Changing the World with High-Risk, High-Reward Research By Constantino Panagopulos Sometimes, to make a discovery, a scientist must take a chance on an idea, let it free into the sky and see where it lands. At the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics (UTIG), visionary thinking is recognized and encouraged among its researchers and indeed… Continue Reading Blue Sky
Field Report: Testing New Ways to Collect Data on Sourdough Rock Glacier
The mid-latitudes of Mars are littered with numerous debris-covered glaciers, deposited some several hundred million years ago and composed of pure water ice under a surface debris layer. As a record of Martian climate history and a potential resource for future manned missions to Mars, they are of high interest to UTIG graduate students… Continue Reading Field Report: Testing New Ways to Collect Data on Sourdough Rock Glacier
Lucas Beem’s Origin Story: How He Became a Climate Scientist
Meet one of UTIG’s newest postdoctoral fellows. Continue Reading Lucas Beem’s Origin Story: How He Became a Climate Scientist
UTIG Featured in Earth & Space Science News
Postdoctoral Fellow Timothy Bartholomaus’ research is gaining notoriety with the scientific community. Continue Reading UTIG Featured in Earth & Space Science News
An Unexpected Discovery
helping understand how glaciers and ice sheets melt into the ocean Continue Reading An Unexpected Discovery