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March 15, 2022

Ancient El Niños Reveal Limits to Future Climate Projections

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The climate pattern El Niño varies over time to such a degree that scientists will have difficulty detecting signs that it is getting stronger with global warming. That’s the conclusion of a study led by scientists at The University of Texas at Austin that analyzed 9,000 years of Earth’s history. The scientists drew on climate… Continue Reading Ancient El Niños Reveal Limits to Future Climate Projections

Filed Under: Climate Stories, homepage-news, Media Releases, News Tagged With: Allison Lawman, climate models, El Nino, ENSO, Holocene, Jud Partin, Lonestar5, paleoclimate, Pedro DiNezio

February 25, 2022

Century-Old Technology Inspires Method for Early Warning Tsunami and Earthquake Detection

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A million kilometers of fiber optic cable lie on the ocean floor, carrying telecommunication signals across vast stretches of ocean to keep the whole world connected. A new international collaboration, including experts from The University of Texas at Austin, aims to turn them into a global early warning system for tsunamis and earthquakes, as well… Continue Reading Century-Old Technology Inspires Method for Early Warning Tsunami and Earthquake Detection

Filed Under: homepage-news, Media Releases, News Tagged With: earthquakes, Laura Wallace, Oden Institute, Patrick Heimbach, SMART Cables, tsunami

February 22, 2022

Chris Lowery Earns Top Early Career Scientist Award for Sedimentary Geology

Chris Lowery, a research associate at the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics, has received the James Lee Wilson Award from the Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM). The award recognizes significant research accomplishments by an early career scientist. Lowery’s work has led to advancements in understanding the environment of Earth’s ancient oceans and its marine… Continue Reading Chris Lowery Earns Top Early Career Scientist Award for Sedimentary Geology

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February 14, 2022

UT Graduate Student Research Solves Plate Tectonics Mystery

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The longstanding enigma of how tectonic plates can break Earth’s rock-hard shell may have been solved by a recent graduate student at The University of Texas at Austin who caught the Earth in the act of starting a new tectonic conveyor belt off the coast of New Zealand. The world’s tectonic conveyor belts – called… Continue Reading UT Graduate Student Research Solves Plate Tectonics Mystery

Filed Under: homepage-news, Media Releases, News Tagged With: Brandon Shuck, New Zealand, plate tectonics, SISIE, student research, subduction, subduction initiation, subduction zones

February 7, 2022

Big Data Imaging Shows Rock’s Big Role in Channeling Earthquakes in Japan

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Thanks to 20 years of seismic data processed through one of the world’s most powerful supercomputers, scientists have created the first complete, 3D visualization of a mountain-size rock called the Kumano Pluton buried miles beneath the coast of southern Japan. They can now see the rock could be acting like a lightning rod for the… Continue Reading Big Data Imaging Shows Rock’s Big Role in Channeling Earthquakes in Japan

Filed Under: homepage-news, Media Releases, News Tagged With: Adrien Arnulf, big data, earthquakes, Frontera, GNS Science, Japan, Kumano Pluton, Lonestar5, Nankai subduction zone, NSF, subduction zones, TACC, tsunami

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