This is a dispatch from Constantino Panagopulos, a science writer at the Jackson School of Geosciences, who is documenting the TERMINUS mission to explore Greenland glaciers from underwater. The mission is led by Professor Ginny Catania and collaborators. Learn more about it here. Exploring the world’s largest glaciers means getting scientists and their equipment to… Continue Reading Getting to Greenland
Forever Chemical Pollution Can Now Be Tracked
Organofluorine compounds — sometimes called ‘forever chemicals’ — are increasingly turning up in our drinking water, oceans and even human blood, posing a potential threat to the environment and human health. Now, researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have developed a way to fingerprint them, which could help authorities trace them to their… Continue Reading Forever Chemical Pollution Can Now Be Tracked
Scientists Set Sail to Study Greenland Glaciers from Underwater
The University of Texas at Austin has embarked on a mission to explore the underwater edges of Greenland’s coastal glaciers to learn more about future sea level rise. The four-week expedition conducted with international partners will investigate processes that control how these giant glaciers melt and what that means for the future of the Greenland… Continue Reading Scientists Set Sail to Study Greenland Glaciers from Underwater
Glacial Recognition: A Q&A with Glaciologist Enze Zhang
By Freja Cini & Constantino Panagopulos GEOPHYSICS Q&A Enze Zhang is the author of AutoTerm, a computer program that uses artificial intelligence to recognize the ocean-facing edges of glaciers — known as the terminus — in satellite images. Zhang’s terminus-recognition technology is providing advance reconnaissance of Greenland’s glaciers for an upcoming research expedition led by… Continue Reading Glacial Recognition: A Q&A with Glaciologist Enze Zhang
New Imaging Technique Uses Earth’s Warped Surface To Reveal Rocky Interior
Surface mapping technology such as GPS, radar and laser scanning have long been used to measure features on the Earth’s surface. Now, a new computational technique developed at The University of Texas at Austin is allowing scientists to use those technologies to look inside the planet. The new technique, described by researchers as “deformation imaging,”… Continue Reading New Imaging Technique Uses Earth’s Warped Surface To Reveal Rocky Interior
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