Media Releases
September 11, 2012
Stress Test: Five Key Lessons (and Challenges) from the Great Texas Drought
Perhaps the only positive thing about the 2011 drought in Texas, the state’s worst single-year drought in history, is that it ended up being the…
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August 6, 2012
Study Finds Correlation Between Injection Wells and Small Earthquakes
Most earthquakes in the Barnett Shale region of North Texas occur within a few miles of one or more injection wells used to dispose of…
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August 6, 2012
Saving the Delta: Research generates new optimism about saving the Mississippi Delta from erosion
With the rapid disappearance of its protective buffer of wetlands, New Orleans is becoming more vulnerable to storms every year. But recent research has revealed…
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July 13, 2012
Field Update: Drilling Through the Japan Earthquake Fault
After successfully reentering the wellhead 4.3 miles below the ship, we began drilling towards the fault that unleashed the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami.
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July 13, 2012
Field Update: Like Threading a Needle from 7 kilometers away
How do you insert a drill bit into a 20-inch well head 7 kilometers below your ship? Read Patrick Fulton’s second post from aboard the…
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July 10, 2012
Field Update: Return to the Japan Trench
Greetings from the scientific deep sea drilling vessel Chikyu. Our focus is to quickly drill into and study the fault that caused the March 2011 Japan Earthquake and…
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June 26, 2012
Jackson School Celebrates Opening of New Student Center
Funded entirely with private support from more than 355 donors, the Jackson School of Geosciences’ new Holland Family Student Center opened June 15 during a…
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May 29, 2012
Groundwater Depletion in Semiarid Regions of Texas and California Threatens U.S. Food Security
The nation’s food supply may be vulnerable to rapid groundwater depletion from irrigated agriculture, according to a new study by researchers at The University of…
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May 27, 2012
Changes in Developmental Timing Were Crucial in Evolutionary Shift from Dinosaurs to Birds
Researchers from Harvard University, The University of Texas at Austin and elsewhere have found evidence that the evolution of birds is the result of a…
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May 22, 2012
Energy Department Selects UT Austin Students as Finalists in National Geothermal Energy Competition
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has selected a team of four students from The University of Texas at Austin to compete against seven other…
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September 11, 2012
Stress Test: Five Key Lessons (and Challenges) from the Great Texas Drought
Perhaps the only positive thing about the 2011 drought in Texas, the state’s worst single-year drought in history, is that it ended up being the…
Read MoreAugust 6, 2012
Study Finds Correlation Between Injection Wells and Small Earthquakes
Most earthquakes in the Barnett Shale region of North Texas occur within a few miles of one or more injection wells used to dispose of…
Read MoreAugust 6, 2012
Saving the Delta: Research generates new optimism about saving the Mississippi Delta from erosion
With the rapid disappearance of its protective buffer of wetlands, New Orleans is becoming more vulnerable to storms every year. But recent research has revealed…
Read MoreJuly 13, 2012
Field Update: Drilling Through the Japan Earthquake Fault
After successfully reentering the wellhead 4.3 miles below the ship, we began drilling towards the fault that unleashed the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami.
Read MoreJuly 13, 2012
Field Update: Like Threading a Needle from 7 kilometers away
How do you insert a drill bit into a 20-inch well head 7 kilometers below your ship? Read Patrick Fulton’s second post from aboard the…
Read MoreJuly 10, 2012
Field Update: Return to the Japan Trench
Greetings from the scientific deep sea drilling vessel Chikyu. Our focus is to quickly drill into and study the fault that caused the March 2011 Japan Earthquake and…
Read MoreJune 26, 2012
Jackson School Celebrates Opening of New Student Center
Funded entirely with private support from more than 355 donors, the Jackson School of Geosciences’ new Holland Family Student Center opened June 15 during a…
Read MoreMay 29, 2012
Groundwater Depletion in Semiarid Regions of Texas and California Threatens U.S. Food Security
The nation’s food supply may be vulnerable to rapid groundwater depletion from irrigated agriculture, according to a new study by researchers at The University of…
Read MoreMay 27, 2012
Changes in Developmental Timing Were Crucial in Evolutionary Shift from Dinosaurs to Birds
Researchers from Harvard University, The University of Texas at Austin and elsewhere have found evidence that the evolution of birds is the result of a…
Read MoreMay 22, 2012
Energy Department Selects UT Austin Students as Finalists in National Geothermal Energy Competition
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has selected a team of four students from The University of Texas at Austin to compete against seven other…
Read More