June 25, 2026
The Andes Mountains May Have Grown Faster Than Previously Thought
The conventional story of how the Andes Mountains formed is one of tectonic plate-powered mountain building, with the range rising slowly, steadily and in-sync with…
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Jackson School Class Helped Model July 4 Storm and Found That Rainfall was Slightly Suppressed
Last fall, a group of 12 students huddled around their laptops in a dark room in the Jackson School of Geosciences building. Their screens, which…
Read MoreJune 17, 2026
Jessie Maisano Retires from UTCT Lab After a Legendary 26 Years
When Jessie Maisano walked into The University of Texas at Austin’s geosciences building as a postdoc in January 2000, she was joining an enterprising team…
Read MoreJune 11, 2026
Gulf Coast Coal Holds Billions in Critical Minerals. But the Economics are Tricky.
Researchers from The University of Texas at Austin have found that there’s a significant amount of rare earth elements trapped in the coal and coal…
Read MoreJune 5, 2026
Groundwater Availability Faces Big West-East Divide That is Expected to Intensify
Groundwater is a critical resource — but one that can be easily and sometimes irreversibly exhausted. In a study published in the journal Earth’s…
Read MoreJune 4, 2026
Easily Overlooked Small Wetlands Are a Big Source of Global Methane
Water-logged land areas such as marshes, bogs and fens are the world’s largest natural source of methane. Even the smallest of wetlands emit this powerful…
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