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May 6, 2020

Climate Change Could Reawaken Indian Ocean El Niño

Global warming is approaching a tipping point that during this century could reawaken an ancient climate pattern similar to El Niño in the Indian Ocean, new research led by scientists from The University of Texas at Austin has found. If it comes to pass, floods, storms and drought are likely to worsen and become more […]

Filed Under: homepage-news, Media Releases, News Tagged With: climate change, Indian Ocean, Pedro DiNezio

May 1, 2020

What spending a season in Antarctica can tell you about self-isolation

By Dillon Buhl Dillon Buhl is a UTIG polar research engineering associate with four Antarctic research expeditions under his belt. His latest trip to investigate a massive melting glacier in West Antarctica, ended not long before social distancing measures began in the U.S. Here, he compares his experiences in the field with quarantine. I’ve been […]

Filed Under: Geophysics Blog, homepage-news Tagged With: Antarctica, Covid-19, Dillon Buhl, Quarantine

March 25, 2020

Eclectic Rocks Influence Earthquake Types

New Zealand’s largest fault is a jumble of mixed-up rocks of all shapes, sizes, compositions and origins. According to research from a global team of scientists, this motley mixture could help explain why the fault generates slow-motion earthquakes known as “slow slip events” as well as destructive, tsunami-generating tremors.   “One thing that really surprised […]

Filed Under: homepage-news, Media Releases, News Tagged With: Demian Saffer, earthquakes, Laura Wallace, slow slip events

March 23, 2020

JSG Coronavirus Updates

The latest information and resources pertaining to the Jackson School community about coronavirus/COVID-19.

Filed Under: homepage-news, News

March 20, 2020

GOM² PCTB Land Test 2: Friday, March 20 2020

Daily Report The University of Texas at Austin and Geotek are in Cameron, Texas, conducting land-based coring tests of the Pressure Core Tool with Ball Valve (PCTB), a highly complex piece of engineering designed to core, contain and recover samples of methane hydrate bearing sediments. The primary goal of the project is to test the […]

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March 20, 2020

Alumni Stories: Brooke Kopecky, Environmental Geologist

By Arianne Snyder Brooke Kopecky is an environmental geologist currently working at the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ). She has a degree in geological sciences from the Jackson School and from 2017 to 2019, worked as a student research assistant in UTIG’s climate group. At TCEQ, she works in a project manager role, helping […]

Filed Under: Geophysics Blog, homepage-news Tagged With: Allison Lawman, Alumni stories, Brooke Kopecky, climate change, corals, paleoclimate

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