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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 […]

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

July 30, 2019

Denis Felikson receives Early Career award for pioneering research on glacier thinning

Denis Felikson, a former UT graduate student, has received an early career award from the International Association of Cryospheric Sciences (IACS) for research into glacier thinning that he conducted while working as a graduate research assistant at UTIG. Felikson graduated from the Department of Aerospace Engineering with a doctoral degree in 2018 and is now […]

Filed Under: Geophysics Blog, homepage-news, News, Stories Tagged With: awards, glaciers, glaciology, graduate students, Greenland, student awards

July 8, 2019

Meet The Exploration Geophysics Trailblazers: Part 4

In March this year, students from the University of Texas Jackson School of Geosciences presented research at the annual meeting of the UT-Austin EDGER Forum, an industry consortium that sponsors education and research in exploration geophysics. Research carried out by the group spans laboratory experiments, numerical simulations and field data analysis, a combination that is […]

Filed Under: energy-slideshow, Geophysics Blog, homepage-news, Meet the UTIG Student, News Tagged With: EDGER Forum, exploration geophysics, graduate students, PhD students, student profile

June 3, 2019

Meet The Exploration Geophysics Trailblazers: Part 3

In March this year, students from the University of Texas Jackson School of Geosciences presented research at the annual meeting of the UT-Austin EDGER Forum, an industry consortium that sponsors education and research in exploration geophysics. Research carried out by the group spans laboratory experiments, numerical simulations and field data analysis, a combination that is […]

Filed Under: energy-slideshow, Geophysics Blog, homepage-news, Meet the UTIG Student, News Tagged With: EDGER Forum, exploration geophysics, graduate students, PhD students, student profile

May 28, 2019

Meet The Exploration Geophysics Trailblazers: Part 2

In March this year, students from the University of Texas Jackson School of Geosciences presented research at the annual meeting of the UT-Austin EDGER Forum, an industry consortium that sponsors education and research in exploration geophysics. Research carried out by the group spans laboratory experiments, numerical simulations and field data analysis, a combination that is […]

Filed Under: energy-slideshow, Geophysics Blog, homepage-news, News Tagged With: EDGER Forum, exploration geophysics, graduate students, PhD students, student profile

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