Geology, Ph.D. and M.S. Explore earth-science research areas ... The University of Nevada, Reno is located near the boundary between the Great Basin and Sierra Nevada physiographic provinces and is ...

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The Silver State is home to some of the country's most unique historical landmarks— this year, 12 of them are in imminent ...

California’s 30×30 goal was a topic at the Sierra Nevada Alliance Conservation Conference held at Lake Tahoe Community ...

Muir studied botany and geology at the University of Wisconsin ... to California and then walked from San Francisco to the Sierra Nevada – the "Range of Light" that would transform his life ...

My research interests focus on the behavior of continental arcs, where magmatism, deformation and climate processes are linked. I study patterns of episodic continental arc magmatism at many scales to ...

A cold front that swept across the Sierra Nevada and Lake Tahoe on Thursday brought a dusting of snow to mountaintops and ski resorts in California. Snow accumulation was less than an inch in some ...

Sierra Nevada Brewery Mills River Taproom will reopen to its normal hour starting Thursday after its property was damaged more than two weeks ago in Tropical Storm Helene. The brewery reopened for ...

Travelers planning a Southwest adventure often include both Yosemite National Park and Las Vegas in their itineraries. This ...

“The Sierra Nevada red fox is a vanishing emblem of remote Sierra wilderness and a harbinger of climate change,” said Jeff Miller, a senior conservation advocate at the Center. “Endangered Species Act ...