In summer 2024, a Greenland expedition led by the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics dove into an undiscovered frontier in search of answers about future sea level rise BY CONSTANTINO PANAGOPULOS On the far western edge of Greenland’s ice sheet, a large glacier leads to the sea, where it breaks against the water like… Continue Reading Into the Glacial Abyss
Jackson School Newsletter 2024
Welcome to the Jackson School of Geosciences Newsletter.A tradition since 1950, the Newsletter highlights research, news and achievements by Jackson School faculty, students, scientists and alumni.
Announcing Our 2024 Women In Science Incentive Prize Winners
When it comes to droughts, wildfires, thunderstorms and other extreme events, these scientists are looking for answers. We’re awarding $5,000 grants to support them. The Story Exchange, a nonprofit media platform that aims to elevate women’s voices, today announced the winners of its fourth annual Women In Science Incentive Prize, or WISIP. The WISIP program,… Continue Reading Announcing Our 2024 Women In Science Incentive Prize Winners
Helping the Karuk Tribe in California Prepare for Climate Challenges
UTIG’s Danielle Touma is winner of the 2024 Women In Science Incentive Prize. The award’s theme this year was extreme weather. This story by Lucy Sherriff at The Story Exchange goes into Touma’s work helping the Karuk Tribe manage wildfires in California. Danielle Touma is no stranger to drought. The research professor at University of… Continue Reading Helping the Karuk Tribe in California Prepare for Climate Challenges
Uranus’s Swaying Moons will Help Spacecraft Seek Out Hidden Oceans – Banner
When NASA’s Voyager 2 flew by Uranus in 1986, it captured grainy photographs of large ice-covered moons. Now nearly 40 years later, NASA plans to send another spacecraft to Uranus, this time equipped to see if those icy moons are hiding liquid water oceans. The mission is still in an early planning stage. But researchers… Continue Reading Uranus’s Swaying Moons will Help Spacecraft Seek Out Hidden Oceans – Banner
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