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December 9, 2015

Institute for Geophysics at AGU

The American Geophysical Union’s annual fall meeting is December 14-18 in San Francisco and the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics is there. Continue Reading Institute for Geophysics at AGU

Filed Under: News Tagged With: AGU, El Nino, glaciers, Mars, radar

November 23, 2015

Climate Can Grind Mountains Faster Than They Can Be Rebuilt

Recent research from UTIG says erosion caused by glaciation during ice ages can, in the right circumstances, wear down mountains faster than plate tectonics can build them. Continue Reading Climate Can Grind Mountains Faster Than They Can Be Rebuilt

Filed Under: News Tagged With: glaciers, Gulick, press release, research, Tectonics

November 17, 2015

Mars Eroding Quicker Than Previously Realized

Erosion rates on Mars may be moving thousands of times faster than scientists believed according to new research, which could help decide the next Mars landing site. Continue Reading Mars Eroding Quicker Than Previously Realized

Filed Under: News Tagged With: erosion, glaciers, human landing site, Mars, research

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

October 26, 2015

Research on Mars’ Erosion Published in Icarus

photo courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

Read UTIG’s research brief on Research Science Associate Joseph Levy’s latest research. Continue Reading Research on Mars’ Erosion Published in Icarus

Filed Under: planetary-slideshow Tagged With: erosion, glaciers, Mars, research

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