Newsmakers

October 12, 2016

Jackson School faculty, researchers and students made headlines in over 100 news outlets across the globe from fall 2015 to summer 2016. From internationally reaching publications such as The New York Times and the BBC, to local Texas news sources like KUT, the Austin American Statesman and the Houston Chronicle, news from the Jackson School was shared with the community and the world at large.

Research discoveries dominated coverage. But reporters also turned to experts in the Jackson School to provide insight on natural disasters, the environment, energy issues and other vitally important and timely subjects.

“Sheikhs and shale caused this. They
are both producing more oil. That is the
fundamental driver.”
–Scott Tinker
Director of the Bureau of Economic Geology, January 2016

“This paper presents solid evidence that there
has been rapid retreat here in the past, in fact,
throughout the history of the ice sheet,”
–Jamin Greenbaum
UTIG Research Engineer, May 2016, The Washington Post

“Wind is powerful but it’s slow…On Mars these
craters have been exposed to the surface for
3 billion years so there’s a lot of time to do that
work and to get that material out of there in a
way that we’ve never really seen on Earth.”
–Mackenzie Day
Ph.D. Student, April 2016, Scientific American

“Our study provides evidence that major
changes in Earth’s climate over the past ~700
million years were driven by changes in the
emission of carbon dioxide from volcanoes.”
–Ryan McKenzie
Former Postdoctoral Researcher, April 2016, CBS News

MAKING NEWS WORLDWIDE

The New York Times • CNN • BBC • NPR • The
Washington Post • USA Today • Newsweek
National Geographic • Science • Nature • MSNBC
History Channel • CBS News • Scientific American
Discover Magazine • The Houston Chronicle • The Dallas
Morning News • The Fort Worth Star Telegram • Austin American
Statesman • The Texas Tribune • Christian Science Monitor
FORBES • The Huffington Post • Fortune • Business Insider
Smithsonian.com • Gizmodo • Mental Floss • The Guardian
Bloomberg News • The Times of India • AGU Blogosphere • Bangkok Post
China Post • The Daily Mail • The Gisborne Herald • The Yucatan Times • The
Province • San Diego Union-Tribune • San Antonio Business Journal • The
Oklahoman • The Arizona Republic • KXAN • MSN News • Rio Grande Guardian
Lufkin Daily News • FOX 7 Austin • Washington Times • Radio New Zealand
Marfa Public Radio • Arizona Daily Independent • The Desert Sun • Chicago Sun Times • El
Mercurio • AAPG Explorer • KUT • Houston Press • San Angelo Standard-Times • Corpus
Christi Caller-Times • The Midland-Telegram Reporter • United News of India • Academic Minute
Motherboard • Oil and Gas Investor • Tyler Morning Telegraph • Alcalde • Dallas Observer
San Marcos Daily Record • NGI’s Shale Daily • IBM • KBTV-TV • National Parks Traveler • Inside Higher Ed • Tech Times
The Daily Texan • Jacksonville Daily Progress • Natural Gas Week • Herald Democrat • Kentucky New Era • Gilmer Mirror
Nuclear Power Daily • EarthSky • Astrobiology Magazine • Austin Inno • Red Orbit • Newswise • Loksatta • Phys.org
Rigzone • Futurity • IFLScience • Space Daily • Terra Daily • Yuma News Now • Heritage Daily
Denton Record-Chronicle • Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education Magazine • Reporting Climate Science • Caribbean360