Tag: drought
March 17, 2015
CO2 Increase Can Intensify Future Droughts in Tropics, Study Suggests
AUSTIN, Texas — A new study suggests that increases in atmospheric CO2 could intensify extreme droughts in tropical and subtropical regions — such as Australia, the…
Read MoreMarch 6, 2015
BEG Researcher Gives Talk on Predicting Droughts and Floods at The Grace Museum
University of Texas at Austin researcher Todd Caldwell will give a talk about a new project to provide vital information for determining the chances of…
Read MoreFebruary 11, 2015
The Q&A: Todd Caldwell
With each issue, Trib+Water brings you an interview with experts on water-related issues. Here is this week’s subject: Todd Caldwell is a hydrologist and geoscientist…
Read MoreFebruary 10, 2015
UT, LCRA teaming with NASA on $900 million satellite
AUSTIN — The University of Texas and the Lower Colorado River Authority will be utilizing data from a new NASA satellite to better forecast droughts…
Read MoreFebruary 5, 2015
Jackson School and the Texas Water Development Board Publish Study on Drought Indicators
The University of Texas at Austin Jackson School of Geosciences and the Texas Water Development Board have published a study about early warming indicators of…
Read MoreJanuary 31, 2015
Drought and Flood Prediction Gets Boost from New Texas Network and NASA Satellite
A new network of underground sensors in the Texas Hill Country will arm those responsible for managing the state’s finite water supply with vital…
Read MoreSeptember 19, 2014
It Will Take an Insane Amount of Rain Before the Highland Lakes Recover
Central Texas is having a pretty decent year, rain-wise. We’re sitting just below normal. And it’s been a good week, too: early Thursday, one part of…
Read MoreSeptember 16, 2014
Hi-tech Tools Can Better Predict Droughts, Flood
In 2012, professor Zong-Liang Yang was in the Netherlands speaking at a workshop on extreme weather. It was the year after the worst recorded single-year…
Read MoreSeptember 9, 2014
How Advances in Tech and Research Could Help Battle Future Drought
UT Professor Zong-Liang Yang was at a conference on extreme weather in the Netherlands. It was 2012, just one year after the worst single-year drought in…
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Media Releases
"The climate is basically the clothes you have in your closet but what you wear every day tells you about the weather"
NPR talked to @UTGeophysics climate scientist Danielle Touma about the links between extreme weather and climate change. Read more: https://www.kuow.org/stories/weird-weather-isn-t-always-because-of-climate-change-but-sometimes-it-is
Last summer's @UTGeophysics-led Greenland expedition was the cover story of this month's @InsideUnmanned magazine!
Read their Q&A about drones and subs with expedition leader Prof. Ginny Catania: https://lsc-pagepro.mydigitalpublication.com/publication/?i=837566&p=46&view=issueViewer
The @gbds_utig 2025 industry sponsors meeting is now on!
It's the program's 30th annual meeting! Opening presentations from GBDS cofounder Bill Galloway and codirector John Snedden reflect on the Gulf's evolution from oil and gas superbasin to a hub for the energy transition.
Are you a current @UTAustin student?
Join us on the 40 Acres for the 5th Annual Energy AI Hackathon!
📅 Friday, January 24 at 5 PM: Kick off with a warm-up data science workshop, followed by the challenge introduction.
🗓️ Saturday & Sunday, January 25 & 26: Collaborate all day…