Earth Science Advice

radiofire1
Thu, 15 Apr 2010 23:19:06 +0000

I’m a high school senior right now and I think that doing research on the Tibetan Plateau for climate change is something that I would seriously consider. If I wanted to pursue this dream of mine… what would be the best path in the Earth Sciences to take? I am already enrolled at the Jackson School of Geosciences at UT Austin and planning to go on to Graduate School (I haven’t decided where yet…) and I know its a long ways away, but its exciting to plan ahead for these things. I should probably just go with the flow and let everything play out in the next four years, but does anyone have any information or advice on this? Maybe getting a Masters vs. a PhD?

I know this is really out there, but is this a feasible dream to have? I just read an article about climate change and the glaciers melting on the Tibetan Plateau which provides the sources for almost all of the major rivers in Asia and I just fell in love with the idea of doing research there and making a difference in the world.