October 6, 2021
Record-Breaking Texas Drought More Severe Than Previously Thought
In 2011, Texas experienced one of its worst droughts ever. The dry, parched conditions caused over $7 billion in crop and livestock losses, sparked wildfires,…
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Mars’ Surface Shaped by Fast and Furious Floods from Overflowing Craters
On Earth, river erosion is usually a slow-going process. But on Mars, massive floods from overflowing crater lakes had an outsized role in shaping the…
Read MoreSeptember 21, 2021
Roman-era Mixers and Millstones Made with Geology in Mind
A study on stone tools from an outpost of the Roman Empire has found that for ancient bakers and millers, having the right tools was a matter of geology. A team of…
Read MoreSeptember 16, 2021
Ketcham Receives Top Thermochronology Prize
Professor Richard Ketcham was selected as the 2020 recipient of the Martin Dodson Prize, the highest honor bestowed by the International Standing Committee on Thermochronology….
Read MoreSeptember 15, 2021
Region of ‘Super Corals’ Discovered
In 2019, a hydrology professor at The University of Texas at Austin set out on a research project to see if he could identify harmful…
Read MoreSeptember 10, 2021
UT Joins NSF-Funded Center for Oldest Ice Exploration
The University of Texas at Austin has joined a National Science Foundation-funded center to find the world’s oldest ice in Antarctica – 1.5-million-year-old ice that…
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