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Research Spotlight
Assistant Professor Clara Blättler holding a vial of seawater dating from the last ice age.
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Bowen studies the climate of early Mars and rocky exoplanets.
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Edwin Kite is a planetary scientist interested in Mars and rocky exoplanets.
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Prof. Tiffany Shaw quoted in “Regional climate signals pose new challenges for climate science”
March 28, 2025
“The standard approach has been extremely successful in explaining general features of the climate system and certain aspects of its response to increased carbon dioxide concentrations,” said Tiffany Shaw. For example, it does an excellent job of describing and explaining the vertical structure of the atmosphere and some aspects of the spatial pattern of warming of the Earth due to an increase of atmospheric carbon dioxide.
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Hsing-Hung Chou 2024 Outstanding Student Presentation Award from the American Geophysical Union
March 24, 2025
Hsing-Hung Chou was recently awarded the 2024 Outstanding Student Presentation Award from the American Geophysical Union for his presentation "Confronting Climate Model Trends of the Low-Level Extreme Winds with Reanalysis Data". Congratulations Hsing-Hung.
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Faculty Focus: Pedram Hassanzadeh
March 05, 2025
Learn more about Prof. Hassanzadeh and his work in this interview published by The Physical Sciences Division.
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Tziperman to receive Honorary Degree from UChicago
February 26, 2025
Geophysical Sciences nominee Eli Tziperman from Harvard University will receive an Honorary Degree from at this year’s UChicago commencement for his contributions to climate science.