Media Releases
November 22, 2016
Mars Ice Deposit Holds as Much Water as Lake Superior
Frozen beneath a region of cracked and pitted plains on Mars lies about as much water as what’s in Lake Superior, largest of the Great…
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November 17, 2016
Dino-Killing Asteroid Made Rocks Behave like Liquid and Could Have Provided Habitat for New Life
A study of the massive crater that formed when an asteroid crashed into Earth 66 million years ago, wiping out all nonavian dinosaurs and most…
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November 14, 2016
Fossil Shells Reveal How Ancient Animals Survived Global Warming
Researchers discovered exceptionally well-preserved animals that lived in the aftermath of Earth’s most catastrophic mass extinction event, 252 million years ago. William Foster, a postdoctoral…
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November 10, 2016
Statoil Partnership Bolsters UT Austin Graduate Research and Supports Longhorn Athletics
AUSTIN, Texas — Statoil, an international energy company based in Norway, has signed a $2.5 million partnership renewal agreement to support graduate student research focused…
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November 10, 2016
A Funnel on Mars Could be a Place to Look for Alien Life
A strangely shaped depression on Mars could be a new place to look for signs of life on the Red Planet, according to a University…
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October 12, 2016
Oldest Known Squawk Box Suggests Dinosaurs Likely Did Not Sing
The oldest known vocal organ of a bird has been found in an Antarctic fossil of a relative of ducks and geese that lived more…
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October 11, 2016
Scientists Studying Cores from Dino-Killing Asteroid Impact
This release was produced by MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences in Bremen, Germany. Access the original German release: http://ow.ly/mHFY30554dX In April and May, 2016,…
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September 22, 2016
New Species of Ancient Texas Reptile Offers Clues to Evolution of Dinosaurs
A newly described species of extinct reptile that roamed Texas more than 200 million years ago had a strikingly dome-shaped head with a very thick…
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August 29, 2016
UT Study Cracks Coldest Case: How the Most Famous Human Ancestor Died
Lucy, the most famous fossil of a human ancestor, probably died after falling from a tree, according to a study appearing in Nature led by…
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August 18, 2016
AGU Names Mohrig Fellow
David Mohrig, a professor in the Department of Geological Sciences, is a 2016 Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU). Fellows are elected based on…
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November 22, 2016
Mars Ice Deposit Holds as Much Water as Lake Superior
Frozen beneath a region of cracked and pitted plains on Mars lies about as much water as what’s in Lake Superior, largest of the Great…
Read MoreNovember 17, 2016
Dino-Killing Asteroid Made Rocks Behave like Liquid and Could Have Provided Habitat for New Life
A study of the massive crater that formed when an asteroid crashed into Earth 66 million years ago, wiping out all nonavian dinosaurs and most…
Read MoreNovember 14, 2016
Fossil Shells Reveal How Ancient Animals Survived Global Warming
Researchers discovered exceptionally well-preserved animals that lived in the aftermath of Earth’s most catastrophic mass extinction event, 252 million years ago. William Foster, a postdoctoral…
Read MoreNovember 10, 2016
Statoil Partnership Bolsters UT Austin Graduate Research and Supports Longhorn Athletics
AUSTIN, Texas — Statoil, an international energy company based in Norway, has signed a $2.5 million partnership renewal agreement to support graduate student research focused…
Read MoreNovember 10, 2016
A Funnel on Mars Could be a Place to Look for Alien Life
A strangely shaped depression on Mars could be a new place to look for signs of life on the Red Planet, according to a University…
Read MoreOctober 12, 2016
Oldest Known Squawk Box Suggests Dinosaurs Likely Did Not Sing
The oldest known vocal organ of a bird has been found in an Antarctic fossil of a relative of ducks and geese that lived more…
Read MoreOctober 11, 2016
Scientists Studying Cores from Dino-Killing Asteroid Impact
This release was produced by MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences in Bremen, Germany. Access the original German release: http://ow.ly/mHFY30554dX In April and May, 2016,…
Read MoreSeptember 22, 2016
New Species of Ancient Texas Reptile Offers Clues to Evolution of Dinosaurs
A newly described species of extinct reptile that roamed Texas more than 200 million years ago had a strikingly dome-shaped head with a very thick…
Read MoreAugust 29, 2016
UT Study Cracks Coldest Case: How the Most Famous Human Ancestor Died
Lucy, the most famous fossil of a human ancestor, probably died after falling from a tree, according to a study appearing in Nature led by…
Read MoreAugust 18, 2016
AGU Names Mohrig Fellow
David Mohrig, a professor in the Department of Geological Sciences, is a 2016 Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU). Fellows are elected based on…
Read More