Media Releases
November 30, 2015
Nuclear Waste Storage Sites in Rock Salt May be More Vulnerable Than Previously Thought
Research from The University of Texas at Austin shows that rock salt, used by Germany and the United States as a subsurface container for radioactive…
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November 23, 2015
Climate Can Grind Mountains Faster Than They Can Be Rebuilt
Researchers for the first time have attempted to measure all the material leaving and entering a mountain range over more than a million years and…
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November 20, 2015
Ghattas Wins Prestigious Super Computing Prize for Modeling Earth’s Mantle
Jackson School researcher Omar Ghattas and collaborators have won the 2015 ACM Gordon Bell Prize, super computing’s most prestigious prize, for a paper on high-performance…
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November 9, 2015
Top Chinese Expert on Fighting Climate Change to Speak at The University of Texas at Austin
As part of the burgeoning cooperation between the United States and China over climate change, The University of Texas at Austin will host one of…
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November 4, 2015
Shape of Bird Wings Depends on Ancestors More Than Flight Style
In a finding that could change the way scientists think about bird evolution, researchers have found that the shape of bird wings is influenced more…
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October 23, 2015
Jackson School Highlights “Geo Horror” of H.P. Lovecraft for Halloween Week
To celebrate the upcoming Halloween holiday, the Jackson School will be sharing excerpts from the H.P. Lovecraft horror story “At the Mountains of Madness.” Science…
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October 21, 2015
Extinct Species of Pig-Snouted Turtle Unearthed in Utah
Researchers have discovered a species of extinct pig-nose turtle that lived alongside dinosaurs and fills a gap in understanding the evolution of turtles. “Anatomically,…
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October 5, 2015
Banner Chosen as 2015 Kappe Lecturer
Jay Banner, a professor in The University of Texas at Austin Jackson School of Geosciences and director of the UT Austin Environmental Science Institute, has…
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September 28, 2015
Scientists Simulate Earth’s Middle Crust to Understand Earthquakes
Researchers have for the first time been able to measure a material’s resistance to fracturing from various types of tectonic motions in the Earth’s middle…
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September 2, 2015
Ancient Cold Period Could Provide Clues About Future Climate Change
Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have found that a well-known period of abrupt climate change 12,000 years ago occurred rapidly in northern…
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November 30, 2015
Nuclear Waste Storage Sites in Rock Salt May be More Vulnerable Than Previously Thought
Research from The University of Texas at Austin shows that rock salt, used by Germany and the United States as a subsurface container for radioactive…
Read MoreNovember 23, 2015
Climate Can Grind Mountains Faster Than They Can Be Rebuilt
Researchers for the first time have attempted to measure all the material leaving and entering a mountain range over more than a million years and…
Read MoreNovember 20, 2015
Ghattas Wins Prestigious Super Computing Prize for Modeling Earth’s Mantle
Jackson School researcher Omar Ghattas and collaborators have won the 2015 ACM Gordon Bell Prize, super computing’s most prestigious prize, for a paper on high-performance…
Read MoreNovember 9, 2015
Top Chinese Expert on Fighting Climate Change to Speak at The University of Texas at Austin
As part of the burgeoning cooperation between the United States and China over climate change, The University of Texas at Austin will host one of…
Read MoreNovember 4, 2015
Shape of Bird Wings Depends on Ancestors More Than Flight Style
In a finding that could change the way scientists think about bird evolution, researchers have found that the shape of bird wings is influenced more…
Read MoreOctober 23, 2015
Jackson School Highlights “Geo Horror” of H.P. Lovecraft for Halloween Week
To celebrate the upcoming Halloween holiday, the Jackson School will be sharing excerpts from the H.P. Lovecraft horror story “At the Mountains of Madness.” Science…
Read MoreOctober 21, 2015
Extinct Species of Pig-Snouted Turtle Unearthed in Utah
Researchers have discovered a species of extinct pig-nose turtle that lived alongside dinosaurs and fills a gap in understanding the evolution of turtles. “Anatomically,…
Read MoreOctober 5, 2015
Banner Chosen as 2015 Kappe Lecturer
Jay Banner, a professor in The University of Texas at Austin Jackson School of Geosciences and director of the UT Austin Environmental Science Institute, has…
Read MoreSeptember 28, 2015
Scientists Simulate Earth’s Middle Crust to Understand Earthquakes
Researchers have for the first time been able to measure a material’s resistance to fracturing from various types of tectonic motions in the Earth’s middle…
Read MoreSeptember 2, 2015
Ancient Cold Period Could Provide Clues About Future Climate Change
Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have found that a well-known period of abrupt climate change 12,000 years ago occurred rapidly in northern…
Read More