Newsmakers
Jackson School of Geosciences researchers made science news headlines and served as expert sources for news stories across the state and the world.
Check out a few of the highlights!
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Professor Ginny Catania shares glacier research on KXAN. |
Weather forecasts impacted by global helium shortage, Russian invasion“Helium is produced from uranium and thorium decay in the rocks. But it’s collected just like natural gas is collected in the rocks.” Toti Larson, Research Associate |
Can extinct volcano in Mississippi help state become key player in carbon storage industry?“The Gulf Coast states are particularly well-endowed. When you look at maps of the pore space availability, these states shine out as winners.” Susan Hovorka, Senior Research Scientist |
55-sided, 555-carat ‘Enigma’ black diamond (potentially from space) goes on sale“I believe the chances of carbonado specimens we’ve studied and seen data for being from outer space are low.” Richard Ketcham, Professor |
Climate Change Is Harming the Planet Faster Than We Can Adapt, U.N. Warns“One of the most striking conclusions in our report is that we’re seeing adverse impacts that are much more widespread and much more negative than expected.” Camille Parmesan, Adjunct Professor Department of Geological Sciences |
UT researcher heads out on drill ship to study Earth’s past“It’s very busy. There are no breaks, but it’s a lot of fun. We are the first people to look at these sediments and rocks, and they tell us how the Earth has changed in the past.” Chris Lowery, Research Associate University of Texas Institute for Geophysics |
A deep dive into earthquake forecasting“There are things we’ve never been able to see before… We see the creaks and groans very close to these events.” Laura Wallace, Research Scientist University of Texas Institute for Geophysics
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