Tag: Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
February 8, 2024
Meet the Jackson School’s Newest Professor, Craig Martin
Don’t let the Northern English accent fool you. Craig Martin, the newest assistant professor at the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, is in fact…
Read MoreNovember 30, 2023
New Project Investigating How Aerosols Could Affect Climate Change in Near Future
A researcher from The University of Texas at Austin has received a grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to study how changing…
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…
Read MoreAugust 29, 2023
Rapid Shifts from Drought to Downpour Occurring More Often
New research shows that wild swings from severe drought to heavy rains are becoming more common with climate change in many parts of the world…
Read MoreAugust 8, 2023
Progress from Delay
Over the past four days at sea, the science team has faced the following issues: The “T2P” – a temperature and pressure probe refined for the methane hydrate mission – was shelved after free-falling 6,500 feet to the bottom of the seafloor during a test run. The probe was supposed to…
Read MoreAugust 7, 2023
Geological Sciences Department Renamed to Reflect Changing Field
The University of Texas at Austin’s Department of Geological Sciences has a new name: The Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences. The new name captures…
Read MoreApril 12, 2023
Making Quakes on Campus
Researchers at the Jackson School of Geosciences sometimes investigate earthquakes by going right to the source, such as subduction zones along the coasts of Japan…
Read MoreFebruary 14, 2023
Research Breaks Down Broken Foreland Basins
If you ask a geologist to define a broken foreland basin, you’re apt to get many different responses. But if you ask why these basins…
Read MoreFebruary 6, 2023
Scientists Detect Molten Rock Layer Hidden Under Earth’s Tectonic Plates
Scientists have discovered a new layer of partly molten rock under the Earth’s crust that might help settle a long-standing debate about how tectonic plates…
Read MoreDecember 5, 2022
Sharon Mosher: Dean Emeritus
By Anton Caputo Sharon Mosher’s to-do list these days is quite impressive. It includes leading the national effort to revise the geosciences education curriculum, fieldwork…
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