The University of Texas Institute for Geophysics was well represented at the Jackson Schools’s 2020 Walter Awards, with UTIG staff and research scientists picking up four of six prizes! The UTIG winners included; Sean Gulick (Outstanding Educator), Ben Hester (Staff Excellence), Ginny Catania (Community Partnership, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion), and John Goff (Walter Excellence Award).… Continue Reading UTIG Staff and Scientists Shine at Jackson School Walter Awards
UTIG Grad Students Among Outstanding Presentation Award Winners
Jackson School of Geosciences graduate students, including research assistants working at UTIG, were among the top student presenters at the 2020 annual fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU). The meeting took place in December 2020, but award winners are now in the process of being notified. As of March 2, the following students… Continue Reading UTIG Grad Students Among Outstanding Presentation Award Winners
Asteroid Dust Found in Crater Closes Case of Dinosaur Extinction
Researchers believe they have closed the case of what killed the dinosaurs, definitively linking their extinction with an asteroid that slammed into Earth 66 million years ago by finding a key piece of evidence: asteroid dust inside the impact crater. Death by asteroid rather than by a series of volcanic eruptions or some other global… Continue Reading Asteroid Dust Found in Crater Closes Case of Dinosaur Extinction
Researchers Trace Geologic Origins of Gulf of Mexico ‘Super Basin’ Success
The Gulf of Mexico holds huge untapped offshore oil deposits that could help power the U.S. for decades. The energy super basin’s longevity, whose giant offshore fields have reliably supplied consumers with oil and gas since the 1960s, is the result of a remarkable geologic past – a story that began 200 million years ago… Continue Reading Researchers Trace Geologic Origins of Gulf of Mexico ‘Super Basin’ Success
Greenland ‘Knickpoints’ Could Stall Spread of Glacial Thinning
The jagged terrain of Greenland’s mountains is protecting some of the island’s outlet glaciers from warm coastal waters, according to a team of researchers that included scientists from The University of Texas at Austin and NASA. Outlet glaciers protrude from the ice sheet into the sea, where surging ocean heat can speed up the loss… Continue Reading Greenland ‘Knickpoints’ Could Stall Spread of Glacial Thinning
New Certificate Program Brings Machine Learning to Geosciences
By Constantino Panagopulos A new certificate program at The University of Texas at Austin’s Jackson School of Geosciences will build critical skills for the geosciences workforce by training students and professionals to use modern data analytics tools and machine learning. Machine learning – a kind of artificial intelligence – helps geoscientists make better use of… Continue Reading New Certificate Program Brings Machine Learning to Geosciences
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