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May 9, 2022

Newly Discovered Lake May Hold Secret to Antarctic Ice Sheet’s Rise and Fall

A group of nine scientists dressed for polar research pose in front of a propeller plane on the ice

Scientists investigating the underside of the world’s largest ice sheet in East Antarctica have discovered a city-size lake whose sediments might contain a history of the ice sheet since its earliest beginnings. That would answer questions about what Antarctica was like before it froze, how climate change has affected it over its history, and how… Continue Reading Newly Discovered Lake May Hold Secret to Antarctic Ice Sheet’s Rise and Fall

Filed Under: homepage-news, Media Releases, News Tagged With: aerogeophysics, Antarctica, climate change, East Antarctica, ice sheets, ICECAP, ICECAP-2, radar, Shuai Yan, student research, subglacial lakes

January 24, 2022

Hope for Present-Day Martian Groundwater Dries Up

Satellite image of Mars' ice covered south pole

Liquid water previously detected under Mars’ ice-covered south pole is probably just a dusty mirage, according to a new study of the red planet led by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin. Scientists in 2018 had thought they were looking at liquid water when they saw bright radar reflections under the polar cap.… Continue Reading Hope for Present-Day Martian Groundwater Dries Up

Filed Under: homepage-news, Media Releases, News Tagged With: Cyril Grima, Mars, Mars Express, MARSIS, planetary habitability, Planetary Sciences, radar, water on Mars

September 10, 2021

UT Joins NSF-Funded Center for Oldest Ice Exploration

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The University of Texas at Austin has joined a National Science Foundation-funded center to find the world’s oldest ice in Antarctica – 1.5-million-year-old ice that could hold tiny pockets of Earth’s ancient atmosphere trapped in air bubbles within the ice. Announced Sept. 9, 2021, the Center for Oldest Ice Exploration, or COLDEX, is a five-year,… Continue Reading UT Joins NSF-Funded Center for Oldest Ice Exploration

Filed Under: homepage-news, Media Releases, News, Stories Tagged With: aerogeophysics, Antarctica, COLDEX, Duncan Young, old ice, radar

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

May 27, 2015

Bound For Jupiter’s Moon

Image courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech/SETI Institute

Collaborating with NASA, ice-penetrating radar developed at the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics will be included on the mission to Europa. Continue Reading Bound For Jupiter’s Moon

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Donald Blankenship, Europa, NASA, Planetary Sciences, radar, space

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