A new paper published in The Cryosphere from UTIG and international researchers is helping identify a new location for ice core drilling in East Antarctica, all part of ICECAP/IDEA (International Collaborative Exploration of the Cryosphere through Airborne Profiling/Ice Divides of East Antarctica), an international collaboration with Australian, French, British, and Chinese colleagues to understand the region. Ice sheet […]
UTIG Research Associate Lends Expertise to NASA Ice Giants Study
What are the interiors like of Uranus and Neptune? Why are their magnetic fields different than other planets? Why are their winds and heat budgets so different from those observed on the other giant planets, Jupiter and Saturn? “In addition to the planets themselves, their rings, satellites, and magnetospheres are also unique; a new mission […]
In Memory of Dr. Kirk D. Mcintosh
The University of Texas Institute for Geophysics is saddened at the loss of Dr. Kirk D. Mcintosh, senior research scientist. Dr. Mcintosh will be deeply missed by all of his colleagues and we are sending our best wishes to his family at this time. Kirk D. McIntosh, marine seismologist and Senior Research Scientist at the […]
GOM^2 Blog Entry 6: What To Do With The Samples
What a difference a couple of days make: Wednesday, we were wondering what was going so wrong, Thursday, we stopped to breathe and regroup. Friday, we were elated to get a couple of good pressure cores in a row. Saturday, we wondered what on earth we would do with all the pressurized hydrate core we’re […]
GOM^2 Blog Entry 5: Punched in the Mouth
“Everyone has a plan ‘till they get punched in the mouth.” -Mike Tyson This past week, we got punched in the mouth. Heading into this expedition, I had expectations somewhere between optimistic and unrealistic. We came out here with the ability to bring back 20 pressure cores. Somewhere along the way I convinced myself that […]