Media Releases
March 4, 2010
Digging Deeper: Craig Fulthorpe Uses Research Vessel to Study Ancient Sea Level
For eight weeks beginning in November 2009, off the coast of New Zealand, an international team of 34 scientists, 92 support staff and crew, and…
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March 3, 2010
Dinosaurs Might Be Older Than Previously Thought
Paleontologists announced the discovery of a dinosaur-like animal—one that shared many characteristics with dinosaurs but fell just outside of the dinosaur family tree—living 10 million…
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March 1, 2010
Oil and Water: Passion for Energy, Climate, and Water Unites at EER
As an undergraduate at Stanford University, Emily Grubert discovered her passion in studying climate change and energy. She also discovered that the deeper she gets…
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February 23, 2010
Rapid Response Science Missions Assess Potential for Another Major Haiti Earthquake
To help assess the potential threat of more large earthquakes in Haiti and nearby areas, scientists at The University of Texas at Austin’s Institute for…
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February 4, 2010
Paint By Number Dinos: Paleontologists Reveal Dinosaurs’ True Colors
Two groundbreaking papers—one in last week’s journal Nature and the other in this week’s journal Science—have for the first time revealed the true colors of…
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January 13, 2010
Seismology of Haiti Earthquake
(last update: Feb. 23) Full list of online and downloadable resources. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck near Haiti’s capital…
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December 17, 2009
World Class Gem and Mineral Collection Goes Digital
An extraordinary collection of gems and minerals is now a click of the mouse away after students at The University of Texas at Austin’s Jackson…
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December 10, 2009
New Meat-Eating Dinosaur Alters Evolutionary Tree
Paleontologists, aided by amateur volunteers, have unearthed a previously unknown meat-eating dinosaur from a fossil bone bed in northern New Mexico, settling a debate about…
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November 23, 2009
Once considered stable, East Antarctic ice sheet may have begun to lose ice
The East Antarctic ice sheet, the Earth’s largest repository of solid fresh water and previously considered stable, now appears to be losing ice at an…
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March 4, 2010
Digging Deeper: Craig Fulthorpe Uses Research Vessel to Study Ancient Sea Level
For eight weeks beginning in November 2009, off the coast of New Zealand, an international team of 34 scientists, 92 support staff and crew, and…
Read MoreMarch 3, 2010
Dinosaurs Might Be Older Than Previously Thought
Paleontologists announced the discovery of a dinosaur-like animal—one that shared many characteristics with dinosaurs but fell just outside of the dinosaur family tree—living 10 million…
Read MoreMarch 1, 2010
Oil and Water: Passion for Energy, Climate, and Water Unites at EER
As an undergraduate at Stanford University, Emily Grubert discovered her passion in studying climate change and energy. She also discovered that the deeper she gets…
Read MoreFebruary 23, 2010
Rapid Response Science Missions Assess Potential for Another Major Haiti Earthquake
To help assess the potential threat of more large earthquakes in Haiti and nearby areas, scientists at The University of Texas at Austin’s Institute for…
Read MoreFebruary 4, 2010
Paint By Number Dinos: Paleontologists Reveal Dinosaurs’ True Colors
Two groundbreaking papers—one in last week’s journal Nature and the other in this week’s journal Science—have for the first time revealed the true colors of…
Read MoreJanuary 13, 2010
Seismology of Haiti Earthquake
(last update: Feb. 23) Full list of online and downloadable resources. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck near Haiti’s capital…
Read MoreDecember 17, 2009
World Class Gem and Mineral Collection Goes Digital
An extraordinary collection of gems and minerals is now a click of the mouse away after students at The University of Texas at Austin’s Jackson…
Read MoreDecember 10, 2009
New Meat-Eating Dinosaur Alters Evolutionary Tree
Paleontologists, aided by amateur volunteers, have unearthed a previously unknown meat-eating dinosaur from a fossil bone bed in northern New Mexico, settling a debate about…
Read MoreNovember 23, 2009
Once considered stable, East Antarctic ice sheet may have begun to lose ice
The East Antarctic ice sheet, the Earth’s largest repository of solid fresh water and previously considered stable, now appears to be losing ice at an…
Read More