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The Store Glacier on the Greenland ice sheet.

CNN quoted Sophie Nowicki, Empire Innovation Professor in the Department of Geology, in a story reporting that northern Greenland’s huge glaciers — long thought to be relatively stable — are in trouble.

Read about Greenland’s northern glaciers are in trouble, threatening ‘dramatic’ sea level rise, study shows

Listen to Prof. Kolzenburg NSF Discovery Files Podcast explain what can be done in the lab or field station prior to going on the field to study volcanoes

2024 Eclipse Remote Sensing Laboratory Team
2/12/24
CGCH Graduate Research Application
2/20/24
All applications materials must be received by 21 April 2024. Funds are available for projects to start on 1 July 2024. Projects must be completed by 30 April 2025. The funds for individual research awards will be administered by the Center for Geological and Climate Hazards. Awards are contingent upon continued funding of the Center for Geological and Climate Hazards.
What do lava and sewer sludge have in common?
10/11/22
What sludge and lava have in common is that they are both a three-phase mixture of gas, liquid and solids,” says Kolzenburg. “Lava contains gases such as carbon dioxide and water-steam bubbles, liquid molten rock and solids in the form of crystals. Sludge also has gas, liquid and solids, but the materials that make up these phases are different.
UB volcano expert monitors lava flow around the world
10/11/22
UB researcher Stephan Kolzenburg is having a busy summer studying volcanoes around the world to deepen scientists’ understanding of lava flow.
University of Missouri-Kansas City's Dr. Alison Graettinger Visited our Field Station
10/11/22
University of Missouri-Kansas City, Dr. Alison Graettinger, Department of Geosciences and her students came to Center for Geological and Climate Hazards Field Station July 10 - July 14, 2023.
UB hosts large scale lava experimentation workshop
10/11/22
On June 12 and 13 2023, the Center for Geological and Climate Hazards at UB hosted a Large scale lava experimentation workshop. Experts from across the globe gathered at UB both in person and virtually for a discussion and planning workshop aimed at creating a roadmap for the future of large-scale lava experiments.
Tephra Data Systems 2023 Workshop
10/11/22
The Tephra Data Systems 2023 Workshop was held June 7–11, 2023 at Playa at Summer Lake, Oregon, USA. Tephra plays a unique and critical role in dating earth events by providing widespread, precise time markers in the form of layers generated by explosive volcanic eruptions.

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