UT Jackson School of Geosciences
@txgeosciences
The World Needs Geoscientists.🤘 @utaustin college & three research units in one: @UTGeophysics, @Bureau3E, and the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences.
Happy #EarthDay ! The planet is facing big challenges. But today and every day, geoscientists at the Jackson School are working to solve them.🌎#theworldneedsgeoscientists youtu.be/ql6Sdy-2zjw?si…
Join us on Friday, Sept 12, 2025 in Austin, TX for the 2025 Energy Symposium! This year's theme is "The Energy Imperative" and we'll explore tech, capital, geopolitics & leadership that's shaping the future of energy. Learn more: bit.ly/4l8997d
Enjoy FREE museum admission on Sunday, July 27 during @HEB Free Fourth Sunday! Learn about life in Texas millions of years ago, walk beneath a tyrannosaur and the 33-foot wingspan of a pterosaur, touch a meteorite and more! sciencemuseum.utexas.edu
This August, @UTAustin will host a rare gathering of experts from across disciplines to secure the U.S. critical mineral supply—key to modern tech like EVs, semiconductors, and solar panels. 🔗 utx.global/3GtURPd @txgeosciences @CockrellSchool @TXSciNatHisMus @Energy @USGS
Congratulations to Geeta G. Persad, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, on receiving the National Science Foundation CAREER award! Read more: jsg.utexas.edu/news/2025/07/g…
Mammoth or mastodon? 🐘 Both lived in Ice Age Texas, but their teeth—and their diets—set them apart! Watch this short video to learn more, and come explore more Ice Age giants Tuesday, July 22 and 29 from 10-1 at Texas Science & Natural History Museum! youtube.com/shorts/6yQj9EW…
UT Austin’s FLARE-X team is advancing in the $5M @xprize Wildfire competition! Led by @CockrellSchool & @txgeosciences, the team is using AI-powered drones to autonomously detect & suppress wildfires—within minutes. Innovation that could change the world. Read more:…
Data centers are coming to Texas, but where should they go? 🗺️ Decommissioned industrial sites, such as old refineries and power plants, could be an excellent option. More in our @Bureau3E report on data center growth in Texas: beg.utexas.edu/files/cee/Data…
Declining air pollution is good for health. But it may come with an unintended, climatic side-effect: more heatwaves. More about aerosol decline and how it relates to growing heatwave exposure risk in the latest study from the Jackson School's @ggpersad jsg.utexas.edu/news/2025/07/d…
How do subduction zones begin? What triggers their formation? How do they evolve? Join our @theAGU 2025 session: "Onset and Evolution of Subduction Zones." We welcome work on: 🔹 Subduction initiation 🔹 Reactivated zones 🔹 Early magmatism & deformation 🔹 Geophysics,…
The Southwest U.S. is currently facing its worst megadrought of the past 1,200 years. And according to new research out of the Jackson School of Geosciences, it could continue until the end of the century, if not longer. jsg.utexas.edu/news/2025/07/r…
Article: Mid-Holocene and the future warming induces a North Pacific response resulting in sustained winter precipitation deficits and drought over the Southwestern United States @txgeosciences nature.com/articles/s4156…
Congrats to the new 2025–26 Research Leaders Academy cohort 🎉 Fifteen fellows from 10 UT Austin colleges and schools will work with the Office of the Vice President for Research to develop large-scale research visions, secure external support and lead interdisciplinary teams.…
A message from Interim President Jim Davis: “It’s been a tragic week in Texas. We deeply mourn the loss of so many lives from the hill country floods and pray for all who are impacted. We are also grateful for those working tirelessly to help and the many lives they have saved.…
Unsaturated zone hydrology for scientists and engineers / James A. Tindall, James R. Kunkel with Dean E. Anderson. Prentice Hall, 1999. #hydrology #groundwater #soilchemisry #SoilMechanics
Based out of the Jackson School and led by Dev Niyogi & Bridget Scanlon, the @UNESCO Chair in AI, Water and Cities recognizes @UTAustin as an international resource for research that can help cities become more resilient to natural hazards. jsg.utexas.edu/news/2025/06/u…
Texas communities face more frequent droughts, floods, and extreme heat events. At the forefront of tackling these challenges is @JacksonGeo at @UTAustin which has been named a @UNESCO Chair in AI, water, and cities. This global honor shows how UT leads in research and teaching…
Our @GulfCoastCarbon Center recently launched an online course that covers the full lifecycle of a carbon storage project. 🔄 The course is self-paced and meant for geoscientists, engineers and other subsurface professionals. Register and learn more! 👇 jsg.utexas.edu/academics/cont…
.@ScienceMagazine spoke with @UTGeophysics Director Demian Saffer and Research Professor Laura Wallace about how a network of seafloor sensors in Japan is shedding light on slow slip earthquakes — and their connection to bigger quakes. science.org/content/articl…
🧊 Research turns possibility into progress — UT researchers are exploring a remote frontier to better predict sea level rise. The expedition, led by @UTGeophysics and glaciologist Ginny Catania, captured never-before-seen data from one of Earth’s most treacherous environments.…