Tag: Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
March 31, 2016
Mile-High Mars Mounds Built by Wind and Climate Change
New research has found that wind carved massive mounds of more than a mile high on Mars over billions of years. Their location helps…
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Penguin Brains Not Changed by Loss of Flight
Losing the ability to fly gave ancient penguins their unique locomotion style. But leaving the sky behind didn’t cause major changes in their brain structure, researchers…
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Ancient Lone Star Lizard Lounged in Lush, Tropical Texas
Researchers have discovered a new species of extinct worm lizard in Texas and dubbed it the “Lone Star” lizard. The species — the first known…
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Typhoon Haiyan’s Storm Surge May Contaminate Aquifer for Years
In research of significance to the world’s expanding coastal populations, scientists have found that geology and infrastructure play key roles in determining whether aquifers that…
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Responding to the Devastation
Researchers from the Department of Geological Sciences at the University of Texas at Austin’s Jackson School of Geosciences traveled to the Philippines in January 2014,…
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