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August 18, 2022

Mystery crater potentially caused by relative of dinosaur-killing asteroid

An asteroid approaches Earth

Originally published in The Conversation. The ocean floor is famously less explored than the surface of Mars. And when our team of scientists recently mapped the seabed, and ancient sediments beneath, we discovered what looks like an asteroid impact crater. Continue Reading Mystery crater potentially caused by relative of dinosaur-killing asteroid

Filed Under: homepage-news, Media Releases, News, Stories Tagged With: Chicxulub, dinosaur extinction, extinction, Nadir Crater, planetary habitability, Planetary Sciences, Sean Gulick, The Conversation

August 15, 2022

Underwater Snow Gives Clues About Europa’s Icy Shell

A view under an ice shelf with mounds of pale green snow-like ice suspended over dark depths.

Below Europa’s thick icy crust is a massive, global ocean where the snow floats upwards onto inverted ice peaks and submerged ravines. The bizarre underwater snow is known to occur below ice shelves on Earth, but a new study shows that the same is likely true for Jupiter’s moon, where it may play a role… Continue Reading Underwater Snow Gives Clues About Europa’s Icy Shell

Filed Under: homepage-news, Media Releases, News, Stories Tagged With: Antarctica, Donald Blankenship, Europa, Europa Clipper, frazil ice, ice, ice shell, NASA, Natalie Wolfenbarger, ocean worlds, planetary habitability, Planetary Sciences, REASON

July 14, 2022

Coastal Glacier Retreat Linked to Climate Change

A wall of blue ice towers over the sea.

More of the world’s coastal glaciers are melting faster than ever, but exactly what’s triggering the large-scale retreat has been difficult to pin down because of natural fluctuations in the glaciers’ surroundings. Now, researchers at the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics (UTIG) and Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a methodology that they think… Continue Reading Coastal Glacier Retreat Linked to Climate Change

Filed Under: homepage-news, Media Releases, News Tagged With: climate change, coastal glaciers, computer modeling, Georgia Tech, Ginny Catania, glacial retreat, glaciers, glaciology, Greenland, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC, John Christian, Sea Level Rise, University of Texas, UTIG

May 31, 2022

Research Shows How Gulf of Mexico Escaped Ancient Mass Extinction

Satellite view of the Gulf coast. Sediment plumes are visible in the sea.

An ancient bout of global warming 56 million years ago that acidified oceans and wiped-out marine life had a milder effect in the Gulf of Mexico, where life was sheltered by the basin’s unique geology – according to research by the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics (UTIG). Published in the journal Marine and Petroleum… Continue Reading Research Shows How Gulf of Mexico Escaped Ancient Mass Extinction

Filed Under: homepage-news, Media Releases, News Tagged With: climate change, Energy, forams, GBDS, global warming, Gulf of Mexico, John Snedden, Marcie Purkey Phillips, Paleocene Eocene Thermal Maximum, paleoclimate, PETM, radiolarians, Robert Cunningham, Wilcox Group

May 17, 2022

Celebrate UTIG! Staff and Student Awards 2020-2021

Staff and students sit at decorated tables with their lunch.

The Celebrate UTIG Luncheon is an annual celebration at the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics to recognize and reward the achievements of the institution’s staff and students. The 2021/22 awards were presented by director, Demian Saffer, at a lunch ceremony – the first in person awards since 2019. Before presenting the awards, Saffer gave… Continue Reading Celebrate UTIG! Staff and Student Awards 2020-2021

Filed Under: homepage-news, News Tagged With: awards, staff awards, UTIG

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