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April 12, 2021

UT Begins Offshore Search for Sand Resources to Protect Texas from Coastal Erosion

A picture of windswept sand dunes at McFaddin beach. Overwash is visible but plants growing in the dunes are largely intact.

Scientists from The University of Texas at Austin will embark from Galveston on April 14 in search of sunken treasure that holds the key to protecting Texas from storms and rising seas: sand. About 80% of Texas’ Gulf shoreline is critically eroded, and the state is running out of easily accessible sand to rebuild and… Continue Reading UT Begins Offshore Search for Sand Resources to Protect Texas from Coastal Erosion

Filed Under: homepage-news, Media Releases, News, Stories Tagged With: CEPRA, Chris Lowery, coastal erosion, coastal protection, coastal resources, hurricanes, John Goff, marine geoscience, MG&G, sand, sand resources, Sea Level Rise, Sean Gulick, storm surge, storms, Texas, Texas coast, Texas GLO, Trinity River, Trinity Valley

March 27, 2015

UT GeoFORCE Texas Program Honored by President Obama

The University of Texas at Austin’s GeoFORCE Texas program, which introduces high school students from underserved areas to the career field of geosciences, has just been recognized by the White House and President Barack Obama with the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring. The award, announced on March 30, 2015, is… Continue Reading UT GeoFORCE Texas Program Honored by President Obama

Filed Under: News Tagged With: awards, Barack Obama, education, GeoForce Texas, geosciences, honors, Jackson School of Geosciences, mentoring, Texas, United States, University of Texas

June 30, 2014

UTIG Geologist Quoted in Several Articles on Gulf of Mexico Crude Oil Drilling

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John Snedden, director of the Gulf Basin Depositional Synthesis Project and Senior Research Scientist at the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics (UTIG), recently contributed comments for several articles, including a front-page newspaper article regarding crude oil exploration operations in the Gulf of Mexico.Dr. Snedden spoke to the Houston Chronicle about the ongoing allure of… Continue Reading UTIG Geologist Quoted in Several Articles on Gulf of Mexico Crude Oil Drilling

Filed Under: News Tagged With: drilling, Geology, Gulf of Mexico, Houston Chronicle, John Snedden, Louisiana, offshore drilling, oil and gas, oil companies, oil wells, Texas, University of Texas, UTIG

May 29, 2014

UTIG Researcher’s Article Featured in AGU Magazine

A recently published paper co-authored by Cliff Frohlich of the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics is featured in the May 20, 2014, edition of Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union. Frohlich and his co-authors published a paper in the January 2014 edition of Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth regarding the largest recorded earthquake in East… Continue Reading UTIG Researcher’s Article Featured in AGU Magazine

Filed Under: News Tagged With: AGU, American Geophysical Union, earthquakes, East Texas, Eos, geophysics, geoscience, magazines, oil and gas, seismology, Texas, Timposon, University of Texas, UTIG, water injection wells

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

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