Tag: Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
April 3, 2025
Assistant Professor Tim Goudge Named Co-Director of CIFAR Research Group
Tim Goudge, an assistant professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at the Jackson School of Geosciences, has been named a co-director of…
Read MoreApril 2, 2025
Zama Basin’s Superb Sand the Result of a Drive-By Microcontinent
The high-quality sands that make up the oil reservoirs in the Zama Basin in the Gulf of Mexico really shouldn’t be there. Large sandstone deposits…
Read MoreMarch 25, 2025
UT Austin Hosting Inaugural Critical Minerals Workshop
Registration has opened for the University of Texas at Austin Jackson School of Geosciences’ inaugural North American Workshop on Critical Mineral Research, Development, and Education….
Read MoreMarch 5, 2025
Researchers Quantify the Way Rivers Bend, Opening Up the Possibility for Identifying Origins of Channels on Other Planets
Whether it’s rivers cutting through earth, lava melting through rock, or water slicing through ice, channels all twist and bend in a seemingly similar back-and-forth…
Read MoreFebruary 19, 2025
Jackson School Symposium Winners and Q&A
This year, 126 students presented their research at the 14th Annual Jackson School of Geosciences Research Symposium on Feb. 14, 2025. Our presenters, attendees and…
Read MoreFebruary 13, 2025
New Method for Measuring Groundwater Shows California’s Aquifers Remain Depleted
The greater Los Angeles area has long been subject of intense seismographic monitoring. A network of highly sensitive seismometers peppers the region on a constant…
Read MoreFebruary 7, 2025
Rare Bird Skull from the Age of Dinosaurs Helps Illuminate Avian Evolution
A new study in Nature describing a fossil of a nearly complete and intact bird skull from Antarctica is shedding light on the early evolution…
Read MoreOctober 16, 2024
Students and Faculty Members Celebrate New Climate System Science Major
In September, The Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences held a party in celebration of its newest undergraduate major: climate system science. Students and faculty…
Read MoreOctober 1, 2024
Scientists Closing in on Answers About ‘Lost’ Prehistoric Cats of Natural Bridge Caverns
Last January, a team of cavers led by a paleontologist from The University of Texas at Austin rappelled into two deep chambers at Natural Bridge…
Read MoreSeptember 18, 2024
Cardenas Named 2025 BDL Lecturer
Next year, Jackson School of Geosciences Professor Bayani Cardenas will be going on a world tour – giving talks at institutions around the world as…
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