May 24, 2018
Geophysical Sciences Professor Nicolas Dauphas co-authored a recently published article in Nature that sheds new light on the rate and manner of the emergence of land on Earth billions of years ago. Dauphas and his colleagues analyzed shale rocks from every continent for oxygen isotopes, which indicate the existence of precipitation across these land masses up to 3.5 billion years ago.
May 22, 2018
Associate Professor Elizabeth Moyer's research into the role that the southeast Asian monsoon plays in the broader global climate was the subject of a recent meeting of science teams in Italy. Her research reveals new details about how pollution and water from near the ground is transported to the stratosphere during the monsoon, for which she has been awarded a five-year, $5 million National Science Foundation grant to study high-altitude sub-visible cirrus clouds.
May 21, 2018
Graduate student Predrag Popovic has been awarded a Harper Dissertation Fellowship. Granted to students who will be entering the last 12-18 months of dissertation work, Harper Fellowships are one of the highest honors given to graduate students at the University of Chicago. Congratulations Predrag!