Tag: Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
August 18, 2020
Sustained Planetwide Storms May Have Filled Lakes, Rivers on Ancient Mars
A new study from The University of Texas at Austin is helping scientists piece together the ancient climate of Mars by revealing how much rainfall…
Read MoreAugust 13, 2020
Stockli Named Next Department Chair
Professor Daniel Stockli has been selected as the new chair of the Department of Geological Sciences at the Jackson School of Geosciences. He will begin…
Read MoreAugust 11, 2020
Climate Change Projected to Increase Seasonal East African Rainfall
According to research led by The University of Texas at Austin, seasonal rainfall is expected to rise significantly in East Africa over the next few…
Read MoreJuly 16, 2020
Divining Monsoon Rainfall Months in Advance with Satellites and Simulations
Researchers affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin have developed a strategy that more accurately predicts seasonal rainfall over the Asian monsoon region and…
Read MoreJuly 8, 2020
Texas Needs to Start Preparing for Possibility of 10-Year Megadroughts
Texans need to prepare for a near future that is hotter, drier and fraught with more water extremes, according to scientists. But preparation isn’t a…
Read MoreJuly 7, 2020
Famous ‘Jurassic Park’ Dinosaur is Less Lizard, More Bird
From movies to museum exhibits, the dinosaur Dilophosaurus is no stranger to pop culture. Many probably remember it best from the movie “Jurassic Park,” where…
Read MoreJune 17, 2020
Egg from Antarctica is Big and Might Belong to an Extinct Sea Lizard
In 2011, Chilean scientists discovered a mysterious fossil in Antarctica that looked like a deflated football. For nearly a decade, the specimen sat unlabeled and…
Read MoreJune 8, 2020
Jackson School Team Builds Better Rock Models
Once you crush, cut or fracture a rock, there are no do-overs. It’s a fact that means geoscientists have to be particularly careful about which…
Read MoreMay 27, 2020
World’s Oldest Bug is Fossil Millipede from Scotland
A 425-million-year-old millipede fossil from the Scottish island of Kerrera is the world’s oldest “bug” — older than any known fossil of an insect, arachnid…
Read MoreMay 12, 2020
Exploring the Virtual Field
Online outcrops help Jackson School students build foundational field skills, even when learning remotely.
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