Geophysical Sciences

UChicago scientist develops new paradigm to predict behavior of atmospheric rivers An atmospheric river carries moisture

UChicago scientist develops new paradigm to predict behavior of atmospheric rivers

UChicago offers new master’s program in environmental science Photo of people in a room with monitor showing radar and climate data

UChicago offers new master’s program in environmental science

Scientists lay out revolutionary method to warm Mars Image of planet Mars on a black background

Scientists lay out revolutionary method to warm Mars

Aboard a drilling rig in the Mediterranean, scientists seek to understand Earth’s past climates A group of people in jackets stand on a dock in front of a very large ship with a drilling rig in the center of it

Aboard a drilling rig in the Mediterranean, scientists seek to understand Earth’s past climates

David B. Rowley, geologist who overturned conventional wisdom about Earth’s surface evolution, 1954–2024 Black and white photo of a man with beard wearing glasses and looking at the camera in front of a wall of books

David B. Rowley, geologist who overturned conventional wisdom about Earth’s surface evolution, 1954–2024

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

A holistic look at Earth’s chemical cycling sheds light on how the planet stays habitable Photograph taken from space of the Earth with a thin orange shell just visible as the atmosphere; part of a spacecraft is visible to the side

A holistic look at Earth’s chemical cycling sheds light on how the planet stays habitable

Jet stream will get faster as climate change continues, study finds Illustration of a jet stream

Jet stream will get faster as climate change continues, study finds

Storm signals Cyclone

Storm signals

From Israeli digs to Greenland villages, UChicagoans travel the world for research Greenland

From Israeli digs to Greenland villages, UChicagoans travel the world for research