UTIG researchers and students in the news.
2023
Quirks and Quarks with Bob McDonald: Fossils suggest that if equatorial oceans get too warm, plankton may desert, CBC Listen (audio)
UT Austin lab simulates miniature earthquakes; discovers role ‘healing’ plays in slow earthquakes, KXAN News (YouTube)
The science of slow earthquakes, KXAN News (video)
Morning Edition: Study shows the potential consequences of climate change for the ocean food web, NPR (audio)
2022
Journey to the Doomsday Glacier, The New Yorker
University of Texas led team drills into area producing ‘the largest earthquakes on the planet’, KXAN News
Europa Clipper may be able to spot shallow lakes that erupt icy ‘lava’, Space.com
Gulf of Mexico: Mature – but significant potential, GEO ExPro
Underwater snow reveals new clues about Europa as ocean world missions draw closer, CNN
Clues to alien life on Jupiter’s moon could be found in ‘underwater snow’, KXAN News
Shards of pure ice might snow upwards beneath the ice shell of Europa, New Scientist
It May Be Snowing Upside Down In The Water Beneath Europa’s Surface, SyFy Wire
Glaciers are melting faster and humans are at fault, UT scientists finally prove, KXAN News
Summer forecast: What will rare third consecutive year of La Niña mean for our summer weather? KXAN News
Lake discovered frozen in time beneath Antarctica ice sheet, UT researchers say, KXAN News
UT researcher heads out on drill ship to study Earth’s past, Fox 7 News
How a Ridge of Ice in Greenland Could Help Us Find Alien Life in Europa’s Ocean, Inverse
El Niño climate patterns are becoming more frequent; are we to blame?, KXAN News
Earthquake Lightning Rod, NSF Science Now (video)
UT researchers sending undersea robot to investigate icy uncharted waters, KXAN News
The Bumpy Search for Liquid Water at the South Pole of Mars, Eos
Examining sediment in Lady Bird Lake may be key to understanding toxic algae blooms, KXAN News
A deep dive into earthquake forecasting, Cosmos Magazine
How Unsustainable Sand Mining Affects the Environment, Discover Magazine
2021
UT researcher working on plate tectonic study suggests new theory of plate deformation, Daily Texan
When will the ‘Big One’ hit? UT prof trying to help forecast earthquakes, KXAN (video)
An earthquake lasted 32 years. Scientists want to know how, National Geographic
Researchers probe bay mysteries, Port Aransas South Jetty
A sunken river valley could hold the key to protecting the Texas coast, Grist
As the seas rise and storms threaten, scientists hunt for sand to strengthen the Texas coast, Houston Chronicle
UT Scientists, Texas government fight coastal erosion, Daily Texan
The Search Begins For New Texas Sand Sources, Texas Standard (audio)
How the meteor that killed dinosaurs created modern forests, Axios Science
The Cold Case That Took 66 Million Years To Solve: An Asteroid Caused Dinosaur Extinction, Texas Standard (audio)
2020
Lingering La Niñas may help forecasters spot costly weather patterns two years away, Washington Post
Drought, fire threat increasing in Texas again as La Niña takes hold,
Texas Climate News
Seismologists search for new earthquake data in suddenly silent world, Houston Chronicle
2019
Breakthrough of the Year 2019: A killer impact and its aftermath, Science
A Deep-Sea Magma Monster Gets a Body Scan, New York Times
Nile millions of years older than previously thought, study says, Fox News
A New Timeline of the Day the Dinosaurs Began to Die Out, New York Times
Plate tectonics runs deeper than we thought, Ars Technica
Austin city leaders expected to declare climate emergency, KXAN
Age and Speed Matter in the Formation of New Oceanic Crust, EOS (Earth and Space Science News)
UT geophysics professor in it for the people, Austin-American Statesman
UT study look at geologic conditions of Deepwater Horizon explosion, Fox 7 News (video)
Ice Drove Past Indo-Pacific Climate Variance, Eos (Earth and Space Science News)
2018
Splosh! How the dinosaur-killing asteroid made Chicxulub crater, BBC News
Dino-killing asteroid crater immediately became a cradle of life, New York Post
After an Asteroid Killed the Dinosaurs, Underwater Life Staged a Comeback, History
Venus may have hosted life, researchers say, Cosmos
Scientists identify historic correlation between ocean circulation and rainfall, UPI
2017
Solving the mysteries of the dino-killing crater, Cosmos
Trump’s offshore oil plan will struggle to lure rigs from Guyana, World Oil
Drilling for the Dinosaurs’ End, NOVA
East Antarctica’s biggest glacier lost ice because of warm water and strong winds, The Verge
UT researchers study Hurricane Harvey’s effects, The Daily Texan
Ocean bottom seismometers become work of art, The Outer Banks Voice