Kentucky Geologic Survey

‘UK at the Half’: UK leads collaborative Kentucky climate resiliency project

Jan 9, 2025, 6:58 AM

UK is leading a five-year, $20 million Research Infrastructure Improvement award titled “Climate Resilience through Multidisciplinary Big Data Learning, Prediction & Building Response Systems (CLIMBS).”

KGS receives federal grant to collect hazards data, improve future hazards mitigation

Nov 13, 2024, 9:38 AM

The Kentucky Geological Survey received funding from FEMA's Hazard Mitigation Grant program to support four hazard-related projects in Kentucky.

UK researchers expand access to radon mitigation in Kentucky with $2.6 million grant

Nov 13, 2024, 8:04 AM

Researchers form multiple organizations at UK and around the commonwealth are working together to learn how best to protect the public from radon exposure.

UK scientists receive U.S. National Science Foundation grant to search for rare-earth elements in the United States

Oct 2, 2024, 1:19 PM

Dave Moecher and Ryan Thigpen along with colleagues at the Kentucky Geological Survey are hoping to help develop more domestic sources for rare-earth elements.

Earth Science Week Open House

Oct 16, 2024, 6:00 – 7:30 PM

Join the Kentucky Geological Survey at the 24th annual Earth Science Week Open House on October 16, 6 - 7:30 pm. The event is free, fun, and open to the general public. This KGS event features exhibits, demonstrations, and activities about earth science, including an earthquake display and simulation, an augmented-reality topography sandbox, a volcano demonstration, a stream table with sedimentation and erosion, displays on fossils, rocks, minerals, and more!

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KGS awarded IMLS grant to preserve nearly 200 years of Kentucky geological data

Sep 13, 2024, 7:28 AM

The Kentucky Geological Survey project will safeguard nearly 200 years of geological, geographical and textual data about Kentucky, ensuring its accessibility for future generations.

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Showcase to highlight KGS Potter Internship program

Jul 25, 2024, 7:25 AM

The showcase is an opportunity for the Potter interns to present their summer research projects through five-minute lightning talks and academic posters.

Kentucky Geological Survey 63rd annual seminar

May 15, 2024, 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Kentucky Geological Survey to host 63rd annual seminar

May 9, 2024, 7:08 AM

The Kentucky Geological Survey (KGS) at the University of Kentucky will host its 63rd annual seminar on May 15 at the Jacobs Science Building, Room 121, on the UK campus.

KGS geologist accompanies landslide disaster assistance team to Sri Lanka

Nov 20, 2023, 7:21 AM

Geologist Matt Crawford, a landslide researcher at the Kentucky Geological Survey (KGS) took discoveries from Kentucky landslides to international collaborators in Sri Lanka last month.

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