Tag: UTIG
December 5, 2024
Quantifying Chaos
The University of Texas Institute for Geophysics is building global models of Earth’s past to help the insurance industry prepare for the future.
Read MoreNovember 25, 2024
Uranus’s Swaying Moons will Help Spacecraft Seek Out Hidden Oceans
When NASA’s Voyager 2 flew by Uranus in 1986, it captured grainy photographs of large ice-covered moons. Now nearly 40 years later, NASA plans…
Read MoreOctober 29, 2024
‘Giant Lab Experiment’ Leads to New Model for Predicting Landslides
Landslides are a perennial threat in California, where the geology and steep topography mean the land is more prone to slipping than in other places….
Read MoreOctober 13, 2024
NASA Europa Mission Set to Launch with UT Austin Instrument to Explore Jupiter’s Ocean World
One of the great mysteries of the solar system is whether the ingredients for life exist below the surface of Jupiter’s icy ocean moon Europa….
Read MoreOctober 1, 2024
Scientific Ocean Drilling: UT Researcher Wins Prestigious Prize for Work on Mass Extinctions
From plate tectonics to the dinosaur extinction, scientific ocean drilling has led to major discoveries about our planet’s history and evolution. Now, the field has…
Read MoreSeptember 19, 2024
Mrinal Sen Named Global Lecturer for AI-Driven Physics and Data Analysis Course
Mrinal Sen, a professor at The University of Texas at Austin and a pioneer in machine learning for seismic imaging, has been selected by the…
Read MoreAugust 19, 2024
TERMINUS Blog: Iceberg!
The sixth dispatch from the Jackson School-led mission to study Greenland’s glaciers and their role in future sea level rise.
Read MoreAugust 16, 2024
TERMINUS Blog: Surveying from the Sky
The fifth dispatch from the Jackson School-led mission to study Greenland’s glaciers and their role in future sea level rise.
Read MoreAugust 15, 2024
TERMINUS Blog: Robot Meets Glacier
The fourth dispatch from the Jackson School-led mission to study Greenland’s glaciers and their role in future sea level rise.
Read MoreAugust 12, 2024
TERMINUS Blog: Getting to Greenland
The first dispatch from the Jackson School-led mission to study Greenland’s glaciers and their role in future sea level rise.
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