Wendy Bohon has built a TikTok following as an earthquake geologist. She helps lead earthquake work for the California Geological Survey.

Eastern California is the perhaps the best place in the country to learn geology. The deserts beyond the Sierra Nevada host glacial features, volcanoes and rivers. Beautiful stratigraphic layers are ...

During 35 years of teaching geology at UCSB, Art Sylvester led more than 300 field trips, mostly across Southern California, providing the professor repeat lessons on the region’s many ridges, canyons ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nestled in the heart of the UC Davis Arboretum lies the California Rock Garden, an educational haven designed to showcase the ...

A semester-long course followed by a two-week field trip to California. Field work will include a series of exercises ranging in duration from a few minutes to a full day. The goal is to give you ...

Wendy Bohon approached a table at the California Geological Survey library in Sacramento and began to give Puck’s closing speech from William Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Only this time, ...

The geometric structure of rocks where earthquakes occur could play a key role in determining their location and strength, researchers have found. A study, carried out by geologists at Brown ...

FOLLOWING the earlier studies of the igneous and metamorphic rocks of the mining districts of California, there has more recently been an immense amount of detailed and accurate work devoted to ...

She shifted to earthquake science after experiencing an earthquake. Since early 2024, Bohon has been helping lead the state’s earthquake preparedness efforts as branch chief of seismic hazards and ...