Li-Chuan Chen was selected as the vice chair, Probabilistic Approaches Committee of the American Society of Civil Engineers(ASCE)/Environmental & Water Resources Institute (EWRI) during the 2013 EWRI Congress in Cincinnati, OH. The Committee is a standing technical committee of ASCE EWRI aimed at promoting probabilistic approaches for water resources research and applications….
Researcher: Bob Adler and Mathew Sapiano Grant Sponsor: NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center Amount: $184,903 Grant Study: “Next Generation Global Precipitation Climatology Project (GPCP) Data Products.”
Researcher: Phil Arkin and Tony Busalacchi Grant Sponsor: NOAA Amount: $101,000 Grant Study: “Enhancements of GeoSST Projects.”
Researcher: Tony Busalacchi Grant Sponsor: NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center Amount: $150,077 in additional funding bringing the total award to $1,405,979 Grant …
ESSIC Director and ConE Chair Professor Antonio Busalacchi presented on the correlation between wine production and climate change during a special late-July seminar at the UMD Joint Global Change Research Institute (JGCRI). In his presentation, entitled “Impact of Climate Change on Global Viticulture,” Busalacchi described the implications of climate change on the major wine-producing areas of the world. Busalacchi presented the talk to another …
According to the Washington Post, Maryland coastal experts recently predicted that sea levels bordering the state could rise six feet over the next century. Maryland, with a total of 3,100 miles of tidal shoreline, is one of the states most threatened by rising sea levels. The state could become especially vulnerable to flooding and storm surges, if the forecasts are accurate. The coastal states of Delaware, Virginia, Louisiana, and Florida are also at high risk. ESSIC’s Dr. Richard …
Daniel Smith, a SESYNC summer student interning with ESSIC/AOSC Professor, Raghu Murtugudde, will conclude his summer-long research project in early August with a presentation entitled, “Climate Change Communication: Understanding how Environmental/Climate Researchers Think About and Communicate Climate Change.” Smith will discuss the results of a survey he conducted on how researchers communicate information to the general public. Smith, a rising University of Maryland Sophomore and an …
By: Jingfeng Huang
Atmospheric particles, also called aerosols, are strongly related to air pollution, human health, weather forecast, climate change, and even military deployment. Continuing the Moderate resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) heritage, the new Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (NPP) Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) provides both the operational and scientific data user communities new enhanced capability in monitoring global aerosol activities.
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By: Antonio Busalacchi
In the not too distant future, your favorite style of French wine may not come from its namesake region, or even from France at all. Climate change is altering growing conditions in wine-producing regions, and in coming decades it will change the wines produced in these regions — in some cases shifting northward the growth of grape varieties long associated with regions further south.
Climate change will produce winners and losers among wine-growing regions, and for every region it will
A recent study in the Institute of Physics’ publishing’s journal Environmental Research Letters estimated that outdoor pollution caused by human activity attributes to over 2 million deaths each year. According to ESSIC Associate Research Scientist Dr. Hongbin Yu, fine particle matter (PM2.5) in pollution can damage the body because of its ability to deeply penetrate the human respiratory system. When these particles invade the lungs, they can eventually cause cancer and respiratory diseases …
ESSIC Faculty Research Assistant Stephanie Uz was recently asked by the NOAA Office of Education to participate in a briefing before the House of Representatives Oceans Caucus on NOAA Science Transforming Classrooms and Communities. The HOC is a bi-partisan congressional committee that targets oceanic issues. Uz was approached as a presenter for the event given her work with NOAA's Environmental Literacy Grant project that interprets satellite data for the Science On a Sphere® …
ESSIC Director, Professor Antonio Busalacchi will be featured in the fall 2013 edition of the University of Maryland Faculty and Staff magazine, Between the Columns. The article highlights Busalacchi’s recent wine and climate related research. …
