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December 27, 2021

Blue Sky

Blue skies reflected on a glacial fjord. The glacier and ice covered mountains are visible in the distance.

Changing the World with High-Risk, High-Reward Research By Constantino Panagopulos Sometimes, to make a discovery, a scientist must take a chance on an idea, let it free into the sky and see where it lands. At the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics (UTIG), visionary thinking is recognized and encouraged among its researchers and indeed… Continue Reading Blue Sky

Filed Under: homepage-news, News, Stories Tagged With: acoustic sensors, Alaska, Blue Sky program, Hubbard glacier, Lady Bird Lake, Lake Austin, Newsletter stories, sand

April 24, 2018

Field Report: Testing New Ways to Collect Data on Sourdough Rock Glacier

  The mid-latitudes of Mars are littered with numerous debris-covered glaciers, deposited some several hundred million years ago and composed of pure water ice under a surface debris layer. As a record of Martian climate history and a potential resource for future manned missions to Mars, they are of high interest to UTIG graduate students… Continue Reading Field Report: Testing New Ways to Collect Data on Sourdough Rock Glacier

Filed Under: Geophysics Blog, homepage-news, homepage-slider, News, planetary-slideshow, Stories Tagged With: Alaska, glaciers, Mars, PhD students, Planetary

November 10, 2015

Lucas Beem’s Origin Story: How He Became a Climate Scientist

Lucas Beem

Meet one of UTIG’s newest postdoctoral fellows. Continue Reading Lucas Beem’s Origin Story: How He Became a Climate Scientist

Filed Under: Climate Stories, climate-slideshow, News Tagged With: Alaska, Antarctica, glaciers, postdoctoral fellow

October 16, 2015

UTIG Featured in Earth & Space Science News

The view of Kangerlussuup Sermia ice sheet in Greenland.

Postdoctoral Fellow Timothy Bartholomaus’ research is gaining notoriety with the scientific community. Continue Reading UTIG Featured in Earth & Space Science News

Filed Under: News, planetary-slideshow Tagged With: Alaska, glaciers, Greenland, ice sheets, postdoctoral fellow, press coverage

September 27, 2015

An Unexpected Discovery

helping understand how glaciers and ice sheets melt into the ocean Continue Reading An Unexpected Discovery

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Alaska, glaciers, Greenland, ice sheets, icequakes, postdoctoral fellow, research, seismicity, subglacial discharge

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