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February 8, 2019

Tianyi Sun awarded AMS Outstanding Student Presentation Award for the second time

Tianyi Sun, a graduate research assistant at UTIG and a student at the Jackson School of Geosciences, has received the Outstanding Student Presentation Award for a presentation she gave at the 99th AMS Annual Meeting in Phoenix last month. This is the second time Tianyi has won the Outstanding Student Presentation Award. The AMS (American… Continue Reading Tianyi Sun awarded AMS Outstanding Student Presentation Award for the second time

Filed Under: Climate Stories, climate-slideshow, Geophysics Blog, homepage-news, homepage-slider Tagged With: student research

February 13, 2018

Student Profile: Tianyi Sun

UTIG Ph.D. student Tianyi Sun was recently selected for one of three Outstanding Oral awards for the 2018 American Meteorological Society meeting in Austin. She presented on “Role of Stochastic Atmospheric Forcing in Tropical Pacific Decadal Variability and ENSO Modulation.” The presentation can be viewed on the AMS website. We caught up with Tianyi to learn more… Continue Reading Student Profile: Tianyi Sun

Filed Under: Climate Stories, climate-slideshow, Geophysics Blog, homepage-news, homepage-slider, Meet the UTIG Student, News Tagged With: El Nino, ENSO, PhD students, research, student profile

November 16, 2017

New Research Could Predict La Niña Drought Years in Advance

Two new studies from The University of Texas at Austin have significantly improved scientists’ ability to predict the strength and duration of droughts caused by La Niña – a recurrent cooling pattern in the tropical Pacific Ocean. Their findings, which predict that the current La Niña is likely to stretch into a second year, could… Continue Reading New Research Could Predict La Niña Drought Years in Advance

Filed Under: Climate Stories, climate-slideshow, homepage-news, homepage-slider, Media Releases, News Tagged With: drought, El Nino, ENSO, la nina

November 12, 2015

Jud Partin’s Research Appears in National News Outlets

Links to podcasts, articles and more featuring UTIG’s own Jud Partin. Continue Reading Jud Partin’s Research Appears in National News Outlets

Filed Under: climate-slideshow Tagged With: climate change, podcasts, radio, rainfall, research, younger dryas

November 10, 2015

Lucas Beem’s Origin Story: How He Became a Climate Scientist

Lucas Beem

Meet one of UTIG’s newest postdoctoral fellows. Continue Reading Lucas Beem’s Origin Story: How He Became a Climate Scientist

Filed Under: Climate Stories, climate-slideshow, News Tagged With: Alaska, Antarctica, glaciers, postdoctoral fellow

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