Extreme weather is becoming more costly. The University of Texas Institute for Geophysics and insurance services company Verisk have teamed up to better understand where, when and why extreme weather happens, and its future in a warming climate. BY CONSTANTINO PANAGOPULOS When Storm Ciarán slammed into Europe in November 2023, it battered the continent with… Continue Reading Quantifying Chaos
Into the Glacial Abyss
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
Fire and Ice: Undergrad Researcher Explores Wildfires in the Alaskan Tundra
By Freja Cini Mandala Pham is a double major undergraduate student at The University of Texas at Austin, where she studies geophysics at the Jackson School of Geosciences and history at the College of Liberal Arts. She also works as an undergraduate research assistant at the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics, where she studies… Continue Reading Fire and Ice: Undergrad Researcher Explores Wildfires in the Alaskan Tundra
Recreating Chicxulub’s Post-Impact Hydrothermal System
Student Spotlight By Freja Cini Graduate student Soraya Alfred studies hydrothermal fluid flow at impact craters to understand their role in life on Earth and on other planets. How long did it take for life to bounce back after an asteroid impact wiped out the dinosaurs? That’s what Soraya Alfred — a graduate research assistant… Continue Reading Recreating Chicxulub’s Post-Impact Hydrothermal System
Is There Life on Europa?
Scientists at the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics are working to discover if Jupiter’s icy moon could support life. BY CONSTANTINO PANAGOPULOS Ever since astronomers first peered through telescopes at the worlds of our solar system, people have looked to Mars for signs of life off Earth. But when scientists got a closer look… Continue Reading Is There Life on Europa?
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