2015 Issue
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The Man Behind the School
When Jack Jackson decided to leave his fortune to The University of Texas at Austin, it forever changed the face of geosciences at the university, the state and beyond. -
Volcano Forensics
Millions of visitors flock to Yellowstone National Park each year to see its steaming geysers, iridescent pools and carved, rugged landscape. For the last five years, Jim Gardner, Kenny Befus and a team of undergraduate students from the Jackson School of Geosciences have been among them. -
Understanding the Shale Boom
Research at the Jackson School of Geosciences Bureau of Economic Geology (BEG) into U.S. shale oil gas production and reserves is widely considered to be the most comprehensive public study of its kind. -
Sorting Science from Dread
New research shows that risk of serious pipeline accidents overestimated. -
Exploring Europa
Jackson School scientists play a key role in NASA's quest to find life-supporting environments on Jupiter's moon. -
Slow Slip
Undetected by humans, slow motion earthquakes are happening all over the world. Understanding them could help predict when destructive quakes are coming. -
Drought & Deluge
Water is the most precious resource on Earth, but there always seems to be too little or too much of it in Texas. Research at the Jackson School is tackling the challenges posed by these extremes.