Tag: Surface Hydrologic Processes
May 13, 2019
Storm Water Banking Could Help Texas Manage Floods and Droughts
Massive, destructive floods such as those caused by Hurricane Harvey in 2017 are a stark reality in Texas, but so are prolonged ground-cracking droughts. In…
Read MoreApril 12, 2018
Newly Discovered Salty Subglacial Lakes Could Help Search for Life in Solar System
Researchers from the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics (UTIG) have helped discover the first subglacial lakes ever found in the Canadian High Arctic. The two…
Read MoreFebruary 26, 2018
Hidden “Rock Moisture” Could Explain Forest Surviving Drought
Research conducted by The University of Texas at Austin and University of California, Berkeley has found that a little-studied, underground layer of rock can hold…
Read MoreJanuary 22, 2018
Research Finds Discrepancies Between Satellite and Global Model Estimates of Land Water Storage
Research led by The University of Texas at Austin has found that calculations of water storage in many river basins from commonly used global computer…
Read MoreDecember 12, 2017
New Research Improves Understanding of Ancient Landscapes
Geologists use zircon mineral grains to reconstruct what the Earth and its landscapes looked like in ancient times. These microscopic grains, commonly the width of…
Read MoreNovember 9, 2017
Brian Horton First to Receive SEPM Dickinson Medal
The Jackson School of Geosciences’ Brian Horton is the inaugural recipient of the Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM) William R. Dickinson Award. The award, which…
Read MoreMay 8, 2017
Daniella Rempe: Tracking Water in the Critical Zone
By Anton Caputo and Monica Kortsha Somewhere between the ground we walk on and the bedrock below lies a murky area that’s not quite soil…
Read MoreApril 19, 2017
Glacier Shape Predicts Risk of Thinning
April 17 (UPI) — By analyzing a glacier’s shape, researchers can measure its susceptibility to thinning. Researchers at the University of Texas are using the…
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Glacier Shape Influences Susceptibility to Thinning
Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have identified glaciers in West Greenland that are most susceptible to thinning in the coming decades by…
Read MoreMarch 8, 2017
Researchers Link Methane in Groundwater in Parker and Hood Counties to Natural Sources
Scientists from The University of Texas at Austin have found that high levels of methane in well water from two counties near Fort Worth are…
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