Media Releases
May 14, 2009
Arctic River Deltas May Hold Clues to Future Global Climate
Scientists struggling to understand how Earth’s climate will change in the next few decades have neglected a potential treasure trove of information—sediments deposited in the…
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April 29, 2009
Carbon Storage Research Receives $15 Million at The University of Texas at Austin
With a $15.5 million grant, scientists and engineers aim to provide the fundamental science for geological storage of greenhouse gases as part of an Energy…
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April 18, 2009
Morphodynamics Lab: Modeling Turbidity Currents
Pick your favorite river that flows to the sea, say the Mississippi or the Amazon. Now go to the mouth of that river and dive…
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April 17, 2009
Chevron Gives $1 Million to Enhance Nation’s Largest Public Collection of Geological Materials
Chevron has contributed $1 million to the Bureau of Economic Geology at The University of Texas at Austin’s Jackson School of Geosciences. The gift will…
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April 16, 2009
Severity, Length of Past Megadroughts Dwarf Recent Drought in West Africa
Droughts far worse than the infamous Sahel drought of the 1970s and 1980s are within normal climate variation for sub-Saharan West Africa, according to new…
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March 3, 2009
Wenchuan Earthquake Mudslides Emit Greenhouse Gas
Mudslides that followed the May 12, 2008 Wenchuan, China earthquake, ranked by the U.S. Geological Survey as the 11th deadliest earthquake ever recorded, may release…
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February 19, 2009
Climate Change Skeptic to Speak At The University of Texas at Austin
EVENT: “Nature—Not Human Activity—Rules the Climate,” a talk by environmental scientist S. Fred Singer, president of The Science & Environmental Policy Project. WHEN: Thursday, Feb….
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February 6, 2009
Researchers Complete First CT Scan of Ancient Human Ancestor Lucy
Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin, in collaboration with the Ethiopian government, have completed the first high-resolution CT scan of the world’s most…
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May 14, 2009
Arctic River Deltas May Hold Clues to Future Global Climate
Scientists struggling to understand how Earth’s climate will change in the next few decades have neglected a potential treasure trove of information—sediments deposited in the…
Read MoreApril 29, 2009
Carbon Storage Research Receives $15 Million at The University of Texas at Austin
With a $15.5 million grant, scientists and engineers aim to provide the fundamental science for geological storage of greenhouse gases as part of an Energy…
Read MoreApril 18, 2009
Morphodynamics Lab: Modeling Turbidity Currents
Pick your favorite river that flows to the sea, say the Mississippi or the Amazon. Now go to the mouth of that river and dive…
Read MoreApril 17, 2009
Chevron Gives $1 Million to Enhance Nation’s Largest Public Collection of Geological Materials
Chevron has contributed $1 million to the Bureau of Economic Geology at The University of Texas at Austin’s Jackson School of Geosciences. The gift will…
Read MoreApril 16, 2009
Severity, Length of Past Megadroughts Dwarf Recent Drought in West Africa
Droughts far worse than the infamous Sahel drought of the 1970s and 1980s are within normal climate variation for sub-Saharan West Africa, according to new…
Read MoreMarch 3, 2009
Wenchuan Earthquake Mudslides Emit Greenhouse Gas
Mudslides that followed the May 12, 2008 Wenchuan, China earthquake, ranked by the U.S. Geological Survey as the 11th deadliest earthquake ever recorded, may release…
Read MoreFebruary 19, 2009
Climate Change Skeptic to Speak At The University of Texas at Austin
EVENT: “Nature—Not Human Activity—Rules the Climate,” a talk by environmental scientist S. Fred Singer, president of The Science & Environmental Policy Project. WHEN: Thursday, Feb….
Read MoreFebruary 6, 2009
Researchers Complete First CT Scan of Ancient Human Ancestor Lucy
Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin, in collaboration with the Ethiopian government, have completed the first high-resolution CT scan of the world’s most…
Read More