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
Hope for Present-Day Martian Groundwater Dries Up
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
UT Joins NSF-Funded Center for Oldest Ice Exploration
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
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
Bound For Jupiter’s Moon
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