March 29, 2019
In honor of women's history month, today we celebrate the work and memory of Joanne Simpson, the first woman in the US to receive a Ph.D. in meteorology and a pioneer in the field. Her degree was given by UChicago's former Dept. of Meteorology, now part of our own Department.
You can learn more about her story and many others here, courtesy of the AGU.
Joanne Simpson (1923 - 2010).
March 28, 2019
A recent paper led by Prof. Edwin Kite and co-authored by former Dept. member Gaia Stucky de Quay found that intense precipitation-fed runoff was a global phenomenon on Mars for over a billion years. The study has made quite a journalistic splash, featured so far in eight online publications, certainly with more to come.
Congratulations Prof. Kite & Dr. de Quay!
Articles:
UChicago News • AGU Eos • National Geographic • Popular Mechanics • Space.com • Newsweek • The Sun • Inverse
March 06, 2019
Research Specialist Sarah Aarons was interviewed in UChicago News for a recent paper published in AGU Letters! She and her coauthors analyzed ice cores from Taylor Glacier, finding evidence that the West Antarctic Ice Sheet collapsed during the last interglacial. These results help shed new light on the cascading effects of rapid climate change.
Congratulations Sarah!