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November 7, 2022

Scientists Plan Major Research Program to Understand Earth’s Most Dangerous Hazards

The four-storey apartment block is split in two with both sides showing major damage.

The University of Texas at Austin has joined leading scientists on a bold new effort to understand Earth’s largest earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. The plans were detailed in a new report published Nov. 7 with the backing of 55 universities. Demian Saffer, the director of the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics (UTIG) and one… Continue Reading Scientists Plan Major Research Program to Understand Earth’s Most Dangerous Hazards

Filed Under: homepage-news, Media Releases, News Tagged With: 2022-highlights, Chile, Demian Saffer, earthquake forecasting, earthquake research, earthquakes, subduction zones, SZ4D, Thorsten Becker

October 27, 2022

Study Explores How Tectonic Forces Shape The Andes

Mountains rise in front of a dry hilly landscape.

Based on their shared geologic history, one would expect the topography of the Andes mountains to be relatively consistent from one end to the other. But reality defies expectation: the 8,000-kilometer long mountain belt spectacularly widens and narrows (varying from 300 to 900 km in width) as it winds from north to south along the… Continue Reading Study Explores How Tectonic Forces Shape The Andes

Filed Under: homepage-news, Media Releases, News Tagged With: 2022-highlights, Andean Tectonics, Andes, Brian Horton, Geology, mountains, NSF, South America, Tectonics

September 30, 2022

Meet the Mars Student Researcher Who Wants to Rewrite Fluid Dynamics

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Mars was once a wet world, like Earth, but did water hang around long enough on its surface to sustain life? That’s the question on the mind of Eric Hiatt, a graduate student at UT Austin’s Jackson School of Geosciences, who’s supported by UT’s Center for Planetary Systems Habitability to study the history of water… Continue Reading Meet the Mars Student Researcher Who Wants to Rewrite Fluid Dynamics

Filed Under: Geophysics Blog, homepage-news, News, Stories Tagged With: 2022-highlights, Center for Planetary Systems Habitability, CPSH, Eric Hiatt, Mars, planetary habitability, Planetary Sciences, Research Fellowships, student research, Travel Grant, water on Mars

September 22, 2022

Deepest Scientific Ocean Drilling Sheds Light on Japan’s Next Great Earthquake

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Scientists who drilled deeper into an undersea earthquake fault than ever before have found that the tectonic stress in Japan’s Nankai subduction zone is less than expected, according to a study from researchers at The University of Texas at Austin and University of Washington. The findings, published in the journal Geology, are a puzzle because… Continue Reading Deepest Scientific Ocean Drilling Sheds Light on Japan’s Next Great Earthquake

Filed Under: homepage-news, Media Releases, News Tagged With: 2022-highlights, Chikyu, Demian Saffer, earthquakes, geophysics, IODP, JAMSTEC, Nankai subduction zone, scientific ocean drilling

September 6, 2022

Demian Saffer to Give AGU’s 2022 Francis Birch Lecture

FRANCIS BIRCH LECTURE Fluids, Friction, and the Offshore Subduction Megathrust Wednesday, 14 December 20224:45 PM (CT)McCormick Place – E354a (Lakeside, Level 3)Abstract Demian Saffer is to receive the American Geophysical Union’s Francis Birch Lecture, an award that recognizes significant contributions to the study of the Earth’s interior and is among the highest honors given to… Continue Reading Demian Saffer to Give AGU’s 2022 Francis Birch Lecture

Filed Under: homepage-news, Media Releases, News Tagged With: 2022-highlights, AGU, awards, Bowie Lectures, Demian Saffer, Francis Birch Lecture

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