UTIG researchers and students in the news.
2021
“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
“A New Timeline of the Day the Dinosaurs Began to Die Out“, New York Times
“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
“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