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May 6, 2020

Climate Change Could Reawaken Indian Ocean El Niño

Global warming is approaching a tipping point that during this century could reawaken an ancient climate pattern similar to El Niño in the Indian Ocean, new research led by scientists from The University of Texas at Austin has found. If it comes to pass, floods, storms and drought are likely to worsen and become more… Continue Reading Climate Change Could Reawaken Indian Ocean El Niño

Filed Under: homepage-news, Media Releases, News Tagged With: climate change, Indian Ocean, Pedro DiNezio

March 20, 2020

Alumni Stories: Brooke Kopecky, Environmental Geologist

By Arianne Snyder Brooke Kopecky is an environmental geologist currently working at the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ). She has a degree in geological sciences from the Jackson School and from 2017 to 2019, worked as a student research assistant in UTIG’s climate group. At TCEQ, she works in a project manager role, helping… Continue Reading Alumni Stories: Brooke Kopecky, Environmental Geologist

Filed Under: Geophysics Blog, homepage-news Tagged With: Allison Lawman, Alumni stories, Brooke Kopecky, climate change, corals, paleoclimate

December 19, 2019

El Niño, La Niña Rising

These seasonal climate patterns are responsible for far-reaching and damaging weather events that affect the entire world. The University of Texas Institute for Geophysics is leading the way to understand how global climate change could be affecting them. By Constantino Panagopulos Allison Lawman is in The University of Texas at Austin paleoclimate archive, laying out… Continue Reading El Niño, La Niña Rising

Filed Under: Climate Stories, Geophysics Blog, homepage-news, News Tagged With: climate change, El Nino, ENSO, feature, la nina, Newsletter stories

September 4, 2019

New study gives hope for predicting long lasting El Niño and La Niña

Drought ruined crops in Texas

A scientific paper by a graduate student at the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics (UTIG) has explained why some El Niño and La Niña events last longer than others, a result that could help predict their worst effects. The paper, which was published in August in the Journal of Climate, shows that El Niño… Continue Reading New study gives hope for predicting long lasting El Niño and La Niña

Filed Under: homepage-news, Media Releases, News Tagged With: climate change, El Nino, ENSO, graduate students, la nina, press release, Xian Wu

March 30, 2016

Accelerated Permafrost Melt Witnessed in Antarctica’s Dry Valleys

Ice that has existed in Antarctica since the Ice Age is melting and speeding the rate of permafrost melt — a sign that permafrost loss is a global problem Continue Reading Accelerated Permafrost Melt Witnessed in Antarctica’s Dry Valleys

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Antarctica, climate change, expeditions

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