The World Needs Geophysicists! From earthquakes to climate change we tackle fundamental issues in Earth and planetary sciences. Part of @txgeosciences @utaustin
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University of Texas Institute for Geophysics retweeted
Researchers from the Jackson School's Project SHEILD and Japan's @NIED_en came together this week for a joint workshop on building resilience to earth hazards, from earthquakes to extreme weather.
Thanks for travelling to @UTAustin and the great discussion!
ALT A group photo from the workshop feature researchers from NIED and the Jackson School of Geosciences.
Zach Sickmann of @UTMSI joins us this Friday for our weekly #UTIGSeminar!
More info: ig.utexas.edu/utig-seminar-s…
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center's Denis Felikson joins us this Friday to talk satellites and sea-level rise at this week's #utigseminar🛰️🌊
Learn more: ig.utexas.edu/utig-seminar-s…
UTIG experts from team TERMINUS join us for this week's #UTIGSeminar to discuss ongoing work from their 2024 mission to Greenland!
Learn more: ig.utexas.edu/utig-seminar-s…
The University of Texas Institute for Geophysics, a research unit of @txgeosciences, is now accepting applications to appoint a Distinguished Postdoctoral fellow: utaustin.wd1.myworkdayjobs.c…
Michalea King from the University of Washington's Polar Science Center joins us this week for an icy #UTIGSeminar!
ig.utexas.edu/utig-seminar-s…
University of Texas Institute for Geophysics retweeted
UTMSI, UTIG, and the Jackson School of Geosciences recently gathered in Port A to generate innovative research ideas and future partnerships. We were pleased to welcome Gregg Robertson, whose support helped make the workshop possible. 🌊🔬🤘 marinescience.utexas.edu/new…
Last week, we at the @txgeosciences joined our friends at @UTMSI for a collaborative research workshop focused on identifying interdisciplinary opportunities that leverage the strengths of all three units!
Read more: ig.utexas.edu/news/2026/wher…
Photos and words courtesy of @UTMSI
New @txgeosciences faculty member Taiyi Wang joins us this week for our #UTIGSeminar series! Join us in-person or virtually via this link: ig.utexas.edu/.../utig-semin…
Friend of the institute and @TACC Research Scientist Francesca Samsel joins us this Friday for our weekly #UTIGSeminar! Learn more about Samsel's talk and join virtually here: ig.utexas.edu/utig-seminar-s…
W. Maurice Ewing Professor Emeritus John B. Anderson joins us for our #UTIGSeminar series this week! Read the abstract and see Zoom info here: ig.utexas.edu/utig-seminar-s…
University of Texas Institute for Geophysics retweeted
NASA Texas Space Grant Consortium's Fellows and Scholars program is now open for the 2026-2027 academic year!
The application for our Fellows & Scholars program closes on October 31.
To learn more about each program, check out the thread below:
University of Texas Institute for Geophysics retweeted
Our first DeFord Lecture of the fall semester is here! It's a special one, led by our very own Geeta Persad, assistant professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences.
Don't miss it!
This week's #UTIGSeminar features Adeene Denton, a NASA Postdoctoral Fellow who researches the origin and evolution of ocean worlds in the outer Solar System. Join us this Friday: ig.utexas.edu/utig-seminar-s…
We had a great time hosting the Megathrust Modeling Framework (MTMOD) NSF project workshop 🌎
”It was awesome to welcome back the MTMOD team and amazing to see how far our student cohort has come since the project inception,” said Thorsten Becker, professor at UTIG.
Did you miss us, because we missed you! The #UTIGSeminar series returns this Friday, August 28 at 10:30 a.m. here at UTIG! More details, including how to join virtually can be found here: ig.utexas.edu/news/2026/utig…
Last week, we hosted the @COLDEX_STC annual meeting! Thanks to all the researchers who traveled to Austin and thanks to UTIG scientists Don Blankenship and Duncan Young, who lead UTIG’s efforts at the center, for planning the event!
📸 UTIG and Kelly Brunt
The University of Texas Institute for Geophysics seeks to hire research faculty at the Research Assistant/Associate Professor rank in the broadly defined field of Coastal Science.
For more information on this opportunity or to apply, click here: ig.utexas.edu/jobs/2026/rese…
Current forecasts show El Niño intensifying through the end of #2026 the year and remaining through the beginning of 2027.
What’s the potential impact on Texas? #UTIG research associate professor at @txgeosciences Jud Partin spoke about with @TPRNews.
tpr.org/podcast/the-source/2…
Modeling the #TropicalRainBelt just got better thanks to new research that looks at the role summertime warming in the Southern Hemisphere plays in current climate models ☀️🗺️
Read the paper co-authored by UTIG researcher Yuko Okumura in @NatureGeosci nature.com/articles/s41561-0…
