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UTIG researchers and students in the news. 

2022

Summer forecast: What will rare third consecutive year of La Niña mean for our summer weather?, KXAN News

Lake discovered frozen in time beneath Antarctica ice sheet, UT researchers say, KXAN News

UT researcher heads out on drill ship to study Earth’s past, Fox 7 News

How a Ridge of Ice in Greenland Could Help Us Find Alien Life in Europa’s Ocean, Inverse

El Niño climate patterns are becoming more frequent; are we to blame?, KXAN News

Earthquake Lightning Rod, NSF Science Now (video)

UT researchers sending undersea robot to investigate icy uncharted waters, KXAN News

The Bumpy Search for Liquid Water at the South Pole of Mars, Eos

Examining sediment in Lady Bird Lake may be key to understanding toxic algae blooms, KXAN News

A deep dive into earthquake forecasting, Cosmos Magazine

How Unsustainable Sand Mining Affects the Environment, Discover Magazine

2021

UT researcher working on plate tectonic study suggests new theory of plate deformation, Daily Texan

When will the ‘Big One’ hit? UT prof trying to help forecast earthquakes, KXAN (video)

An earthquake lasted 32 years. Scientists want to know how, National Geographic

Researchers probe bay mysteries, Port Aransas South Jetty

A sunken river valley could hold the key to protecting the Texas coast, Grist

As the seas rise and storms threaten, scientists hunt for sand to strengthen the Texas coast, Houston Chronicle

UT Scientists, Texas government fight coastal erosion, Daily Texan

The Search Begins For New Texas Sand Sources, Texas Standard (audio)

How the meteor that killed dinosaurs created modern forests, Axios Science

The Cold Case That Took 66 Million Years To Solve: An Asteroid Caused Dinosaur Extinction, Texas Standard (audio)

2020

Lingering La Niñas may help forecasters spot costly weather patterns two years away, Washington Post

Drought, fire threat increasing in Texas again as La Niña takes hold,
Texas Climate News

Seismologists search for new earthquake data in suddenly silent world, Houston Chronicle

2019

Breakthrough of the Year 2019: A killer impact and its aftermath, Science

A Deep-Sea Magma Monster Gets a Body Scan, New York Times

Nile millions of years older than previously thought, study says, Fox News

A New Timeline of the Day the Dinosaurs Began to Die Out, New York Times

Plate tectonics runs deeper than we thought, Ars Technica

Austin city leaders expected to declare climate emergency, KXAN

Age and Speed Matter in the Formation of New Oceanic Crust, EOS (Earth and Space Science News)

UT geophysics professor in it for the people, Austin-American Statesman

UT study look at geologic conditions of Deepwater Horizon explosion, Fox 7 News (video)

Ice Drove Past Indo-Pacific Climate Variance, Eos (Earth and Space Science News)

2018

Splosh! How the dinosaur-killing asteroid made Chicxulub crater, BBC News

Dino-killing asteroid crater immediately became a cradle of life, New York Post

After an Asteroid Killed the Dinosaurs, Underwater Life Staged a Comeback, History

Venus may have hosted life, researchers say, Cosmos

Scientists identify historic correlation between ocean circulation and rainfall, UPI

2017

Solving the mysteries of the dino-killing crater, Cosmos

Trump’s offshore oil plan will struggle to lure rigs from Guyana, World Oil

Drilling for the Dinosaurs’ End, NOVA

East Antarctica’s biggest glacier lost ice because of warm water and strong winds, The Verge

UT researchers study Hurricane Harvey’s effects, The Daily Texan

Ocean bottom seismometers become work of art, The Outer Banks Voice

Keeping Our Focus on the Subseafloor, Eos

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