When Sara Hanan Chowdhury arrived in San Francisco earlier this week, she brought feelings of excitement and anticipation at seeing one of the world’s best-known cities in a country she was visiting for the first time. “Everybody dreams of visiting the U.S.,” she said. “I was really excited when I arrived.” Chowdhury also brought with […]
Finding a sustainable solution to a human-driven sand crisis
Of the many crises facing the world today, few expected a global shortage of sand to be among them. Whether in the concrete around us or the phones in our hands, modern society probably uses more sand than any other natural resource. Getting hold of the right stuff, however, has suddenly become a major concern […]
UTIG Seminar Notes: Kelly Olsen explains why some regions are more prone to powerful earthquakes than others
The final UTIG seminar of the Fall semester is reserved for graduate students to practice their presentations for AGU Fall. This year’s practice talks will be given by UTIG grad students Xian Wu, Kelly Olsen and Janaki Vamaraju. We asked each student to give us a sneak-preview into what they’ll be talking about and why […]
Hunting for Sand Resources in the Gulf of Mexico
Sand is in the concrete that holds up our buildings and lines our roads. It’s in the screens of our phones and the glass of our windows. And billions of tons of it are used to protect coastal communities from erosion, sea level rise and the impact of major storms. But you can’t just use […]
UTIG Seminar Notes: Janaki Vamaraju on how to use machine learning to solve problems in geophysics
The final UTIG seminar of the Fall semester is reserved for graduate students to practice their presentations for AGU Fall. This year’s practice talks will be given by UTIG grad students Xian Wu, Kelly Olsen and Janaki Vamaraju. We asked each student to give us a sneak-preview into what they’ll be talking about and why […]
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