University of Utah

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The University of Utah was founded in 1850 and serves more than 32,000 students from across the United States and the world. It offers more than 100 major subjects at the undergraduate level, and more than 90 major fields of study at the graduate level, including law and emdicine.

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18 November 2024

As climate warms, California wildfires are becoming more severe, killing more trees

U biologist Jon Wang, with UC Irvine colleagues, uses satellite imagery to document the growing destructiveness of Western wildfires since 1980.

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18 August 2023

Without climate action, property values will take a hit from escalating wildfire risk and tree mortality, study finds

A research team attempted, for the first time, to quantify the value of U.S. property at risk in forested areas exposed to increased wildfire and tree mortality associated with climate stresses and beetle infestation.

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25 July 2023

What can earthquake ‘swarms’ tell us about seismicity in the West?

Most of the earthquakes rumbling under the West’s Great Basin come in surges, clustered together in time and place. Scientists call these seismic groups “swarms,” which are a distinct category from the numerous aftershocks following a big shake.

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26 April 2022

How to assess a community’s resilience

For ranching communities on the east side of the Baja California Peninsula, groundwater springs are their primary source of freshwater. The economic livelihoods of roughly 4,000 people are closely tied to the springs and to wells.

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15 April 2021

Indigenous land-use reduced catastrophic wildfires on the Fish Lake Plateau

In a new study led by the University of Utah, researchers found that the Fremon used cultural burning, which reduced the risk for large-scale wildfire activity.

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19 November 2020

Community helps scientists evaluate wildfire smoke forecasts

In Utah both researchers and community members maintain enough air quality sensors to provide a high-resolution picture of how the smoke moves for smoke forecast models.

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27 October 2020

Atmospheric dust levels are rising in the Great Plains

A study from the University of Utah researchers and their colleagues finds that atmospheric dust levels are rising across the Great Plains at a rate of up to 5% per year.

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14 October 2020

Trees and lawns beat the heat

Study in Utah, US, shows neighbourhoods dominated by impervious surfaces were warmer and drier than the urban parks—up to 2 degrees warmer in both daytime and nighttime.