Extreme weather is becoming more costly. The University of Texas Institute for Geophysics and insurance services company Verisk have teamed up to better understand where, when and why extreme weather happens, and its future in a warming climate. BY CONSTANTINO PANAGOPULOS When Storm Ciarán slammed into Europe in November 2023, it battered the continent with… Continue Reading Quantifying Chaos
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Stories and updates from the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics.
UTIG at AGU Fall Meeting 2024
Jump to Catch up with friends, heckle enemies. Find out whose doing what at AGU Fall with our (mostly) comprehensive schedule of talks and posters from current (and recent) UTIG research staff and students. Notice something amiss, get in touch! Monday, December 9 All times local Washington, D.C. time (EST). Julia Miller Preconditions of wildfires… Continue Reading UTIG at AGU Fall Meeting 2024
Frontier Science on a Climate Frontline
This is a dispatch from Constantino Panagopulos, a science writer at the Jackson School of Geosciences, who is documenting the TERMINUS mission to explore Greenland glaciers from underwater. The mission is led by Professor Ginny Catania and collaborators. Learn more about it here. It’s morning in the fjords of West Greenland, where for four weeks… Continue Reading Frontier Science on a Climate Frontline
The Science of Mud
This is a dispatch from Constantino Panagopulos, a science writer at the Jackson School of Geosciences, who is documenting the TERMINUS mission to explore Greenland glaciers from underwater. The mission is led by Professor Ginny Catania and collaborators. Learn more about it here. It’s a cold, pale night on the deck of the research vessel… Continue Reading The Science of Mud
Iceberg!
This is a dispatch from Constantino Panagopulos, a science writer at the Jackson School of Geosciences, who is documenting the TERMINUS mission to explore Greenland glaciers from underwater. The mission is led by Professor Ginny Catania and collaborators. Learn more about it here. Greenland’s sea-facing glaciers are in constant motion. They’re the outlets through which… Continue Reading Iceberg!
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