David B. Rowley, geologist who overturned conventional wisdom about Earth’s surface evolution, 1954–2024
David Ballantyne Rowley, Professor Emeritus in UChicago’s Department of the Geophysical Sciences, who specialized in paleoaltimetry, paleogeography, and tectonics, died May 30.
Scientists find evidence that meltwater is fracturing ice shelves in Antarctica
Increased temperatures from climate change cause ponds that weaken ice, expedition finds
A holistic look at Earth’s chemical cycling sheds light on how the planet stays habitable
University of Chicago-led study considers biogeochemical cycles from a bird’s-eye view
Jet stream will get faster as climate change continues, study finds
UChicago, NCAR research suggests world will see ‘record-breaking’ winds
Storm signals
Climate scientist Tiffany Shaw will study whether climate predictions were right, for right reasons
From Israeli digs to Greenland villages, UChicagoans travel the world for research
Students, faculty share how they spent their summers studying everything from languages to glaciers
Mass extinctions, massive questions: Prof. David Jablonski honored for evolution research
Paleontologist receives Darwin-Wallace Medal for unique approach to evolution, extinction studies
In surprise discovery, NASA rover finds cracks in ancient Martian mud
Conditions that created the cracks could have been favorable for emergence of microscopic life
NASA selects UChicago scientist to analyze extraterrestrial samples from Martian moon
In Q&A, Prof. Nicolas Dauphas discusses what we can learn from mission to Phobos