Media Releases
November 7, 2022
Scientists Plan Major Research Program to Understand Earth’s Most Dangerous Hazards
The University of Texas at Austin has joined leading scientists on a bold new effort to understand Earth’s largest earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. The plans…
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October 27, 2022
Study Explores How Tectonic Forces Shape The Andes
Based on their shared geologic history, one would expect the topography of the Andes mountains to be relatively consistent from one end to the other….
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October 25, 2022
Climate Change is Closing Daily Temperature Gap, Clouds Could be the Cause
Climate change is shrinking the difference between the daily high temperature and the daily low in many parts of the world. The gap between the…
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September 26, 2022
Air Pollution Can Amplify Negative Effects of Climate Change, New Study Finds
The impacts of air pollution on human health, economies, and agriculture differ drastically depending on where on the planet the pollutants are emitted, according to…
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September 22, 2022
Deepest Scientific Ocean Drilling Sheds Light on Japan’s Next Great Earthquake
Scientists who drilled deeper into an undersea earthquake fault than ever before have found that the tectonic stress in Japan’s Nankai subduction zone is…
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September 15, 2022
Texas Universities Partner to Study Combined Impact of Flooding and Air Pollution in Beaumont-Port Arthur
Four Texas universities, led by The University of Texas at Austin, have been awarded a grant to establish a new research center to study the…
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September 6, 2022
Jackson School’s Demian Saffer and Bridget Scanlon to Give 2022 AGU Named Lectures
The Jackson School of Geosciences’ Demian Saffer and Bridget Scanlon are each to give a Bowie Lecture at the American Geophysical Union’s 2022 Fall Meeting….
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August 15, 2022
Underwater Snow Gives Clues About Europa’s Icy Shell
Below Europa’s thick icy crust is a massive, global ocean where the snow floats upwards onto inverted ice peaks and submerged ravines. The bizarre underwater…
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August 1, 2022
New Mexico Mammoths Among Best Evidence for Early Humans in North America
About 37,000 years ago, a mother mammoth and her calf met their end at the hands of human beings. Bones from the butchering site…
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July 19, 2022
Songbird Can Keep Time With the Best of Them
When it comes to keeping time, an unassuming species of songbird is on a par with professional musicians, according to new research led by scientists…
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November 7, 2022
Scientists Plan Major Research Program to Understand Earth’s Most Dangerous Hazards
The University of Texas at Austin has joined leading scientists on a bold new effort to understand Earth’s largest earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. The plans…
Read MoreOctober 27, 2022
Study Explores How Tectonic Forces Shape The Andes
Based on their shared geologic history, one would expect the topography of the Andes mountains to be relatively consistent from one end to the other….
Read MoreOctober 25, 2022
Climate Change is Closing Daily Temperature Gap, Clouds Could be the Cause
Climate change is shrinking the difference between the daily high temperature and the daily low in many parts of the world. The gap between the…
Read MoreSeptember 26, 2022
Air Pollution Can Amplify Negative Effects of Climate Change, New Study Finds
The impacts of air pollution on human health, economies, and agriculture differ drastically depending on where on the planet the pollutants are emitted, according to…
Read MoreSeptember 22, 2022
Deepest Scientific Ocean Drilling Sheds Light on Japan’s Next Great Earthquake
Scientists who drilled deeper into an undersea earthquake fault than ever before have found that the tectonic stress in Japan’s Nankai subduction zone is…
Read MoreSeptember 15, 2022
Texas Universities Partner to Study Combined Impact of Flooding and Air Pollution in Beaumont-Port Arthur
Four Texas universities, led by The University of Texas at Austin, have been awarded a grant to establish a new research center to study the…
Read MoreSeptember 6, 2022
Jackson School’s Demian Saffer and Bridget Scanlon to Give 2022 AGU Named Lectures
The Jackson School of Geosciences’ Demian Saffer and Bridget Scanlon are each to give a Bowie Lecture at the American Geophysical Union’s 2022 Fall Meeting….
Read MoreAugust 15, 2022
Underwater Snow Gives Clues About Europa’s Icy Shell
Below Europa’s thick icy crust is a massive, global ocean where the snow floats upwards onto inverted ice peaks and submerged ravines. The bizarre underwater…
Read MoreAugust 1, 2022
New Mexico Mammoths Among Best Evidence for Early Humans in North America
About 37,000 years ago, a mother mammoth and her calf met their end at the hands of human beings. Bones from the butchering site…
Read MoreJuly 19, 2022
Songbird Can Keep Time With the Best of Them
When it comes to keeping time, an unassuming species of songbird is on a par with professional musicians, according to new research led by scientists…
Read More