The glacier dynamics group at the University of Idaho seeks a Ph.D. student to pursue research into the factors controlling iceberg calving around the Greenland Ice Sheet. This NSF funded project, with Co-PI Dr. Ellyn Enderlin of UMaine, will draw on … Continued
Congratulations to Margot Vore for winning the “Outstanding Research Poster” award at the annual UIdaho College of Science student research fair! Margot’s presentation was obviously very well received by all who stopped at her poster during the October 27 event. … Continued
The UI Glacier Dynamics Group traveled to the annual meeting of Northwest Glaciologists in mid-October to present their latest research and share ideas with other regional glaciologists. Univ. of Idaho grad students Margot Vore and Tristan Amaral made excellent presentations … Continued
In September, UI grad student Tristan Amaral, Juneau local Mary Gianotti, and I traveled up to the Lemon Creek Glacier to recover seismic and other equipment set up at the end of June. The seismometers, GPS receivers and pressure gauge … Continued
The Glacier Dynamics lab at UIdaho welcomes Tristan Amaral this semester. Tristan will be working on a NASA and NSF-funded project to examine the controls on calving around the Greenland Ice Sheet. He comes to us after graduating Summa Cum Laude … Continued
Several new papers published this summer exemplify the diversity of our research group’s interests and methodologies. Thanks to the outstanding scientists and co-authors who led these efforts: Denis Felikson, Rebecca Jackson, and Matteo Spagnolo. The first of these, published in … Continued
It’s been a busy summer for the Glacier Dynamics group, with a number of high-profile presentations focused around glacier seismology. In June, Tim participated in back to back workshops on Environmental Seismology, then taught during a weeklong summer course on Glacier … Continued
While glacier advance is extremely rare, study of advancing glaciers offers a more complete picture of glacier dynamics and the factors that enable such advances. In Alaska, Yahtse Glacier is the fastest advancing glacier. After a 40-km 20th century retreat, … Continued
I use macs at work due to their fluid interface with the unix environment, and their ability to run unix/linux programs. I’ve recently bought a new mac, which has required that I get it set up for my scientific computing. Below … Continued
Last week, I visited the Boise State Geosciences department to give a seminar on the use of seismology to understand subglacial water flow and sediment transport. I reviewed two of my recent papers, published in GRL (this in 2015, and … Continued