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The UTIG Geophysics Blog

Stories and updates from the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics.

May 19, 2020

Pressure Coring Technology One Step Closer to Gulf of Mexico Hydrates Test

It’s mid-March on the Texas prairie outside the city of Cameron. Peter Flemings, a professor at the Jackson School of Geosciences, watches the rig hands lower the prototype sensor into the well. The counter still reads 1,000 feet from bottom when the thick steel cable suddenly goes slack. Moments later a dull clang echoes across […]

Filed Under: Geophysics Blog, GOM2 News, homepage-news, News Tagged With: methane hydrate, Peter Flemings, Research Update, Texas Geosciences

May 1, 2020

What spending a season in Antarctica can tell you about self-isolation

By Dillon Buhl Dillon Buhl is a UTIG polar research engineering associate with four Antarctic research expeditions under his belt. His latest trip to investigate a massive melting glacier in West Antarctica, ended not long before social distancing measures began in the U.S. Here, he compares his experiences in the field with quarantine. I’ve been […]

Filed Under: Geophysics Blog, homepage-news Tagged With: Antarctica, Covid-19, Dillon Buhl, Quarantine

March 20, 2020

Alumni Stories: Brooke Kopecky, Environmental Geologist

By Arianne Snyder Brooke Kopecky is an environmental geologist currently working at the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ). She has a degree in geological sciences from the Jackson School and from 2017 to 2019, worked as a student research assistant in UTIG’s climate group. At TCEQ, she works in a project manager role, helping […]

Filed Under: Geophysics Blog, homepage-news Tagged With: Allison Lawman, Alumni stories, Brooke Kopecky, climate change, corals, paleoclimate

March 5, 2020

LIONESS in the Field 4: Vital Science, Unforgettable Experience

UTIG polar researchers Dillon Buhl, Anja Rutishauser and Natalie Wolfenbarger joined colleagues in West Antarctica to conduct vital surveys of one of the most unstable glaciers on Earth. The team are part of LIONESS, an international collaboration between The University of Texas at Austin, Montana State University and the Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI), which […]

Filed Under: Geophysics Blog, homepage-news, News Tagged With: Anja Rutishauser, Antarctica, field work, LIONESS, LIONESS Blog, Thwaites Glacier

March 5, 2020

LIONESS in the Field 3: Weathering the Storm

UTIG polar researchers Dillon Buhl, Anja Rutishauser and Natalie Wolfenbarger joined colleagues in West Antarctica to conduct vital surveys of one of the most unstable glaciers on Earth. The team are part of LIONESS, an international collaboration between The University of Texas at Austin, Montana State University and the Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI), which […]

Filed Under: Geophysics Blog, homepage-news, News Tagged With: Anja Rutishauser, Antarctica, field work, LIONESS, LIONESS Blog, Thwaites Glacier

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