Tag: Geophysics/Seismology
July 14, 2013
UT Researchers Find Swamp and Stream Systems Under Antarctic Ice
Austin American-Statesman, July 14, 2013 Featuring: Dusty Schroeder, Don Blankenship, Duncan Young, UTIG A team of University of Texas researchers recently discovered a swamplike system…
Read MoreJuly 13, 2013
Ancient Undersea Volcanoes Off Antarctica Hold Climate Secret
Los Angeles Times, July 13, 2013 Featuring: Ian Dalziel Ancient volcanoes discovered deep in the ocean off Antarctica may explain a climate mystery critical to…
Read MoreJuly 9, 2013
Scientists Image Vast Subglacial Water System Underpinning West Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier
AUSTIN, Texas — In a development that will help predict potential sea level rise from the Antarctic ice sheet, scientists from The University of Texas…
Read MoreJune 2, 2013
Rising Sea Level Tied to Faster Melt
Wall Street Journal, June 2, 2013 Featuring: Clark Wilson Accelerated melting of polar ice sheets and mountain glaciers was the driving factor behind a rise…
Read MoreApril 12, 2013
Uncharted Waters: A Behind the Scenes Look at the Struggle to Kill the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
Peter Flemings was on a family vacation hiking in the White Mountains in New Hampshire when his cell phone rang. It was U.S. energy secretary…
Read MoreMarch 22, 2013
Ancient tectonic plate discovered under California and Baja Mexico
A tectonic plate that disappeared millions of years ago has turned up in Central California and Mexico. New research from Brown University found that part…
Read MoreFebruary 25, 2013
Rising to the Top: Fulbright Scholar Explores Undersea Gas Vents
Andrew Smith studies undersea gas vents, large volcano-like features on the seafloor that spew plumes of oil and gas into the ocean. Scientists have long…
Read MoreJanuary 29, 2013
Sand After Sandy: Scientists Map Sea Floor For Sediment
Congress has now agreed to give some $60 billion to states damaged by Hurricane Sandy. A lot will go to Long Island, one of the…
Read MoreJanuary 15, 2013
Small is Beautiful: A New Tool is Helping Identify Potential CO2 Storage Sites off the Texas Coast
This past summer, a team of scientists from the University of Texas at Austin completed the first of a series of expeditions in the Gulf…
Read MoreJanuary 9, 2013
UT Austin Scientists Will Assess Health of New York-Long Island Barrier Protection in Wake of Sandy
AUSTIN, Texas — A rapid response science team from the University of Texas at Austin’s Institute for Geophysics will help map the impact of Hurricane…
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Are the cat fossils from ocelots, margays, or something more mysterious?
After recovering small cat fossils from Natural Bridge Caverns doctoral student John Moretti is closing in on answers... #FossilFriday
https://www.jsg.utexas.edu/news/2024/10/scientists-closing-in-on-answers-about-lost-prehistoric-cats-of-natural-bridge-caverns/