UTIG graduate research assistant Chad Greene was part of a research team from Texas to present a new paper aimed at getting scientists to think as seriously about color as they do about language. The research group notes that there exists a double standard in research, where language which is perfectly accurate, can still be called out by a reviewer for not being scientific enough, whereas inaccuracies in figures run rampant
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 […]
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 […]