Media Releases
December 4, 2017
Trickle-down is the Solution (to the Planetary Core Formation Problem)
Scientists have long pondered how rocky bodies in the solar system—including our own Earth—got their metal cores. According to research conducted by The University of…
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December 4, 2017
UT Bureau of Economic Geology Granted $4 Million to Run Carbon Capture Partnership
Pumping carbon dioxide deep under the seafloor may seem like a science-fiction-based solution to dealing with the greenhouse gas, but it’s a technology that The…
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November 21, 2017
Moon’s Crust Underwent Resurfacing After Forming from Magma Ocean
The Earth’s Moon had a rough start in life. Formed from a chunk of the Earth that was lopped off during a planetary collision, it…
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November 20, 2017
Seafloor Sediments Appear to Enhance Earthquake and Tsunami Danger in Pacific Northwest
The Cascadia Subduction Zone off the coast of the Pacific Northwest has all the ingredients for making powerful earthquakes—and according to the geological record, the…
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November 16, 2017
New Research Could Predict La Niña Drought Years in Advance
Two new studies from The University of Texas at Austin have significantly improved scientists’ ability to predict the strength and duration of droughts caused by…
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November 9, 2017
Brian Horton First to Receive SEPM Dickinson Medal
The Jackson School of Geosciences’ Brian Horton is the inaugural recipient of the Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM) William R. Dickinson Award. The award, which…
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November 2, 2017
Nature Index Finds Jackson School among Top in the Nation
The newly released Nature Index 2017 United States has found that The University of Texas at Austin is the third most productive university in the…
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November 1, 2017
Intensifying Winds Could Increase East Antarctica’s Contribution to Sea Level Rise
Totten Glacier, the largest glacier in East Antarctica, is being melted from below by warm water that reaches the ice when winds over the ocean…
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October 17, 2017
Track Tremors Across Texas With New Website
The University of Texas at Austin Bureau of Economic Geology has finished installing the state’s earthquake monitoring network, TexNet, and thanks to a new interactive…
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October 6, 2017
Bureau of Economic Geology Breaks Ground on New Core Research Building
The Jackson School of Geosciences Bureau of Economic Geology has begun construction on its new core research building, a project that will provide state-of-the facilities…
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December 4, 2017
Trickle-down is the Solution (to the Planetary Core Formation Problem)
Scientists have long pondered how rocky bodies in the solar system—including our own Earth—got their metal cores. According to research conducted by The University of…
Read MoreDecember 4, 2017
UT Bureau of Economic Geology Granted $4 Million to Run Carbon Capture Partnership
Pumping carbon dioxide deep under the seafloor may seem like a science-fiction-based solution to dealing with the greenhouse gas, but it’s a technology that The…
Read MoreNovember 21, 2017
Moon’s Crust Underwent Resurfacing After Forming from Magma Ocean
The Earth’s Moon had a rough start in life. Formed from a chunk of the Earth that was lopped off during a planetary collision, it…
Read MoreNovember 20, 2017
Seafloor Sediments Appear to Enhance Earthquake and Tsunami Danger in Pacific Northwest
The Cascadia Subduction Zone off the coast of the Pacific Northwest has all the ingredients for making powerful earthquakes—and according to the geological record, the…
Read MoreNovember 16, 2017
New Research Could Predict La Niña Drought Years in Advance
Two new studies from The University of Texas at Austin have significantly improved scientists’ ability to predict the strength and duration of droughts caused by…
Read MoreNovember 9, 2017
Brian Horton First to Receive SEPM Dickinson Medal
The Jackson School of Geosciences’ Brian Horton is the inaugural recipient of the Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM) William R. Dickinson Award. The award, which…
Read MoreNovember 2, 2017
Nature Index Finds Jackson School among Top in the Nation
The newly released Nature Index 2017 United States has found that The University of Texas at Austin is the third most productive university in the…
Read MoreNovember 1, 2017
Intensifying Winds Could Increase East Antarctica’s Contribution to Sea Level Rise
Totten Glacier, the largest glacier in East Antarctica, is being melted from below by warm water that reaches the ice when winds over the ocean…
Read MoreOctober 17, 2017
Track Tremors Across Texas With New Website
The University of Texas at Austin Bureau of Economic Geology has finished installing the state’s earthquake monitoring network, TexNet, and thanks to a new interactive…
Read MoreOctober 6, 2017
Bureau of Economic Geology Breaks Ground on New Core Research Building
The Jackson School of Geosciences Bureau of Economic Geology has begun construction on its new core research building, a project that will provide state-of-the facilities…
Read More