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April 22, 2015
Azle Earthquakes Likely Caused by Oil and Gas Operations, Study Says
Oil and gas operations are the most likely cause of dozens of earthquakes that began rattling the North Texas towns of Azle and Reno in…
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April 22, 2015
Early Years of California’s Drought may be Linked to Lingering Effect of La Niña
On average, La Niña—the cool phase of a natural climate pattern in the tropical Pacific—leads to somewhat dry winters in California. But a new analysis of…
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April 16, 2015
For Tropical Island, a Brief Storm Surge Fuels Big Water Problem
Storm surge thrown onshore by tropical systems can kill, destroy property and reshape coastlines. Here’s another negative for the list: Depending on the makeup of…
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April 13, 2015
Scientists to Dig Deep into Dino-Killing Impact Crater
The catastrophic asteroid crash blamed for the demise of the dinosaurs also left a gaping scar in the Earth. That sprawling crater made 65.5 million…
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April 9, 2015
Obama To Address Caribbean’s ‘Economic Achilles Heel’ — Energy
President Obama is in Jamaica Thursday, meeting with Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller and more than a dozen other leaders from throughout the Caribbean. It’s…
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April 8, 2015
Texas Standard Interviews BEG’s Scott Tinker on Energy and the Economy
The Texas Standard interviewed The University of Texas at Austin Bureau of Economic Geology Director Scott Tinker about the potential impact of Iran’s oil on the…
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April 3, 2015
UT Tower Lit Orange in Honor of GeoFORCE Texas Presidential Award
On Friday April 3, 2015 the UT Tower will be lit orange in honor of GeoFORCE Texas receiving a Presidential Award for Excellence in Science,…
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March 16, 2015
The melting of Antarctica was already really bad. It just got worse.
A hundred years from now, humans may remember 2014 as the year that we first learned that we may have irreversibly destabilized the great ice sheet…
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March 12, 2015
How the Penguin Got Its Waddle
In the penguin exhibit at the London Zoo, there is a small V.I.P. section, cordoned off with low boulders, where paying guests can meet the birds…
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March 9, 2015
Texas Earthquakes Linked to Oil, Gas Development
For more than 100 years, people have questioned whether taking oil and gas from the depths of the earth can cause tremors. When an earthquake…
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April 22, 2015
Azle Earthquakes Likely Caused by Oil and Gas Operations, Study Says
Oil and gas operations are the most likely cause of dozens of earthquakes that began rattling the North Texas towns of Azle and Reno in…
Read MoreApril 22, 2015
Early Years of California’s Drought may be Linked to Lingering Effect of La Niña
On average, La Niña—the cool phase of a natural climate pattern in the tropical Pacific—leads to somewhat dry winters in California. But a new analysis of…
Read MoreApril 16, 2015
For Tropical Island, a Brief Storm Surge Fuels Big Water Problem
Storm surge thrown onshore by tropical systems can kill, destroy property and reshape coastlines. Here’s another negative for the list: Depending on the makeup of…
Read MoreApril 13, 2015
Scientists to Dig Deep into Dino-Killing Impact Crater
The catastrophic asteroid crash blamed for the demise of the dinosaurs also left a gaping scar in the Earth. That sprawling crater made 65.5 million…
Read MoreApril 9, 2015
Obama To Address Caribbean’s ‘Economic Achilles Heel’ — Energy
President Obama is in Jamaica Thursday, meeting with Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller and more than a dozen other leaders from throughout the Caribbean. It’s…
Read MoreApril 8, 2015
Texas Standard Interviews BEG’s Scott Tinker on Energy and the Economy
The Texas Standard interviewed The University of Texas at Austin Bureau of Economic Geology Director Scott Tinker about the potential impact of Iran’s oil on the…
Read MoreApril 3, 2015
UT Tower Lit Orange in Honor of GeoFORCE Texas Presidential Award
On Friday April 3, 2015 the UT Tower will be lit orange in honor of GeoFORCE Texas receiving a Presidential Award for Excellence in Science,…
Read MoreMarch 16, 2015
The melting of Antarctica was already really bad. It just got worse.
A hundred years from now, humans may remember 2014 as the year that we first learned that we may have irreversibly destabilized the great ice sheet…
Read MoreMarch 12, 2015
How the Penguin Got Its Waddle
In the penguin exhibit at the London Zoo, there is a small V.I.P. section, cordoned off with low boulders, where paying guests can meet the birds…
Read MoreMarch 9, 2015
Texas Earthquakes Linked to Oil, Gas Development
For more than 100 years, people have questioned whether taking oil and gas from the depths of the earth can cause tremors. When an earthquake…
Read More