The asteroid that struck the Earth 66 million years ago devastated life across the planet, wiping out the dinosaurs and other organisms in a hail of fire and catastrophic climate change. But new research shows that it also set the stage for life to rebound astonishingly quickly. New species of plankton appeared fewer than 2,000… Continue Reading Evidence of ‘lightning-fast’ evolution found after dino-killing asteroid impact
GBDS Kicks Off a New Era of Gulf Exploration at 2026 Annual Meeting
This year marks the beginning of Phase 16 of the Gulf Basin Depositional Synthesis (GBDS) research project. This phase of GBDS’s mission will focus on two broad research themes: the stratigraphic evolution of the Gulf Basin and understanding emerging energies and critical minerals in the Gulf. GBDS will also continue its long-time work of producing and maintaining a detailed, comprehensive, and integrated synthesis of the depositional history of the entire Gulf basin. Founded at the University of… Continue Reading GBDS Kicks Off a New Era of Gulf Exploration at 2026 Annual Meeting
UTIG at AGU Fall Meeting 2025
Come out and support this year’s UTIG talks and posters in New Orleans! Click each presenter’s entry for complete details and visit the AGU25 Online Program for a full list of Jackson School of Geosciences participants. Don’t miss the Texas Space Grant Consortium team at booth 749! Notice something amiss, get in touch. Jump to:… Continue Reading UTIG at AGU Fall Meeting 2025
Scientists Capture Slow-Motion Earthquake in Action
Scientists for the first time have detected a slow slip earthquake in motion during the act of releasing tectonic pressure on a major fault zone at the bottom of the ocean. The slow earthquake was recorded spreading along the tsunami-generating portion of the fault off the coast of Japan, behaving like a tectonic shock absorber.… Continue Reading Scientists Capture Slow-Motion Earthquake in Action
UT Austin Grad Students Find Missing Link in Early Martian Water Cycle
Billions of years ago, water flowed on the surface of Mars. But scientists have an incomplete picture of how the Red Planet’s water cycle worked. That could soon change after two graduate students at The University of Texas at Austin filled a large gap in knowledge about Mars’ water cycle — specifically, the part between… Continue Reading UT Austin Grad Students Find Missing Link in Early Martian Water Cycle
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