Tag: climate change
December 4, 2015
Our last, best chance to help planet
The United Nations Climate Change Conference currently being held in Paris is our best and last chance for a binding global agreement to cut emissions…
Read MoreNovember 25, 2015
Climate Change Can Tear Down Mountains
The St. Elias Mountains in Alaska are more than 5000 meters tall, testament to a tectonic plate wedged underneath the region that is driving them…
Read MoreOctober 9, 2015
New studies deepen concerns about a climate-change ‘wild card’
Two new studies are adding to concerns about one of the most troubling scenarios for future climate change: the possibility that global warming could slow…
Read MoreSeptember 2, 2015
Ancient Cold Period Could Provide Clues About Future Climate Change
Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have found that a well-known period of abrupt climate change 12,000 years ago occurred rapidly in northern…
Read MoreAugust 19, 2015
Saharan Heat Amped Up by Climate Change
The searing Sahara Desert is getting even hotter, at a rate two to four times greater than the rest of the tropics, say scientists in…
Read MoreAugust 10, 2015
Scientists Pioneer Method to Track Water Flowing Through Glaciers
Researchers for the first time have used seismic sensors to track meltwater flowing through glaciers and into the ocean, an essential step to understanding the…
Read MoreMarch 17, 2015
CO2 Increase Can Intensify Future Droughts in Tropics, Study Suggests
AUSTIN, Texas — A new study suggests that increases in atmospheric CO2 could intensify extreme droughts in tropical and subtropical regions — such as Australia, the…
Read MoreFebruary 5, 2015
Peering Inside Greenland’s Ice Sheet, in 3D
Want to know what the inside of an ice sheet looks like? A new 3D map and animation of the Greenland ice sheet lets researchers peer into…
Read MoreFebruary 2, 2015
Study Supplies Insight into Behavior of African Monsoon
Think of the Sahara and you will conjure images of a vast desert landscape, with nothing but sand as far as the eye can see. …
Read MoreJanuary 23, 2015
A 3-D View of the Greenland Ice Sheet Opens Window on Ice History
Scientists using ice-penetrating radar data collected by NASA’s Operation IceBridge and earlier airborne campaigns have built the first comprehensive map of layers deep inside…
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🌎🔬 Join us on Dec. 6th for "Bioengineering to Save the World" with UT @texasche Professor Hal Alper. Discover how his team uses enzymes to break down plastic and turn waste into valuable resources through bioengineering.
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This morning, @KXAN_News's The Space Space was all about moon wobbles and a @UTGeophysics computer model that could use them to find liquid water oceans on Uranus's moons!
With @ericmhenrikson @esmeraldaZamTv
Watch: https://youtu.be/ZKGx2CDWBlA?si=pbsar9t0alsykWte
🌎🔬 Join us on Dec. 6th for "Bioengineering to Save the World" with UT @texasche Professor Hal Alper. Discover how his team uses enzymes to break down plastic and turn waste into valuable resources through bioengineering.
🎟️ FREE registration: https://buff.ly/4fB9kVy
STAFF SPOTLIGHT // SER Senior Researcher Davin Bagdonas recently co-authored a study and corresponding publication led by The University of Texas at Austin to explore the extend of rare earth elements in coal fly ash.
https://news.utexas.edu/2024/11/19/enormous-cache-of-rare-earth-elements-hidden-inside-coal-ash-waste/