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May 9, 2022

Newly Discovered Lake May Hold Secret to Antarctic Ice Sheet’s Rise and Fall

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Scientists investigating the underside of the world’s largest ice sheet in East Antarctica have discovered a city-size lake whose sediments might contain a history of the ice sheet since its earliest beginnings. That would answer questions about what Antarctica was like before it froze, how climate change has affected it over its history, and how… Continue Reading Newly Discovered Lake May Hold Secret to Antarctic Ice Sheet’s Rise and Fall

Filed Under: homepage-news, Media Releases, News Tagged With: 2022-highlights, aerogeophysics, Antarctica, climate change, East Antarctica, ice sheets, ICECAP, ICECAP-2, radar, Shuai Yan, student research, subglacial lakes

April 29, 2022

Jackson School Students Win AGU’s 2021 Outstanding Student Presentation Award

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Once again, Jackson School of Geosciences students were among the top student presenters at the American Geophysical Union’s Fall Meeting. Although AGU’s 2021 Fall Meeting took place in December, the awards are announced throughout the spring semester. The winners are selected based on research quality and a student’s ability to effectively communicate their research. As of April… Continue Reading Jackson School Students Win AGU’s 2021 Outstanding Student Presentation Award

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April 19, 2022

Graduate Students Win SEG Challenge Bowl

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Last week, Jackson School of Geosciences graduate students Ethan Conrad and Edward Clennett claimed victory for The University of Texas at Austin at the 2022 Gulf Coast SEG Challenge Bowl – a quiz competition hosted by the Geophysical Society of Houston. Both students are also graduate research assistants at the Jackson School’s Institute for Geophysics… Continue Reading Graduate Students Win SEG Challenge Bowl

Filed Under: Media Releases, News Tagged With: 2022-highlights, awards, Edward Clennett, Ethan Conrad, Geophysical Society of Houston, graduate students, science competitions, SEG Challenge Bowl, student awards

March 15, 2022

Ancient El Niños Reveal Limits to Future Climate Projections

Picture of Allison holding a bone-like coral with stacked cardboard containers either side indicating she is in a warehouse

The climate pattern El Niño varies over time to such a degree that scientists will have difficulty detecting signs that it is getting stronger with global warming. That’s the conclusion of a study led by scientists at The University of Texas at Austin that analyzed 9,000 years of Earth’s history. The scientists drew on climate… Continue Reading Ancient El Niños Reveal Limits to Future Climate Projections

Filed Under: Climate Stories, homepage-news, Media Releases, News Tagged With: 2022-highlights, Allison Lawman, climate models, El Nino, ENSO, Holocene, Jud Partin, Lonestar5, paleoclimate, Pedro DiNezio, student research, supercomputers

February 25, 2022

Century-Old Technology Inspires Method for Early Warning Tsunami and Earthquake Detection

Map of telecommunications cables

A million kilometers of fiber optic cable lie on the ocean floor, carrying telecommunication signals across vast stretches of ocean to keep the whole world connected. A new international collaboration, including experts from The University of Texas at Austin, aims to turn them into a global early warning system for tsunamis and earthquakes, as well… Continue Reading Century-Old Technology Inspires Method for Early Warning Tsunami and Earthquake Detection

Filed Under: homepage-news, Media Releases, News Tagged With: earthquakes, Laura Wallace, Oden Institute, Patrick Heimbach, SMART Cables, tsunami

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