Researchers have discovered that the underside of the North American continent is dripping away in blobs of rock — and that the remnants of a tectonic plate sinking in the Earth’s mantle may be the reason why. A paper published in Nature Geoscience describes the phenomenon, which was discovered at The University of Texas at… Continue Reading North America is Dripping from Below, Geoscientists Discover
New Director Joins UT Gulf Basin Energy Partnership
Richard Denne has been named the new program director for the Gulf Basin Depositional Synthesis (GBDS) program at the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics. GBDS is a long-running research partnership with the energy industry. Prior to his role at GBDS, Denne was an industry geologist for over 25 years before joining Texas Christian University… Continue Reading New Director Joins UT Gulf Basin Energy Partnership
UT Austin Partnership with Energy Industry Celebrates 30 Years of Science
The University of Texas at Austin is celebrating a long-running research partnership with the energy industry that has generated 30 years of scientific discovery about the Gulf of Mexico. Founded in 1995 at the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics, the Gulf Basin Depositional Synthesis (GBDS) program turns industry data into geologic maps for use… Continue Reading UT Austin Partnership with Energy Industry Celebrates 30 Years of Science
Quantifying Chaos
Extreme weather is becoming more costly. The University of Texas Institute for Geophysics and insurance services company Verisk have teamed up to better understand where, when and why extreme weather happens, and its future in a warming climate. BY CONSTANTINO PANAGOPULOS When Storm Ciarán slammed into Europe in November 2023, it battered the continent with… Continue Reading Quantifying Chaos
Into the Glacial Abyss
In summer 2024, a Greenland expedition led by the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics dove into an undiscovered frontier in search of answers about future sea level rise BY CONSTANTINO PANAGOPULOS On the far western edge of Greenland’s ice sheet, a large glacier leads to the sea, where it breaks against the water like… Continue Reading Into the Glacial Abyss
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