Current Projects
UTIG is involved in a number of nationally and internationally collaborative polar research projects. For links to current and past projects visit the Research page »
New! ICECAP Metadata (Season 1, 2008-09, positions) »
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News:
Astronomy Colloquium - Tuesday, April 7,
2009, UT Astronomy Dept.(RLM 15.216B), 3:30 pm, "Unraveling Icy
Mysteries on Mars (and Earth) through Radar Sounding"
2/6/2009: This Week at Casey, Australian
Antarctic Division, field update
2/6/2009:
Mapping East Antarctica's Uncharted Territory, a video interview with
Jack Holt, Ice Stories - Dispatches
from Polar Scientists, Exploratorium
1/23/2009: In warming climate, which ice sheets melt first? an
interview with Don Blankenship, Earth
and Sky Radio Series Listen
to the podcast here >>
Hot Science - Cool Talks Outreach Lecture Series at UT's Environmental
Science institute. Friday November 14, 2008 - 7pm CST (Live Webcast -
follow link below)
Donald
Blankenship, 'Beginning the Search for Life on the Outer Planets'
Read
the article in the Austin American-Statesman >>
What are the consequences of polar melting? Ginny Catania answers student questions
on the Earth and Sky Radio
Series (Program #5636, October 27, 2008). Listen here »
Upcoming Field Campaigns
November, 2008 - January, 2009: ICECAP: Investigating the Cryospheric Evolution of the Central Antarctic Plate
April
13 - May 31, 2008: Central Scotia Sea Floor and the Drake Passage
Deep Ocean Current
Gateway - Follow the adventures of Austin teacher Katie
Pena
(Zilker Elementary) as she gets underway with UTIG.
Read Katie's daily blog on Polar Trec's Virtual Base Camp Website >>
November, 2007: Grounding Line
Forensics - Research Associate, Ginny Catania, and
PhD. Candidate, Jamin Greenbaum, headed to West Antarctica. Read more
»
More on UTIG polar field campaigns »
