Media Releases
January 30, 2025
Groundwater in the Arctic is Delivering More Carbon into the Ocean Than Was Previously Known
A relatively small amount of groundwater trickling through Alaska’s tundra is releasing huge quantities of carbon into the ocean, where it can contribute to climate…
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December 2, 2024
New Research Provides an Improved Understanding of Earthquake Hazards in the Permian Basin
A new collection of published papers offers the most detailed and comprehensive breakdown yet of how water injected into the Permian Basin during oil and…
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November 25, 2024
Uranus’s Swaying Moons will Help Spacecraft Seek Out Hidden Oceans
When NASA’s Voyager 2 flew by Uranus in 1986, it captured grainy photographs of large ice-covered moons. Now nearly 40 years later, NASA plans…
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November 19, 2024
Enormous Cache of Rare Earth Elements Hidden Inside Coal Ash Waste
Coal ash — the chalky remnants of coal that has been burned for fuel — has been piling up across the United States for decades….
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November 11, 2024
New Program Helps Texas Schools Teach Carbon Capture
When Cynthia Hopkins returned to her 7th grade science classroom in Corpus Christi this fall she had a little something extra in her toolkit —…
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October 31, 2024
Trees Cool Better Than Reflective Roofs in Vulnerable Houston Neighborhoods
As heatwaves become more intense, cities are looking for strategies that can help keep neighborhoods cooler. A new tool developed by researchers at The University…
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October 29, 2024
‘Giant Lab Experiment’ Leads to New Model for Predicting Landslides
Landslides are a perennial threat in California, where the geology and steep topography mean the land is more prone to slipping than in other places….
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October 16, 2024
Students and Faculty Members Celebrate New Climate System Science Major
In September, The Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences held a party in celebration of its newest undergraduate major: climate system science. Students and faculty…
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October 13, 2024
NASA Europa Mission Set to Launch with UT Austin Instrument to Explore Jupiter’s Ocean World
One of the great mysteries of the solar system is whether the ingredients for life exist below the surface of Jupiter’s icy ocean moon Europa….
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October 2, 2024
Extreme El Niño Events Likely to Increase as World Warms
The most recent ice age peaked around 20,000 years ago and was marked by extensive glaciation and dramatic climate shifts that reshaped Earth’s oceans, landscapes,…
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January 30, 2025
Groundwater in the Arctic is Delivering More Carbon into the Ocean Than Was Previously Known
A relatively small amount of groundwater trickling through Alaska’s tundra is releasing huge quantities of carbon into the ocean, where it can contribute to climate…
Read MoreDecember 2, 2024
New Research Provides an Improved Understanding of Earthquake Hazards in the Permian Basin
A new collection of published papers offers the most detailed and comprehensive breakdown yet of how water injected into the Permian Basin during oil and…
Read MoreNovember 25, 2024
Uranus’s Swaying Moons will Help Spacecraft Seek Out Hidden Oceans
When NASA’s Voyager 2 flew by Uranus in 1986, it captured grainy photographs of large ice-covered moons. Now nearly 40 years later, NASA plans…
Read MoreNovember 19, 2024
Enormous Cache of Rare Earth Elements Hidden Inside Coal Ash Waste
Coal ash — the chalky remnants of coal that has been burned for fuel — has been piling up across the United States for decades….
Read MoreNovember 11, 2024
New Program Helps Texas Schools Teach Carbon Capture
When Cynthia Hopkins returned to her 7th grade science classroom in Corpus Christi this fall she had a little something extra in her toolkit —…
Read MoreOctober 31, 2024
Trees Cool Better Than Reflective Roofs in Vulnerable Houston Neighborhoods
As heatwaves become more intense, cities are looking for strategies that can help keep neighborhoods cooler. A new tool developed by researchers at The University…
Read MoreOctober 29, 2024
‘Giant Lab Experiment’ Leads to New Model for Predicting Landslides
Landslides are a perennial threat in California, where the geology and steep topography mean the land is more prone to slipping than in other places….
Read MoreOctober 16, 2024
Students and Faculty Members Celebrate New Climate System Science Major
In September, The Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences held a party in celebration of its newest undergraduate major: climate system science. Students and faculty…
Read MoreOctober 13, 2024
NASA Europa Mission Set to Launch with UT Austin Instrument to Explore Jupiter’s Ocean World
One of the great mysteries of the solar system is whether the ingredients for life exist below the surface of Jupiter’s icy ocean moon Europa….
Read MoreOctober 2, 2024
Extreme El Niño Events Likely to Increase as World Warms
The most recent ice age peaked around 20,000 years ago and was marked by extensive glaciation and dramatic climate shifts that reshaped Earth’s oceans, landscapes,…
Read More