University of Texas Institute for Geophysics (UTIG) Professor Ginny Catania and Research Professor Laura Wallace have been named fellows of the American Geophysical Union (AGU). This is the organization’s highest honor and recognizes scientists who have made exceptional contributions to Earth and space science through a breakthrough, discovery, or innovation in their field. Former UTIG Distinguished… Continue Reading UTIG Researchers Receive Prestigious AGU Awards
The Complicated New Origins of Pangea’s Big Breakup
The Triassic Period ended when a gargantuan amount of molten igneous rock called the Central Atlantic Magmatic Province (CAMP) spewed out of the Earth’s mantle and into the Earth’s crust beneath what is now the eastern Appalachian foothills. Millions of years later, the supercontinent Pangea began to rip open, with the east coast of what… Continue Reading The Complicated New Origins of Pangea’s Big Breakup
Sweet Receives Top Gulf Coast Geology Award
Michael Sweet, a research scientist at the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics (UTIG) and co-program director of the Gulf Basin Depositional Synthesis (GBDS) project is the recipient of the 2026 Doris Malkin Curtis Medal by the Gulf Coast Section of the Society for Sedimentary Geology. It is the organization’s highest honor. Sweet received this award in recognition… Continue Reading Sweet Receives Top Gulf Coast Geology Award
Scientists Successfully Harvest Chickpeas From ‘Moon Dirt’
As the U.S. plans to return to the moon with the upcoming Artemis II mission, a question endures: What will future lunar explorers eat? According to new research from The University of Texas at Austin the answer might be chickpeas. Scientists have successfully grown and harvested chickpeas using simulated “moon dirt,” the first instance of this crop produced… Continue Reading Scientists Successfully Harvest Chickpeas From ‘Moon Dirt’
Evidence of ‘lightning-fast’ evolution found after dino-killing asteroid impact
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
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