WFAA Verify: Is West Texas sinking?
WFAA-TV Channel 8's Verify covered the research of SMU geophysicists Zhong Lu and Jin-Woo Kim.
The Guardian: Texas sinkholes — oil and gas drilling increases threat, scientists warn
The Guardian and other news outlets covered the West Texas sinkhole and ground movement research of SMU geophysicists.
Radar images show large swath of West Texas oil patch is heaving and sinking at alarming rates
Decades of oil production activity have destabilized an area about 4,000 square miles.
The Dallas Morning News: Earthquakes at DFW Airport continued for years after oil and gas wastewater well was shut
DMN: Earthquakes at DFW Airport continued for years after oil and gas wastewater well was shut
Solving the dark energy mystery: A new sky survey assignment for a 45-year-old telescope
SMU and other members of a scientific consortium prepare for installation of the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument to survey the night sky from a mile-high mountain peak in Arizona As part of a large scientific consortium studying dark energy, SMU physicists are on course to help create the largest 3-D map of the universe ever [...]
SMU study finds earthquakes continue for years after gas field wastewater injection stops
SMU study finds earthquakes continue for years after gas field wastewater injection stops
Exploring the mysteries of the universe: Reality in the Shadows
Exploring the mysteries of the universe: Reality in the Shadows
Scientific American: Drilling Reawakens Sleeping Faults in Texas, Leads to Earthquakes
For 300 million years faults showed no activity, and then wastewater injections from oil and gas wells came along. Study authors took a different approach in the new work — they hunted for deformed faults below Texas.
The Washington Post: Oil and gas industry is causing Texas earthquakes, a ‘landmark’ study suggests
The Washington Post covered the landmark earthquake research of a team of SMU geophysicists led by SMU Associate Professor Beatrice Magnani in the SMU Department of Earth Sciences.