Two new studies from The University of Texas at Austin have significantly improved scientists’ ability to predict the strength and duration of droughts caused by La Niña – a recurrent cooling pattern in the tropical Pacific Ocean. Their findings, which predict that the current La Niña is likely to stretch into a second year, could… Continue Reading New Research Could Predict La Niña Drought Years in Advance
UTIG researchers aim to study future sea level changes by obtaining paleosea records in the Federal States of Micronesia
Rising sea level is, and will be, an issue facing coastal regions, including Middle Pacific islands, for the foreseeable future. UTIG scientists are trying to assess the magnitude, rates and geographic distribution of future changes in sea level by studying past sea level changes. Continue Reading UTIG researchers aim to study future sea level changes by obtaining paleosea records in the Federal States of Micronesia
Jud Partin’s Research Appears in National News Outlets
Jud Partin, a Research Associate at the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics, recently made waves in the climate community by challenging how the Younger Dryas affected rainfall in the Philippines. Continue Reading Jud Partin’s Research Appears in National News Outlets
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
Going Against Greenland
new research says tropical rainfall could be impacted for generations to come Continue Reading Going Against Greenland