In summer 2024, a Greenland expedition led by the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics dove into an undiscovered frontier in search of answers about future sea level rise BY CONSTANTINO PANAGOPULOS On the far western edge of Greenland’s ice sheet, a large glacier leads to the sea, where it breaks against the water like… Continue Reading Into the Glacial Abyss
Gail Christeson: Former UTIG Associate Director
By Constantino Panagopulos Like many scientists, Gail Christeson often turned to the National Science Foundation for research funding. It’s how she ended up leading one of the longest continuous seismic imaging profiles of the Earth’s oceanic crust, and it’s what took her to the southern Gulf of Mexico to drill an underwater crater that marked… Continue Reading Gail Christeson: Former UTIG Associate Director
In Search of the Next Big One
Subduction zones are the source of the world’s most dangerous earthquakes and tsunamis. UTIG’s researchers are on a mission to understand them By Constantino Panagopulos On Jan. 26, 1700, a barrage of tsunamis ripped across the Pacific Ocean at the speed of a jet liner. The 100-foot waves slammed into the northwest coast of America… Continue Reading In Search of the Next Big One
Blue Sky
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
Fred Taylor: Senior Research Scientist Emeritus
NOVEMBER 1, 2021 Fred Taylor joined the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics in 1981 with plans to use corals to investigate big questions in geosciences. He made good on that plan, conducting coral research that has unlocked mysteries and earned him a reputation as a pioneering scientist. Now retired and a senior research scientist… Continue Reading Fred Taylor: Senior Research Scientist Emeritus