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April 30, 2014

The “Flowers” at the Bottom of the Sea

London’s Mail Online today features a fascinating report from the researchers aboard the NOAA Okeanos Explorer in the Gulf of Mexico. What initially was thought to be a shipwreck site on the ocean floor turned out to be an asphalt volcano, then a second was discovered. University of Texas Institute for Geophysics researcher Jamie Austin is among those… Continue Reading The “Flowers” at the Bottom of the Sea

Filed Under: News Tagged With: geophysics, geoscience, NOAA, oceanography, Okeanos Explorer, sea exploration, Texas, University of Texas, UTIG, volcanoes

April 24, 2014

Where Time Stands Still

A ship's chronometer at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico

The research scientists aboard the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ship Okeanos Explorer have, with an undersea robot, revealed a ship’s chronometer at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico. The timepiece is believed to be a relic from a shipwreck about 200 years ago. You can read more about the discovery here. University of… Continue Reading Where Time Stands Still

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Galveston, geophysics, Gulf of Mexico, NOAA, Okeanos Explorer, sea floor, shipwrecks, Texas, underwater exploration, University of Texas, UTIG

April 22, 2014

Back From Totten

UTIG researchers back from the Totten Expedition

Even when uncontrollable circumstances keep an expedition from reaching its intended landmark, it does not mean the participants come away empty-handed. Such was the case for those involved in the Totten Expedition, a collaborative scientific research voyage into East Antarctica for about six weeks in February and March. Sean Gulick, an associate professor at the… Continue Reading Back From Totten

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Antarctica, expeditions, geophysics, glaciers, research, Texas, Totten Expedition, University of Texas, UTIG

April 10, 2014

UTIG Research Scientist Aboard NOAA Expedition

NOAA ship Okeanos Explorer

The Institute for Geophysics at the University of Texas at Austin has one of its scientists aboard the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) vessel Okeanos Explorer on an expedition to conduct exploratory investigations on the diversity and distribution of deep-sea habitats and marine life in the Gulf of Mexico basin. Jamie Austin, a senior… Continue Reading UTIG Research Scientist Aboard NOAA Expedition

Filed Under: News Tagged With: geophysics, Gulf of Mexico, NOAA, oceanography, University of Texas, UTIG

March 27, 2014

The Earthquake That Changed Science and a State

Fourth Avenue in Anchorage after a major earthquake on March 27, 1964

To most people, 50 years might seem like a long time to look back. That isn’t the case for many residents of our 49th state, Alaska — especially not on this day. It was on this day in 1964, at 5:36 p.m. Alaskan Standard Time, that a fault rupture triggered the most powerful earthquake in… Continue Reading The Earthquake That Changed Science and a State

Filed Under: News Tagged With: 1964 Alaskan Earthquake, Alaska, earthquakes, geophysics, IRIS, seismology, tsunami, University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of Texas, USGS, UTIG

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