Media Releases
August 20, 2013
Small Earthquakes in the Eagle Ford Region of Texas Correlate with Oil and Water Extraction, Not Wastewater Injection
Most of the small earthquakes in the Eagle Ford region of South Texas are probably the result of extraction of large volumes of oil and…
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August 19, 2013
Jay Banner Receives UT’s Highest Teaching Honor
Jay Banner has received the University of Texas System’s highest teaching honor: a Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award. He is one of 26 faculty members from…
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August 6, 2013
Scientists Helped Design NASA Mission Concept to Search for Life on Europa
Scientists at the University of Texas at Austin’s Institute for Geophysics helped develop a blueprint for a possible future NASA lander mission to Europa, an…
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July 24, 2013
Coastal Antarctic Permafrost Melting Faster Than Expected
For the first time, scientists have documented an acceleration in the melt rate of permafrost, or ground ice, in a section of Antarctica where the…
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July 11, 2013
Scientists Cast Doubt on Theory of What Triggered Antarctic Glaciation
A team of scientists led by Ian Dalziel from the Institute for Geophysics has found geologic evidence that casts doubt on one of the conventional…
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July 9, 2013
Scientists Image Vast Subglacial Water System Underpinning West Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier
AUSTIN, Texas — In a development that will help predict potential sea level rise from the Antarctic ice sheet, scientists from The University of Texas…
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July 1, 2013
Researchers Sequence Genome of 700,000-year-old Horse
This Article reprinted from the website Domain-b. The oldest genome so far from a prehistoric creature has been sequenced by an international team, led by scientists…
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June 19, 2013
First Wave: GeoFORCE Texas Students Graduate from College
Here’s a simple math problem: The demand for workers in STEM fields (science, technology, engineering and math) is growing, but the number of students going…
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June 14, 2013
Celebrating 125 Years of Texas Geoscience
Okay, it’s quiz time. How old is the oldest academic geoscience program in Texas? Need a hint? It’s older than the Ford Model T and…
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May 29, 2013
Scientists Launch Ocean Expedition to Study Climate Change and Mountain Building in Gulf of Alaska
An international team of 34 scientists sets sail today aboard the scientific ocean drilling vessel JOIDES Resolution to collect sediments in the Gulf of Alaska and…
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August 20, 2013
Small Earthquakes in the Eagle Ford Region of Texas Correlate with Oil and Water Extraction, Not Wastewater Injection
Most of the small earthquakes in the Eagle Ford region of South Texas are probably the result of extraction of large volumes of oil and…
Read MoreAugust 19, 2013
Jay Banner Receives UT’s Highest Teaching Honor
Jay Banner has received the University of Texas System’s highest teaching honor: a Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award. He is one of 26 faculty members from…
Read MoreAugust 6, 2013
Scientists Helped Design NASA Mission Concept to Search for Life on Europa
Scientists at the University of Texas at Austin’s Institute for Geophysics helped develop a blueprint for a possible future NASA lander mission to Europa, an…
Read MoreJuly 24, 2013
Coastal Antarctic Permafrost Melting Faster Than Expected
For the first time, scientists have documented an acceleration in the melt rate of permafrost, or ground ice, in a section of Antarctica where the…
Read MoreJuly 11, 2013
Scientists Cast Doubt on Theory of What Triggered Antarctic Glaciation
A team of scientists led by Ian Dalziel from the Institute for Geophysics has found geologic evidence that casts doubt on one of the conventional…
Read MoreJuly 9, 2013
Scientists Image Vast Subglacial Water System Underpinning West Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier
AUSTIN, Texas — In a development that will help predict potential sea level rise from the Antarctic ice sheet, scientists from The University of Texas…
Read MoreJuly 1, 2013
Researchers Sequence Genome of 700,000-year-old Horse
This Article reprinted from the website Domain-b. The oldest genome so far from a prehistoric creature has been sequenced by an international team, led by scientists…
Read MoreJune 19, 2013
First Wave: GeoFORCE Texas Students Graduate from College
Here’s a simple math problem: The demand for workers in STEM fields (science, technology, engineering and math) is growing, but the number of students going…
Read MoreJune 14, 2013
Celebrating 125 Years of Texas Geoscience
Okay, it’s quiz time. How old is the oldest academic geoscience program in Texas? Need a hint? It’s older than the Ford Model T and…
Read MoreMay 29, 2013
Scientists Launch Ocean Expedition to Study Climate Change and Mountain Building in Gulf of Alaska
An international team of 34 scientists sets sail today aboard the scientific ocean drilling vessel JOIDES Resolution to collect sediments in the Gulf of Alaska and…
Read More