« 2026 Fall Seminar Series Speaker: John B. Anderson, W. Maurice Ewing Professor Emeritus of Oceanography, Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences,Rice University Title: Response of the Texas Coast to Accelerated Sea-Level Rise and Climate Change: Lessons Learned from the Holocene Host: Sara Peters, Mikayla Pascual, Casey Vigilia, Jonathan Markel, Jon Amendola, Owen Seiner, Jonas Haug… Continue Reading UTIG Seminar Series: John B. Anderson

« 2026 Fall Seminar Series Join via Zoom Speaker: C. Adeene Denton, Postdoctoral Fellow NASA Title: Impacts as a window into the ocean worlds of the outer solar system Host: Nur Schuba Abstract: Evidence for collisions between planetary bodies can be found across our Solar System, from the Earth and Moon to the Kuiper belt.… Continue Reading UTIG Seminar Series: C. Adeene Denton

« 2026 Spring Seminar Series Speaker: Jiabao Li, Northeastern University Title: Cold data, warm bodies Host: Benjamin Keisling Abstract: In this talk, interdisciplinary artist and associate professor Jiabao Li explores the intersection of climate science, art, and “more-than-human” perspectives. Moving from the receding glaciers of Svalbard to the vertical migrations of the deep sea, Li… Continue Reading UTIG Seminar Series: Jiabao Li

« 2026 Spring Seminar Series Speaker: Shuai Yan, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington Title: Probing Antarctica’s Deepest Secrets Through Geophysical Exploration and Numerical Modeling Host: Duncan Young Abstract: The NSF Center for Oldest Ice Exploration (NSF COLDEX) was funded starting in 2021 to explore Antarctica for the oldest ice cores, with… Continue Reading UTIG Seminar Series: Shuai Yan

« 2026 Spring Seminar Series Speaker: Lindsay Prothro, Geology program, Texas A&M Corpus Chrsiti Title: Grounding Zone Processes at the Limits of Marine Ice Sheet Stability Host: Benjamin Keisling Abstract: Marine-based ice sheets are particularly sensitive to environmental change, yet the processes governing their contemporary retreat remain difficult to constrain. The grounding zone, where grounded… Continue Reading UTIG Seminar Series: Lindsay Prothro