BRIEF NEWS FROM EGI

BRIEF NEWS FROM EGI

Visit from the Kyrgyz Republic In November, EGI had the honor and pleasure to meet and explain EGI’s programs and capabilities to representatives from the Kyrgyz Republic.  The international visitors were guests of the U.S. Department of State’s International Visitor...
C/2022 E3 (ZTF): A VISITOR FROM THE LAST ICE AGE

C/2022 E3 (ZTF): A VISITOR FROM THE LAST ICE AGE

Photo: Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) passing close to NGC2591, December 27th, 2022. BY BRYONY RICHARDS, Ph.D. During the Upper Paleolithic, some 50,000 years ago, the Earth was still in a glacial period; megafauna (think Dire wolves, Smilodon, and Megatherium) roamed the...
EGI’s Carbon Management team update

EGI’s Carbon Management team update

Above photo: The Carbon Science and Research Initiative on a field trip in the northern sector of the Paradox Basin, near Moab, Utah. EGI’s Carbon Management team led by Dr. Brian McPherson was recently awarded over $8 million dollars of US Department of Energy (DOE)...
Utah FORGE UPDATE | February 2023

Utah FORGE UPDATE | February 2023

Recently, the U.S. Department of Energy expanded its series of Energy Earthshots to “accelerate breakthroughs of more abundant, affordable, and reliable clean energy solutions within the decade.” The Enhanced Geothermal Shot, aims to reduce the cost of Enhanced...
EGI 50th Anniversary

EGI 50th Anniversary

Over 200 guests attended the EGI 50th banquet EGI 50th anniversary banquet at Rice Eccles Stadium, University of Utah. Rich Esser accepting an award presented by Dr. Milind Deo and Dr. Brian McPherson Last September, EGI hosted past and present Corporate Associate...
Geoscience Education and Energy Transition

Geoscience Education and Energy Transition

By Rasoul Sorkhabi, Ph.D., CPG-11981 This article was originally published in The American Institute of Professional Geologists (AIPG), 2022 Dr. Rasoul Sorkhabi is a professor at the University of Utah’s Energy & Geoscience Institute, Salt Lake City. Email:...