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UTIG In The News

UTIG in the News:

Date: Name: Subject:
06/2008 Kirk McIntosh, Steffen Saustrup

CERI, UTIG, and the Army Corp of Engineers gather data on the New Madrid Fault Line

01/2008 Sean Gulick, Gail Christeson

Chicxulub crater: Asteroid landed in deeper water than previously assumed

05/2007 Charles Jackson

UTIG scientist states global warming may lead to more intense storms

04/2007 Paul Mann

UTIG scientist predicts this decade will rank as third most prolific in history for discovery of giant oil and gas fields

  • At the Wellhead, Gary Taylor, Platts Oilgram News, vol. 85, no. 65, p. 9.
03/2007 Don Blankenship, Jack Holt

Scientists convene international workshop on impact that the melting of West Antarctic ice could have on future sea-level rise

03/2007 Paul Mann

Scientists analyze trends in giant oil and gas field discoveries

02/2007 Charles Jackson, Don Blankenship, Brian Arbic, Terry Quinn, Ginny Catania

UTIG scientists discuss IPCC report on global climate change

01/2007 Charles Jackson

UTIG scientist says greenhouse gases trapping solar energy are responsible for warming trend.

06/2006 Rob Scott

UTIG scientist links Earth's warming to increased hurricane activity and intensity

03/2006 Luc Lavier

UTIG scientist and colleague develop new model to explain ocean formation

01/2006 Rob Scott

UTIG scientist discusses hurricane modification.

01/2006 Yosio Nakamura

UTIG scientist reports over 5800 deep quakes on the moon. (See also 2/2005 item below.)

12/2005 Don Blankenship
and Jack Holt

UTIG and BAS scientists map West Antarctic Ice Sheet

11/2005 Jamie Austin and
Steffen Saustrup

UTIG researchers join SEATOS research cruise exploring the cause of the December 2004 Asian Tsunami. (See also 6/2005 item below.)

9/2005 Institute for Geophysics and Texas Advanced Computing Center

Construction is set to begin on a new 94,000-square-foot home for the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) and the Jackson School of Geosciences Institute for Geophysics, Sept. 29, 2005.

7/2005 Jackson School of Geosciences

The University of Texas Board of Regents approved the proposal for the formation of Jackson School of Geosciences July 8, 2005.

6/2005 Jamie Austin and
Steffen Saustrup

SEATOS research cruise to the site of the December 2004 Asian Tsunami. The expedition was filmed for a documentary for the Discovery Channel entitled, Journey to the Heart of the Tsunami, which will air Fall 2005

5/2005 UTIG GK-12 Program

UTIG's Texas Teachers in the Field--Lago Fagnano, Argentina

4/2005 Paul Mann

Potential for Tsunamis in the Caribbean

  • With Caribbean at tsunami risk, U.S. plans buoy warning system, Mike Williams, Austin American Statesman
2/2005 Jack Holt

"From Antarctica to India - Communicating Environmental Change" (AAAS Session)

2/2005 Cliff Frohlich

Can tsunamis strike Texas?

2/2005 Yosio Nakamura

Scientists Find Deeper Meaning for Moon Rumblings, Kenneth Change, New York Times

12/2004 John Goff

Asian tsunamis and potential threat of tsunamis to the U.S. Atlantic coast

  • South Asians in Austin area try to locate relatives, Asher Price, Austin American-Statesman
  • New England is not immune, scientists warn, Beth Daley, Boston Globe
  • WHOI team seeks clues to predict ocean quakes, Cynthia MCCormick, Cape Cod Times
  • KXAN TV (Austin) Interview
11/2004 Nathan Bangs

Gas (methane) hydrates

5/2004 Charles Jackson

KVUE interview on abrupt climate change in connection with release of "The Day After Tomorrow"

12/2003 Yosio Nakamura

Yosio Nakumura's research on deep moonquakes is reported in the New Scientist and in a German science magazine, Bild der Wissenschaft, in 2002.

10/2003 Paul Mann

"Preguntas y Respuestas Sobre el Terremoto Ocurrido el día 22 de Septiembre del 2003, en Puerto Plata, Rep. Dominicana" ("Questions and Answers On the Earthquake That Occurred 22 September 2003, in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic")

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