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.
KXAN Covers Climate Major
The local Austin news channel KXAN ran a segment about the new climate system science major and the opportunities it provides to students. Assistant Professor Geeta Persad was featured in the segment.
For more on the new major, see New Climate Degree.
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The New York Times
Fossil trove from 74,000 years ago points to remarkably adaptive humans
“This points to how sophisticated people were in this time period.”
John Kappleman, Professor
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
March 20, 2024
BBC
The worst wildfire in Texas’ history has a complex link with climate change
“Megadroughts can set the perfect scene for large wildfires.”
Danielle Touma, Research Assistant Professor
University of Texas Institute for Geophysics
March 5, 2024
UTCT on ‘Every Rock Has a Story!’
Science YouTuber Ethan Baxter stopped by the University of Texas High-Resolution X-ray Computed Tomography Facility (UTCT) to see whether a spherical rock was a dinosaur egg. Facility manager and Research Scientist Associate Jessica Maisano explained the science of CT-scanning and shared the story of her journey to the geosciences.
FOX59 News
Significant energy source found under US-Mexico border
“Geothermal has a lot to offer rural communities, underserved communities, something like Presidio checks every block on the very large federal investment in production in tax credits on renewable energy.”
Ken Wisian, Associate Director Environmental Division
Bureau of Economic Geology
June 22, 2024
San Antonio Express-News
Why does the Balcones Escarpment matter? It’s ‘where the West begins.’
“The great Champagne district of France is on the same kind of rock that you see in the zoo in Brackenridge Park, or up in what the city of Austin is built on.”
Charles “Chock” Woodruff, Geologist
Bureau of Economic Geology
Feb. 9, 2024
KUT News
UT researchers help predict local weather during 2024 Paris Olympics
“Olympics is not just about competing. It is, probably to me, also about computing.”
Dev Niyogi, Professor
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Aug. 7, 2024
CNN
Earth’s moon is shrinking. Here’s what scientists say that could mean
“Regardless of what causes those (moon)quakes, it is true that they pose a potential threat to future landing missions, and we need more data about them.”
Yosio Nakamura, Professor Emeritus
University of Texas Institute for Geophysics
Jan. 31, 2024
New Major Makes News
The Daily Texan, the student newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin, announced the new climate system science major on the front page.
The University of Texas at Austin
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