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February 14, 2022

UT Graduate Student Research Solves Plate Tectonics Mystery

Painting of Earth's crust with two plates subducting into the Earth. Above each subduction zone are volcanoes and mountains.

The longstanding enigma of how tectonic plates can break Earth’s rock-hard shell may have been solved by a recent graduate student at The University of Texas at Austin who caught the Earth in the act of starting a new tectonic conveyor belt off the coast of New Zealand. The world’s tectonic conveyor belts – called… Continue Reading UT Graduate Student Research Solves Plate Tectonics Mystery

Filed Under: homepage-news, Media Releases, News Tagged With: Brandon Shuck, New Zealand, plate tectonics, SISIE, student research, subduction, subduction initiation, subduction zones

February 7, 2022

Big Data Imaging Shows Rock’s Big Role in Channeling Earthquakes in Japan

Picture of a child standing among debris and ruined buildings

Thanks to 20 years of seismic data processed through one of the world’s most powerful supercomputers, scientists have created the first complete, 3D visualization of a mountain-size rock called the Kumano Pluton buried miles beneath the coast of southern Japan. They can now see the rock could be acting like a lightning rod for the… Continue Reading Big Data Imaging Shows Rock’s Big Role in Channeling Earthquakes in Japan

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January 31, 2022

Robotic Exploration of Uncharted, Underwater Glacial Walls Set for 2023

The robot in action underwater. The lights from its open payload bay doors light up ice underwater

It’s the front line of climate change and could hold the key to predicting global sea level rise, but what goes on at the underwater face of Greenland’s glaciers is a mystery to science. That could change in 2023 with a bold new mission led by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin that… Continue Reading Robotic Exploration of Uncharted, Underwater Glacial Walls Set for 2023

Filed Under: Climate Stories, homepage-news, Media Releases, News Tagged With: Ginny Catania, glaciers, Greenland, Keck Foundation, Nereid Under Ice (NUI), remote submersible, robotic exploration, sea ice, Sea Level Rise, underwater exploration

January 24, 2022

Hope for Present-Day Martian Groundwater Dries Up

Satellite image of Mars' ice covered south pole

Liquid water previously detected under Mars’ ice-covered south pole is probably just a dusty mirage, according to a new study of the red planet led by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin. Scientists in 2018 had thought they were looking at liquid water when they saw bright radar reflections under the polar cap.… Continue Reading Hope for Present-Day Martian Groundwater Dries Up

Filed Under: homepage-news, Media Releases, News Tagged With: Cyril Grima, Mars, Mars Express, MARSIS, planetary habitability, Planetary Sciences, radar, water on Mars

December 27, 2021

2021 in Review: UTIG Stories You May Have Missed

Despite the pandemic, 2021 was another great year for research at the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics. We look back on some of the notable developments and achievements you may have missed. Dunyu Liu: Computational Geoscientist Meet Dunyu Liu, UTIG’s first full time computational geoscientist. Read More UT Professor Publishes Milestone Book on Geopressure… Continue Reading 2021 in Review: UTIG Stories You May Have Missed

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