Media Releases
April 3, 2014
2014 IX Latin American Forum on Energy and the Environment
The 2014 IX Latin American Forum is a unique by-invitation-only event that addresses a critical need to bring together government and industry decision makers, scholars…
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February 12, 2014
New Research Revises Conventions for Deciphering Color in Dinosaurs While Suggesting Connection between Color and Physiology
New research that revises recently established conventions allowing scientists to decipher color in dinosaurs may also provide a tool for understanding the evolutionary emergence of…
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February 5, 2014
U.S. Secretary of Energy to Speak to UT Austin Community
Students, faculty and staff, as well as members of the public, are invited to attend a speech by U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz, and…
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January 16, 2014
Professor Emeritus Edward Jonas Dies
Professor Emeritus Edward Jonas passed away this January. In lieu of a memorial, which we will post later this year, we offer this edited version…
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January 9, 2014
New Reserves Assessment Solidifies Forecast of Natural Gas Supplies from Fayetteville Shale
A new study from the Bureau of Economic Geology (BEG) at The University of Texas at Austin forecasts that one of the nation’s most productive…
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January 6, 2014
Water Forum Highlighted Challenges and Opportunities of Ongoing Drought
As the bitter 2011 Texas drought stretched on into its third year, the Jackson School of Geoscience’s Center for Integrated Earth System Science (CIESS)…
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December 20, 2013
Natural Gas Use in Power Generation Saves Water and Reduces Drought Vulnerability
A new study finds that in Texas, the U.S. state that annually generates the most electricity, using natural gas for electricity generation is saving water…
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December 11, 2013
Post-Sandy Survey Shows a Polluted but Generally Intact Barrier System off Long Island
As coastal communities continue to rebuild in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, scientists at this week’s annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union offer some…
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December 9, 2013
Ancient Martian Lake Could Have Sustained Life
Gary Kocurek is part of a team that announced evidence from the Mars Curiosity rover of a past freshwater lake that could have sustained life.
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December 3, 2013
Model Suggests Ocean Currents Shape Europa’s Icy Shell in Ways Critical for Potential Habitats
AUSTIN, Texas — In a finding of relevance to the search for life in our solar system, researchers at The University of Texas at Austin’s…
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April 3, 2014
2014 IX Latin American Forum on Energy and the Environment
The 2014 IX Latin American Forum is a unique by-invitation-only event that addresses a critical need to bring together government and industry decision makers, scholars…
Read MoreFebruary 12, 2014
New Research Revises Conventions for Deciphering Color in Dinosaurs While Suggesting Connection between Color and Physiology
New research that revises recently established conventions allowing scientists to decipher color in dinosaurs may also provide a tool for understanding the evolutionary emergence of…
Read MoreFebruary 5, 2014
U.S. Secretary of Energy to Speak to UT Austin Community
Students, faculty and staff, as well as members of the public, are invited to attend a speech by U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz, and…
Read MoreJanuary 16, 2014
Professor Emeritus Edward Jonas Dies
Professor Emeritus Edward Jonas passed away this January. In lieu of a memorial, which we will post later this year, we offer this edited version…
Read MoreJanuary 9, 2014
New Reserves Assessment Solidifies Forecast of Natural Gas Supplies from Fayetteville Shale
A new study from the Bureau of Economic Geology (BEG) at The University of Texas at Austin forecasts that one of the nation’s most productive…
Read MoreJanuary 6, 2014
Water Forum Highlighted Challenges and Opportunities of Ongoing Drought
As the bitter 2011 Texas drought stretched on into its third year, the Jackson School of Geoscience’s Center for Integrated Earth System Science (CIESS)…
Read MoreDecember 20, 2013
Natural Gas Use in Power Generation Saves Water and Reduces Drought Vulnerability
A new study finds that in Texas, the U.S. state that annually generates the most electricity, using natural gas for electricity generation is saving water…
Read MoreDecember 11, 2013
Post-Sandy Survey Shows a Polluted but Generally Intact Barrier System off Long Island
As coastal communities continue to rebuild in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, scientists at this week’s annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union offer some…
Read MoreDecember 9, 2013
Ancient Martian Lake Could Have Sustained Life
Gary Kocurek is part of a team that announced evidence from the Mars Curiosity rover of a past freshwater lake that could have sustained life.
Read MoreDecember 3, 2013
Model Suggests Ocean Currents Shape Europa’s Icy Shell in Ways Critical for Potential Habitats
AUSTIN, Texas — In a finding of relevance to the search for life in our solar system, researchers at The University of Texas at Austin’s…
Read More