Tag: Climate Dynamics
July 15, 2025
Relief From Drought in Southwest U.S. Likely Isn’t Coming, According to New Research
The Southwest United States is currently facing its worst megadrought of the past 1,200 years. According to a recent study from The University of Texas…
Read MoreMay 6, 2020
Climate Change Could Reawaken Indian Ocean El Niño
Global warming is approaching a tipping point that during this century could reawaken an ancient climate pattern similar to El Niño in the Indian Ocean,…
Read MoreJune 2, 2015
UT Austin Devises New Way to Predict Summer Drought
This spring ranks in the top ten when it comes to rain. The Austin area is more than six inches above normal. But what does…
Read MoreFebruary 11, 2015
The Q&A: Todd Caldwell
With each issue, Trib+Water brings you an interview with experts on water-related issues. Here is this week’s subject: Todd Caldwell is a hydrologist and geoscientist…
Read MoreFebruary 10, 2015
UT, LCRA teaming with NASA on $900 million satellite
AUSTIN — The University of Texas and the Lower Colorado River Authority will be utilizing data from a new NASA satellite to better forecast droughts…
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 MoreOctober 22, 2014
Drying Out
A new study suggests the southern portion of the Amazon rainforest is at much higher risk of dieback due to stronger seasonal drying than projections…
Read MoreOctober 1, 2014
Evolving Plumbing System Beneath Greenland Slows Ice Sheet as Summer Progresses
A team led by scientists at the University of Texas at Austin’s Institute for Geophysics has for the first time directly observed multiple parts of…
Read MoreJanuary 6, 2014
Water Forum Highlighted Challenges and Opportunities of Ongoing Drought
As the bitter 2011 Texas drought stretched on into its third year, the Jackson School of Geoscience’s Center for Integrated Earth System Science (CIESS)…
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