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Year: 2013

Salawitch quoted in Nature

ESSIC / AOSC Professor Ross Salawitch, was quoted in a recent article in Nature News.  The piece discusses the findings of a newly published paper on how the 1987 international treaty on ozone-depleting chemicals also helped to slow global warming.  The paper also ties the effects of human influenced activities to both downturns and rises in greenhouse gas emissions. For further information:  Ozone-hole treaty slowed global warming

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Multimedia: Murtugudde speaks Haiyan on NBC Nightly – Hurricanes on WTOP

ESSIC / AOSC Professor Raghu Murtugudde was featured in a recent segment for NBC Nightly News on the relative strength of Typhoon Haiyan vs. that of Huricanne Katrina.  Murtugudde commented that although the total number of yearly storms may not increase, more category 4 and 5 storms are likely. Murtugudde also spoke with WTOP FM 103.5 investigative reporter Nick Iannelli, about the surprisingly quiet 2013 Atlantic Hurricane Season and the possible reasons behind the …

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Statewide Environmental Tour Comes to College Park

College Park will soon host an environmental tour opposing the construction of a natural gas exporting facility on the Chesapeake Bay.    On Nov. 19, the University of Maryland will become the seventh of nine stops on the tour, which is traveling across the state, stopping at Annapolis, Baltimore and Cumberland, among other cities. The tour, called “Maryland Crossroads 2013: Clean Energy, Not Cove Point,” will bring several speakers, a multimedia presentation …

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Maryland wine industry sees tremendous growth over last decade

COLLEGE PARK, Md. – Maryland's wine industry, while not a powerhouse in the world of vino, has seen tremendous growth over the past decade and the state has the potential to become a major center of wine production in time, experts said.   But to realize that potential, the state has a number of challenges to overcome — competition from better known wine producing states, the perception that Maryland produces low quality wines and the impact of a changing climate on …

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Murtugudde co-authors recognized student paper

  A paper co-authored by ESSIC/ASOC Prof. Raghu Murtugudde won best paper award at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, India. The student lead author (C.Sabeerali) of the paper received a cash prize of 10,000 Rupees ($200.00 US) and trophy for his efforts. The paper focused on changes in the Indian Summer Monsoon withdrawal dates. As a result of climate change, trends in withdrawal dates, sea surface temperatures and the length of the rainy seasons have been altered. The …

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Joint Global Change Research Institute Appoints New Director

The Joint Global Change Research Institute, a collaborative organization of the University of Maryland and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory that works to investigate climate change impacts and solutions, will bring renowned scientist Dr. Ghassem R. Asrar on board as director.  Asrar, who currently serves as director of the World Climate Research Program for the World Meteorological Organization in Geneva, Switzerland, will join the Institute on Nov. …

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Farrell featured in earthdata web article

Jane Beitler’s October 11th web article, “Signs of Snow,” features the Sea Ice Thickness/IceBridge project of CICS-MD Scientist Sinead Farrell and her team: https://earthdata.nasa.gov/featured-stories/featured-research/signs-snow. This article also appears in in the NASA publication, Sensing Our Planet (2013). Farrell provided the photo (shown below) of ice re-grows in a lead between two sea ice floes in the Beaufort Sea, Arctic Ocean, in March 2013….

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Salawitch interviewed for UMD FYB program

ESSIC / AOSC researcher and University of Maryland professor, Ross Salawitch, was featured in an interview for the University’s “First Year Book (FYB)" program. Each academic year since 1993, the University of Maryland selects a book for first year students, with the goal of promoting a shared intellectual experience that includes discussions from a variety of disciplines.  Author and statistician Nate Silver’s book, “The Signal and the …

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Newly Funded Research: October 2013

Researcher: Antonio Busalacchi Grant Sponsor: NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center Amount: $270,279 additional funding bringing the total to $8,059,763 Grant study: “Collaborative Earth System Science Research between NASA/GSFC and UMCP”   Researcher: Xin-Zhong Liang Grant Sponsor: University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign Amount: $125,684 in additional funding bringing the total to $366,859 Grant study: “Linking Regional Aerosol Emission Changes with Multiple Impact Measures through …

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