Douglas MacAyeal BW

Douglas R. MacAyeal

  • Title: Professor of Geophysical Sciences
  • Education: BS, Brown University; MS, University of Maine; PhD, Princeton University
  • Joined UChicago faculty: 1983
  • drm7@uchicago.edu

Douglas R. MacAyeal

Departmental website:
https://geosci.uchicago.edu/people/douglas-r.-macayeal

Douglas R. MacAyeal is a leading expert in glaciology and uses tools of fluid dynamics, seismology, remote sensing and computational methods to study the behavior of the large ice sheets in Antarctica and Greenland. He has traveled around the world to study the behaviors of ice and snow, gaining insight into how the cryosphere—the parts of the planet covered in ice—affects climate, and vice versa. His current research examines how lakes on top of glaciers affect the ice shelves. He has been traveling to Antarctica for decades and in 2002, MacAyeal Ice Stream in Antarctica was named to recognize his work and efforts in studying the region.

Prof. MacAyeal served as president of the International Glaciological Society from 2011 to 2018.

MacAyeal Stories

Scientists track sea ice loss with earthquake sensors Jui-Chun Freya Chen and Owen Kirkham set up seismic monitoring equipment

Scientists track sea ice loss with earthquake sensors

UChicago study uses seismological “background noise” from worldwide monitoring network to study Arctic

Scientists call for ‘major initiative’ to study whether geoengineering should be used on glaciers Icebergs fall off a glacier in Greenland

Scientists call for ‘major initiative’ to study whether geoengineering should be used on glaciers

Report finds many questions remain around technology to address glacier melting and sea-level rise

Scientists find evidence that meltwater is fracturing ice shelves in Antarctica Photo showing a snowy landscape with a bright blue pool of water in a depression in the snow

Scientists find evidence that meltwater is fracturing ice shelves in Antarctica

Increased temperatures from climate change cause ponds that weaken ice, expedition finds

Thousands of tiny quakes shake Antarctic ice at night Ice Quakes researcher

Thousands of tiny quakes shake Antarctic ice at night

Melting water causing Antarctic ice to buckle, scientists confirm Alison Banwell

Melting water causing Antarctic ice to buckle, scientists confirm

Glaciologist provides sounds to Chicago art installation about icebergs Thumbnail

Glaciologist provides sounds to Chicago art installation about icebergs

Japan tsunami created icebergs in Antarctica, research finds

Japan tsunami created icebergs in Antarctica, research finds

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