Media Releases
October 30, 2023
UT-Led Aerial Surveys Reveal Ancient Landscape Beneath East Antarctic Ice Sheet
Long before Antarctica froze over, rivers carved valleys through mountains in the continent’s east. Millions of years later, researchers have discovered a remnant of this…
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October 25, 2023
Scientists Isolate Early-Warning Tremor Pattern in Lab-Made Earthquakes
Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have successfully isolated a pattern of lab-made ‘foreshock’ tremors. The finding offers hope that future earthquakes could…
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October 16, 2023
EVENT: Energy Switch Screening & Discussion
As part of The University of Texas at Austin’s Free Speech Week, the Jackson School of Geosciences is hosting a public screening of four…
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October 5, 2023
AI-Driven Earthquake Forecasting Shows Promise in Trials
A new attempt to predict earthquakes with the aid of artificial intelligence has raised hopes that the technology could one day be used to limit…
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October 4, 2023
Discovery of Massive Undersea Water Reservoir Could Explain New Zealand’s Mysterious Slow Earthquakes
Researchers have discovered a sea’s worth of water locked within the sediment and rock of a lost volcanic plateau that’s now deep in the Earth’s…
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October 3, 2023
Iron Atoms Discovered on the Move in Earth’s Solid Inner Core
The iron atoms that make up the Earth’s solid inner core are tightly jammed together by astronomically high pressures — the highest on the planet….
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September 22, 2023
Daniella Rempe Honored for Early Career Contributions to Science and Education
Daniella Rempe, an associate professor at The University of Texas at Austin’s Jackson School of Geosciences, has received the American Geophysical Union’s Early Career Award…
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September 18, 2023
Report on Future of Graduate Geoscience Education Released
The American Geosciences Institute (AGI) has published a new report “Vision and Change in the Geosciences: Shaping the Future of Graduate Geoscience Education.” The report…
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September 13, 2023
UT Austin’s Demian Saffer Named AGU Fellow
Demian Saffer, the director of the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics (UTIG), has been named a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU). The distinction…
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September 7, 2023
Project to Tackle Effects of Extreme Climate Unveiled by Doggett, UT and City of Austin
The University of Texas at Austin is leading a federally funded research project with the City of Austin to better understand the impact of extreme…
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October 30, 2023
UT-Led Aerial Surveys Reveal Ancient Landscape Beneath East Antarctic Ice Sheet
Long before Antarctica froze over, rivers carved valleys through mountains in the continent’s east. Millions of years later, researchers have discovered a remnant of this…
Read MoreOctober 25, 2023
Scientists Isolate Early-Warning Tremor Pattern in Lab-Made Earthquakes
Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have successfully isolated a pattern of lab-made ‘foreshock’ tremors. The finding offers hope that future earthquakes could…
Read MoreOctober 16, 2023
EVENT: Energy Switch Screening & Discussion
As part of The University of Texas at Austin’s Free Speech Week, the Jackson School of Geosciences is hosting a public screening of four…
Read MoreOctober 5, 2023
AI-Driven Earthquake Forecasting Shows Promise in Trials
A new attempt to predict earthquakes with the aid of artificial intelligence has raised hopes that the technology could one day be used to limit…
Read MoreOctober 4, 2023
Discovery of Massive Undersea Water Reservoir Could Explain New Zealand’s Mysterious Slow Earthquakes
Researchers have discovered a sea’s worth of water locked within the sediment and rock of a lost volcanic plateau that’s now deep in the Earth’s…
Read MoreOctober 3, 2023
Iron Atoms Discovered on the Move in Earth’s Solid Inner Core
The iron atoms that make up the Earth’s solid inner core are tightly jammed together by astronomically high pressures — the highest on the planet….
Read MoreSeptember 22, 2023
Daniella Rempe Honored for Early Career Contributions to Science and Education
Daniella Rempe, an associate professor at The University of Texas at Austin’s Jackson School of Geosciences, has received the American Geophysical Union’s Early Career Award…
Read MoreSeptember 18, 2023
Report on Future of Graduate Geoscience Education Released
The American Geosciences Institute (AGI) has published a new report “Vision and Change in the Geosciences: Shaping the Future of Graduate Geoscience Education.” The report…
Read MoreSeptember 13, 2023
UT Austin’s Demian Saffer Named AGU Fellow
Demian Saffer, the director of the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics (UTIG), has been named a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU). The distinction…
Read MoreSeptember 7, 2023
Project to Tackle Effects of Extreme Climate Unveiled by Doggett, UT and City of Austin
The University of Texas at Austin is leading a federally funded research project with the City of Austin to better understand the impact of extreme…
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UT must meet the foundational needs of our students for them to succeed academically, build community and be prepared for the world after they graduate. One of the most essential needs is housing affordability.
As we continue to make progress in expanding affordable campus…
Exciting and important research! Great job Rebecca!
#theworldneedsgeoscientists
Research Professor Bridget Scanlon spoke with @CNN about how coal ash could bolster the domestic supply of rare earth elements — critical ingredients needed for the transition to lower carbon energy.
Vertical mind : psychological approaches for optimal rock climbing / Don McGrath and Jeff Elison. Sharp End Publishing, 2014. #rockclimbing