6+ day, 3+ hour ago  (214+ words) More than 100 students, staff, researchers and faculty members in the Jackson School of Geosciences" Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences packed inside Boyd Auditorium on Tuesday to celebrate a year of excellent work in the geosciences and to recognize individuals…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (441+ words) Dr. Mark Helper, now an emeritus distinguished senior lecturer at The University of Texas at Austin Jackson School of Geosciences, helped train every new class of NASA astronaut hopefuls since 2009, including all four of the moonfaring Artemis II astronauts: Commander…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (532+ words) Scientists have discovered geological features on Mars that could point to the existence of a long-dried up ocean that once covered a third of the Red Planet's surface. The geological formation is a wide and deep coastal shelf akin to…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (336+ words) Fa Li, who uses artificial intelligence to study how ecosystems on the land respond to shifts in the climate and water cycle, joined the Jackson School of Geosciences Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences as an assistant professor this year....

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (421+ words) Dapeng Feng, a hydrologist exploring the Earth's water and its interactions with the environment, has joined the Jackson School of Geosciences Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences as an assistant professor. Many AI methods are primarily data-driven and lack physical…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (390+ words) Jackson School of Geosciences Professor Peter Flemings, a lauded geologist who led a multi-year mission to collect core samples of methane hydrates in the Gulf of Mexico, has been named interim chair of the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences…...