A conceptual figure from the study showing how researchers used InSAR deformation data to create a permeability map of ...

We are recruiting motivated students to join an NSF-funded project investigating active fault systems in central Nepal. This is a rare opportunity to work at the intersection of structural geology, ...

A geological map noting the types of rock that make up the Ames impact structure. The locations of oil and gas wells are noted with arrows. Credit: Catlos et al. Researchers at The University of Texas ...

Three researchers and a former postdoctoral fellow at the Jackson School of Geosciences have received top awards from the American Geophysical Union (AGU), the world’s largest Earth and space science ...

Discolored water runs from the tap at a home in Austin’s Colony neighborhood. Credit: Bianca Guerrero For over a decade, residents of Austin’s Colony, a neighborhood in an unincorporated area of ...

Underground gas storage sites in the United States. Credit: Bureau of Economic Geology Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have produced a new analysis of underground natural gas storage ...

Land and sea data collection took place in 2014 and 2015, with Van Avendock and his team sailing on the marine seismic vessel R/V Marcus Langseth to survey the Eastern North American Margin in the ...

Researchers from The University of Texas at Austin are working with the data center industry and other stakeholders to help manage the impact of the growing industry on Texas. Credit: iStock/quantic69 ...

Winners of the 2026 Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences Awards gather in Boyd Auditorium. More than 100 students, staff, researchers and faculty members in the Jackson School of Geosciences’ ...

With a wet suit and goggles, paleontologist John Moretti searches for fossils in the stream that flows through Bender’s Cave. Credit: John Moretti. A paleontologist from The University of Texas at ...

An artist’s interpretation of life and death after the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs. The three hair-covered forms (left) represent species of plankton found inside the crater made by ...

A figure adapted from the paper showing extreme water storage anomalies across the world as detected by the GRACE and GRACE Follow-On satellites from 2002-2024. Credit: Ashraf Rateb. Water extremes ...