Media Releases
April 20, 2023
Jackson School Welcomes New Field Camp Director
After more than three decades under continuous leadership, the Jackson School of Geosciences’ capstone field camp is getting a new director. Structural geologist Miriam Barquero-Molina…
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April 13, 2023
Bureau Researchers Analyze New Daisetta Sinkhole
At the request of the Liberty County, Texas, Office of Emergency Management, a Bureau of Economic Geology hazard assessment team made up of researchers Jeff Paine, John Andrews, Jennifer Morris, and Kutalmis Saylam visited the new Daisetta sinkhole on April 8, 2023.
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April 12, 2023
Making Quakes on Campus
Researchers at the Jackson School of Geosciences sometimes investigate earthquakes by going right to the source, such as subduction zones along the coasts of Japan…
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April 7, 2023
Jackson School Students Win AGU Outstanding Student Presentation Awards
Jackson School of Geosciences students were once again among the top student presenters at the American Geophysical Union’s (AGU) Fall Meeting. Although the AGU Fall Meeting…
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March 29, 2023
Texas Port Partners with UT Scientists to Store its Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Scientists at the Bureau of Economic Geology at the University of Texas Jackson School of Geosciences are helping the Port of Corpus Christi determine if…
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March 27, 2023
Beaver Fossil Named After Buc-ee’s
A new species of ancient beaver that was rediscovered by researchers in The University of Texas at Austin’s fossil collections has been named after Buc-ee’s,…
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March 23, 2023
New Mining Technology Uses CO2 as Tool to Access Critical Minerals
A mining technology pioneered by researchers at the Bureau of Economic Geology at The University of Texas at Austin could reduce the amount of energy…
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March 22, 2023
Banner Named Cherry Award Finalist
Jackson School of Geosciences Professor Jay Banner has been named a finalist for Baylor University’s 2024 Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching. Banner, who…
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March 15, 2023
UT Austin Leads Review of World Water Resources
A recent review study led by The University of Texas at Austin provides an overview of the planet’s freshwater supplies and strategies for sustainably managing…
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March 2, 2023
Ocean Surface Tipping Point Could Accelerate Climate Change
The oceans help to limit global warming by soaking up carbon dioxide emissions. But scientists have discovered that intense warming in the future could lessen…
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April 20, 2023
Jackson School Welcomes New Field Camp Director
After more than three decades under continuous leadership, the Jackson School of Geosciences’ capstone field camp is getting a new director. Structural geologist Miriam Barquero-Molina…
Read MoreApril 13, 2023
Bureau Researchers Analyze New Daisetta Sinkhole
At the request of the Liberty County, Texas, Office of Emergency Management, a Bureau of Economic Geology hazard assessment team made up of researchers Jeff Paine, John Andrews, Jennifer Morris, and Kutalmis Saylam visited the new Daisetta sinkhole on April 8, 2023.
Read MoreApril 12, 2023
Making Quakes on Campus
Researchers at the Jackson School of Geosciences sometimes investigate earthquakes by going right to the source, such as subduction zones along the coasts of Japan…
Read MoreApril 7, 2023
Jackson School Students Win AGU Outstanding Student Presentation Awards
Jackson School of Geosciences students were once again among the top student presenters at the American Geophysical Union’s (AGU) Fall Meeting. Although the AGU Fall Meeting…
Read MoreMarch 29, 2023
Texas Port Partners with UT Scientists to Store its Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Scientists at the Bureau of Economic Geology at the University of Texas Jackson School of Geosciences are helping the Port of Corpus Christi determine if…
Read MoreMarch 27, 2023
Beaver Fossil Named After Buc-ee’s
A new species of ancient beaver that was rediscovered by researchers in The University of Texas at Austin’s fossil collections has been named after Buc-ee’s,…
Read MoreMarch 23, 2023
New Mining Technology Uses CO2 as Tool to Access Critical Minerals
A mining technology pioneered by researchers at the Bureau of Economic Geology at The University of Texas at Austin could reduce the amount of energy…
Read MoreMarch 22, 2023
Banner Named Cherry Award Finalist
Jackson School of Geosciences Professor Jay Banner has been named a finalist for Baylor University’s 2024 Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching. Banner, who…
Read MoreMarch 15, 2023
UT Austin Leads Review of World Water Resources
A recent review study led by The University of Texas at Austin provides an overview of the planet’s freshwater supplies and strategies for sustainably managing…
Read MoreMarch 2, 2023
Ocean Surface Tipping Point Could Accelerate Climate Change
The oceans help to limit global warming by soaking up carbon dioxide emissions. But scientists have discovered that intense warming in the future could lessen…
Read More