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February 24, 2021

Asteroid Dust Found in Crater Closes Case of Dinosaur Extinction

Illustration showing dinosaurs roaming a smoke shrouded forest.

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

Filed Under: homepage-news, Media Releases, News Tagged With: Chicxulub, dinosaur extinction, IODP, Sean Gulick

May 30, 2018

Life Recovered Rapidly at Impact Site of Dino-Killing Asteroid

About 66 million years ago, an asteroid smashed into Earth, triggering a mass extinction that ended the reign of the dinosaurs and snuffed out 75 percent of life. Although the asteroid killed off species, new research led by The University of Texas at Austin has found that the crater it left behind was home to… Continue Reading Life Recovered Rapidly at Impact Site of Dino-Killing Asteroid

Filed Under: Media Releases, News Tagged With: Chicxulub, Chris Lowery, dinosaur extinction, forams, IODP

August 29, 2015

Studying the Indonesian Throughflow

UTIG’s Craig Fulthorpe acted as co-chief scientist of IODP expedition 356. Continue Reading Studying the Indonesian Throughflow

Filed Under: climate-slideshow, News Tagged With: Australia, field work, Indonesian Throughflow, IODP

May 6, 2015

UTIG Senior Research Scientist Named As Chair of IODP Forum

University of Texas Institute for Geophysics (UTIG) Senior Research Scientist Jamie Austin has been named the next chair of the International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) Forum. According to the official IODP website, the IODP Forum is “a venue for exchanging ideas and views on the scientific progress of the International Ocean Discovery Program. The Forum is the… Continue Reading UTIG Senior Research Scientist Named As Chair of IODP Forum

Filed Under: News Tagged With: honors, International Ocean Discovery Program, IODP, Jackson School of Geosciences, oceanography, University of Texas, UTIG

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