Geophysical Sciences

Scientists get best-ever look at distant planet’s surface with Webb Telescope

Data analyzed by UChicago scientists reveals exoplanet Kua’kua is dark and rocky, offering clues to search for habitable worlds

UChicago team wins funding to develop AI weather forecasts for underserved areas

Laude Moonshot program awards Data Science Institute and partners seed funding for forecasts to help communities in developing economies

U.S. weather and climate disasters could top $1 trillion by 2030

Analyzing NOAA's billion-dollar weather disaster database, a UChicago study projects sharply rising costs driven by climate change and expanding development

What decades of data reveal about climate disaster deaths

UChicago-led study analyses 2,000 deadly events worldwide since 1988

Scientists unite to explore origins of life

The Origins Federation Conference gathered researchers across disciplines in the search for how life emerged and evolved