are shrinking

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The salt crust of Utah’s famous Bonneville Salt Flats is shrinking and thinning. Land-speed enthusiasts have been deeply disappointed at the cancellation of events due to inadequate salt crust. Some blame decades of salt mining. Geologist Brenda Bowen is looking at human and environmental factors in the context of geologic change and ecological evolution in […]

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Good vibrations? Research on the stability of Utah’s iconic rock formations

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Researcher Jeff Moore, Assistant Professor in the Department of Geology and Geophysics, seeks to determine the stability of formations such as the natural arches that draw visitors to Utah’s red rock country. Moore uses seismic and temperature gauges to to understand how arches respond to their environment. Temperature changes during the day cause arches to […]

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