Tag: climate change
May 9, 2018
Rapid Evolution Fails to Save Butterflies from Extinction in Face of Human-Induced Change
New research confirms that wild species can adapt quickly to human-induced changes, but also shows how such adaptation can cause those species to be caught…
Read MoreDecember 21, 2017
French Climate Science Grant Has UT Biologist Feeling Great Again
Camille Parmesan, a biologist at the University of Texas and Plymouth University in the United Kingdom, has been studying the effects of climate change on…
Read MoreDecember 13, 2017
East Antarctic Ice Sheet Has History of Instability
The East Antarctic Ice Sheet locks away enough water to raise sea level an estimated 53 meters (174 feet), more than any other ice sheet…
Read MoreDecember 11, 2017
Jackson School’s Camille Parmesan Receives Grant to “Make Our Planet Great Again”
Camille Parmesan, an adjunct professor at the University of Texas at Austin Jackson School of Geosciences and professor at Plymouth University in the UK, is…
Read MoreNovember 20, 2017
Sweltering Recipe for Southeast Asia
Scientists at the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics (UTIG) have found that a devastating combination of global warming and El Niño is responsible for…
Read MoreNovember 1, 2017
Intensifying Winds Could Increase East Antarctica’s Contribution to Sea Level Rise
Totten Glacier, the largest glacier in East Antarctica, is being melted from below by warm water that reaches the ice when winds over the ocean…
Read MoreSeptember 13, 2017
Scientists Just Linked Another Record-Breaking Weather Event to Climate Change
Last year, a remarkable April heat wave shattered all-time temperature records across Southeast Asia, prompting public health concerns, killing at least one elephant and making international headlines. Now,…
Read MoreAugust 28, 2017
Algae Fortifies Coral Reefs in Past and Present
The Great Barrier Reef, and most other large reefs around the world, owe their bulk in large part to a type of red algae that…
Read MoreJune 6, 2017
Scientists Unravel How El Niño and Global Warming Combine to Cause Record-Breaking Heat in Southeast Asia
Scientists at The University of Texas Institute for Geophysics (UTIG) have found that a devastating combination of global warming and El Niño is responsible for…
Read MoreApril 17, 2017
Glacier Shape Influences Susceptibility to Thinning
Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have identified glaciers in West Greenland that are most susceptible to thinning in the coming decades by…
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