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April 19, 2022

UTIG’s Admin Staff Join Researchers On Mission to Lake Austin

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The University of Texas Institute for Geophysics called on reinforcements to help the City of Austin monitor the health of Austin’s lakes: the UTIG admin team! On April 14, the team joined researchers aboard the RV Scott Petty for a hands-on exercise in geophysics. The science demonstration had participants learning to use sonar and sampling sediments with a… Continue Reading UTIG’s Admin Staff Join Researchers On Mission to Lake Austin

Filed Under: Geophysics Blog, homepage-news, News Tagged With: Blue Sky program, City of Austin, Dan Duncan, Lake Austin, Marcy Davis, RV Scott Petty, UTIG Admins

April 15, 2022

Spring Retirement Party!

It was a UTIG retirement party! We bid an emotional but happy farewell this week, to four long time colleagues and friends, whose work and character helped build UTIG into leading geophysical research institute: Gail Christeson, UTIG’s associate director, departs to join the National Science Foundation as program director for ocean sciences, marine and geosciences.… Continue Reading Spring Retirement Party!

Filed Under: Geophysics Blog, homepage-news

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: Allison Lawman, climate models, El Nino, ENSO, Holocene, Jud Partin, Lonestar5, paleoclimate, Pedro DiNezio

February 25, 2022

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

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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

February 22, 2022

Chris Lowery Earns Top Early Career Scientist Award for Sedimentary Geology

Chris Lowery, a research associate at the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics, has received the James Lee Wilson Award from the Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM). The award recognizes significant research accomplishments by an early career scientist. Lowery’s work has led to advancements in understanding the environment of Earth’s ancient oceans and its marine… Continue Reading Chris Lowery Earns Top Early Career Scientist Award for Sedimentary Geology

Filed Under: homepage-news, Media Releases, News Tagged With: awards, Chris Lowery

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