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February 19, 2025
Jackson School Symposium Winners and Q&A
This year, 126 students presented their research at the 14th Annual Jackson School of Geosciences Research Symposium on Feb. 14, 2025. Our presenters, attendees and…
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February 13, 2025
New Method for Measuring Groundwater Shows California’s Aquifers Remain Depleted
The greater Los Angeles area has long been subject of intense seismographic monitoring. A network of highly sensitive seismometers peppers the region on a constant…
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February 7, 2025
Rare Bird Skull from the Age of Dinosaurs Helps Illuminate Avian Evolution
A new study in Nature describing a fossil of a nearly complete and intact bird skull from Antarctica is shedding light on the early evolution…
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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…
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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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February 19, 2025
Jackson School Symposium Winners and Q&A
This year, 126 students presented their research at the 14th Annual Jackson School of Geosciences Research Symposium on Feb. 14, 2025. Our presenters, attendees and…
Read MoreFebruary 13, 2025
New Method for Measuring Groundwater Shows California’s Aquifers Remain Depleted
The greater Los Angeles area has long been subject of intense seismographic monitoring. A network of highly sensitive seismometers peppers the region on a constant…
Read MoreFebruary 7, 2025
Rare Bird Skull from the Age of Dinosaurs Helps Illuminate Avian Evolution
A new study in Nature describing a fossil of a nearly complete and intact bird skull from Antarctica is shedding light on the early evolution…
Read MoreJanuary 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 More