Tag: Marine Geosciences
January 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…
Read MoreAugust 15, 2012
“A career-changing, life-changing experience”: Texas Marine G & G students extol their field experiences
The Leading Edge, August 2012 Featuring: Sean Gulick, John Goff, Marcy Davis, Dan Duncan, Steffen Saustrup
Read MoreApril 16, 2012
Watch a live webcast of an ocean expedition
See shipwrecks, deep sea life and gas seeps in the Gulf of Mexico during an expedition led by University of Texas at Austin scientist Jamie…
Read MoreNovember 9, 2011
Science in the Headlamp: Jamie Austin Explores the Sea with a Live Global Audience
Visions of sugar plums they were not, but you could forgive Jamie Austin for feeling as if he were dreaming. On his screen he saw…
Read MoreNovember 3, 2011
Explorers Invite Public to Join Historic Ocean Expedition Online
Explorer Robert Ballard, who discovered the wreck of the R.M.S. Titanic in 1985, is partnering with scientists from The University of Texas at Austin and…
Read MoreJune 23, 2011
Stiff Sediments Made 2004 Sumatra Earthquake Deadliest in History
An international team of geoscientists has discovered an unusual geological formation that helps explain how an undersea earthquake off the coast of Sumatra in December…
Read MoreJune 21, 2011
Streamlined Islands Could Mean Ancient Oceans on Mars
Wired, Jun. 21, 2011 Featuring: Lorena Moscardelli
Read MoreMarch 26, 2011
Teacher at Sea
Julie Pollard, a 7th and 8th grade science teacher from Watauga, Texas used a video-enabled laptop to take students on virtual tours of the ship….
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Down to the Core: Craig Fulthorpe Co-Leads Expedition to Canterbury Basin
Craig Fulthorpe was a grad student when his advisor walked into his office and asked if he would like to be part of the first…
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Ocean Drilling and the Institute for Geophysics
The history of the Institute for Geophysics is to a large extent the history of the big three scientific ocean drilling programs. Multinational collaborations focused…
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