University of Texas Institute for Geophysics | Jackson School of Geosciences

July 20, 2020

Arizona Rock Offers Clues to the Chaotic Earth of 200 Million Years Ago

A rock core from Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona has given scientists a powerful new tool to understand how catastrophic events shaped Earth’s ecosystems…

May 11, 2020

Dr. Zoom

Newly Minted Ph.D.’s Share the Dos and Don’ts of Remote Dissertation Defense.

May 6, 2020

Climate Change Could Reawaken Indian Ocean El Niño

Global warming is approaching a tipping point that during this century could reawaken an ancient climate pattern similar to El Niño in the Indian Ocean,…

March 25, 2020

Eclectic Rocks Influence Earthquake Types

New Zealand’s largest fault is a jumble of mixed-up rocks of all shapes, sizes, compositions and origins. According to research from a global team of…

March 12, 2020

Computer Model Solves Mystery of How Gas Bubbles Build Big Methane Hydrate Deposits

New research from The University of Texas at Austin has explained an important mystery about natural gas hydrate formations and, in doing so, advanced scientists’…

November 4, 2019

Historical Data Confirms Recent Increase in West Texas Earthquakes

A new analysis of historical seismic data led by The University of Texas at Austin has found that earthquake activity in West Texas near the…

September 9, 2019

Rocks at Asteroid Impact Site Record First Day of Dinosaur Extinction

When the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs slammed into the planet, the impact set wildfires, triggered tsunamis and blasted so much sulfur into the…

August 6, 2019