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
Underwater Snow Gives Clues About Europa’s Icy Shell
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
2021 in Review: UTIG Stories You May Have Missed
Despite the pandemic, 2021 was another great year for research at the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics. We look back on some of the notable developments and achievements you may have missed. Dunyu Liu: Computational Geoscientist Meet Dunyu Liu, UTIG’s first full time computational geoscientist. Read More UT Professor Publishes Milestone Book on Geopressure… Continue Reading 2021 in Review: UTIG Stories You May Have Missed
Blue Sky
Changing the World with High-Risk, High-Reward Research By Constantino Panagopulos Sometimes, to make a discovery, a scientist must take a chance on an idea, let it free into the sky and see where it lands. At the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics (UTIG), visionary thinking is recognized and encouraged among its researchers and indeed… Continue Reading Blue Sky
Fred Taylor: Senior Research Scientist Emeritus
NOVEMBER 1, 2021 Fred Taylor joined the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics in 1981 with plans to use corals to investigate big questions in geosciences. He made good on that plan, conducting coral research that has unlocked mysteries and earned him a reputation as a pioneering scientist. Now retired and a senior research scientist… Continue Reading Fred Taylor: Senior Research Scientist Emeritus
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