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December 12, 2017
New Research Improves Understanding of Ancient Landscapes
Geologists use zircon mineral grains to reconstruct what the Earth and its landscapes looked like in ancient times. These microscopic grains, commonly the width of…
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December 11, 2017
Jackson School’s Camille Parmesan Receives Grant to “Make Our Planet Great Again”
Camille Parmesan, an adjunct professor at the University of Texas at Austin Jackson School of Geosciences and professor at Plymouth University in the UK, is…
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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…
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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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December 12, 2017
New Research Improves Understanding of Ancient Landscapes
Geologists use zircon mineral grains to reconstruct what the Earth and its landscapes looked like in ancient times. These microscopic grains, commonly the width of…
Read MoreDecember 11, 2017
Jackson School’s Camille Parmesan Receives Grant to “Make Our Planet Great Again”
Camille Parmesan, an adjunct professor at the University of Texas at Austin Jackson School of Geosciences and professor at Plymouth University in the UK, is…
Read MoreDecember 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 More