Media Releases
November 30, 2023
New Project Investigating How Aerosols Could Affect Climate Change in Near Future
A researcher from The University of Texas at Austin has received a grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to study how changing…
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November 9, 2023
Digital Twin of UT Campus Visualizes Present, Past, Future Energy Needs
AUSTIN, Texas — A new “digital twin” of The University of Texas at Austin campus gives the clearest picture yet of historical and current energy usage…
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October 30, 2023
UT-Led Aerial Surveys Reveal Ancient Landscape Beneath East Antarctic Ice Sheet
Long before Antarctica froze over, rivers carved valleys through mountains in the continent’s east. Millions of years later, researchers have discovered a remnant of this…
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October 25, 2023
Scientists Isolate Early-Warning Tremor Pattern in Lab-Made Earthquakes
Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have successfully isolated a pattern of lab-made ‘foreshock’ tremors. The finding offers hope that future earthquakes could…
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October 16, 2023
EVENT: Energy Switch Screening & Discussion
As part of The University of Texas at Austin’s Free Speech Week, the Jackson School of Geosciences is hosting a public screening of four…
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October 5, 2023
AI-Driven Earthquake Forecasting Shows Promise in Trials
A new attempt to predict earthquakes with the aid of artificial intelligence has raised hopes that the technology could one day be used to limit…
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October 4, 2023
Discovery of Massive Undersea Water Reservoir Could Explain New Zealand’s Mysterious Slow Earthquakes
Researchers have discovered a sea’s worth of water locked within the sediment and rock of a lost volcanic plateau that’s now deep in the Earth’s…
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October 3, 2023
Iron Atoms Discovered on the Move in Earth’s Solid Inner Core
The iron atoms that make up the Earth’s solid inner core are tightly jammed together by astronomically high pressures — the highest on the planet….
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September 22, 2023
Daniella Rempe Honored for Early Career Contributions to Science and Education
Daniella Rempe, an associate professor at The University of Texas at Austin’s Jackson School of Geosciences, has received the American Geophysical Union’s Early Career Award…
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September 18, 2023
Report on Future of Graduate Geoscience Education Released
The American Geosciences Institute (AGI) has published a new report “Vision and Change in the Geosciences: Shaping the Future of Graduate Geoscience Education.” The report…
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November 30, 2023
New Project Investigating How Aerosols Could Affect Climate Change in Near Future
A researcher from The University of Texas at Austin has received a grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to study how changing…
Read MoreNovember 9, 2023
Digital Twin of UT Campus Visualizes Present, Past, Future Energy Needs
AUSTIN, Texas — A new “digital twin” of The University of Texas at Austin campus gives the clearest picture yet of historical and current energy usage…
Read MoreOctober 30, 2023
UT-Led Aerial Surveys Reveal Ancient Landscape Beneath East Antarctic Ice Sheet
Long before Antarctica froze over, rivers carved valleys through mountains in the continent’s east. Millions of years later, researchers have discovered a remnant of this…
Read MoreOctober 25, 2023
Scientists Isolate Early-Warning Tremor Pattern in Lab-Made Earthquakes
Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have successfully isolated a pattern of lab-made ‘foreshock’ tremors. The finding offers hope that future earthquakes could…
Read MoreOctober 16, 2023
EVENT: Energy Switch Screening & Discussion
As part of The University of Texas at Austin’s Free Speech Week, the Jackson School of Geosciences is hosting a public screening of four…
Read MoreOctober 5, 2023
AI-Driven Earthquake Forecasting Shows Promise in Trials
A new attempt to predict earthquakes with the aid of artificial intelligence has raised hopes that the technology could one day be used to limit…
Read MoreOctober 4, 2023
Discovery of Massive Undersea Water Reservoir Could Explain New Zealand’s Mysterious Slow Earthquakes
Researchers have discovered a sea’s worth of water locked within the sediment and rock of a lost volcanic plateau that’s now deep in the Earth’s…
Read MoreOctober 3, 2023
Iron Atoms Discovered on the Move in Earth’s Solid Inner Core
The iron atoms that make up the Earth’s solid inner core are tightly jammed together by astronomically high pressures — the highest on the planet….
Read MoreSeptember 22, 2023
Daniella Rempe Honored for Early Career Contributions to Science and Education
Daniella Rempe, an associate professor at The University of Texas at Austin’s Jackson School of Geosciences, has received the American Geophysical Union’s Early Career Award…
Read MoreSeptember 18, 2023
Report on Future of Graduate Geoscience Education Released
The American Geosciences Institute (AGI) has published a new report “Vision and Change in the Geosciences: Shaping the Future of Graduate Geoscience Education.” The report…
Read More