geophysics

University of Utah geophysicists have discovered a vast freshwater system saturating sediments beneath the shrinking Great Salt Lake, potentially spanning its entire 1,500-square-mile footprint.

A Stanford-led study published in Science presents the first systematic global catalog of earthquakes originating in the continental mantle, identifying 459 events since 1990 and revealing unexpected clustering beneath the Himalayas and the Bering Strait.