Year: 2015

While the Amazon Rainforest and the Sahara Desert represent two vastly different environments separated by the Atlantic Ocean, Saharan dust is found in great quantities in the Amazon, replenishing its soils with much-needed phosphorus lost from heavy rainfall. In a recently published study in Geophysical Research Letters, lead author Dr. Hongbin Yu, an associate research scientist at ESSIC, estimated that approximately 22,000 tons of phosphorus reach the rainforest per year, nearly matching …

At this year’s 95th annual meeting of the American Meteorological Society (AMS) in Phoenix, AZ, AOSC PhD student Andrew Jongeward was recognized by meeting organizers with the Outstanding Student Poster Presentation Award. Jongeward’s poster presented at a session on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions gave an assessment of trends seen in the aerosol loading over the western North Atlantic Ocean during the period of 2000 to 2012. Advised by ESSIC / AOSC Professor Zhanqing Li, Jongeward …

A "Nu" eatery has joined the Varsity complex – a build-your-own-plate-style vegan cafe. Entrees + 1 or 2 cold/hot sides, etc. … interesting choice of sides (braised brussel sprouts, grilled asparagus, and sesame seaweed caught my eye). Unfortuneately, the choice of sides changes daily, so you never know what's up for offer on any given day. It would be nice if they had a chalkboard or something with the daily offerings listed. Had the BBQ tofu the other day with a side of …

ESSIC Assistant Research Scientist Ariana Sutton-Grier was on the planning committee for the 5th annual North American Carbon Program Principal Investigators Meeting (NACP PI) in Washington, D.C., 26-29 January 2015. Sutton-Grier's activities included the organization of two science sessions on carbon science to support policy and on a plenary speaker to discuss the future of carbon science. In addition, she also organized a break-out session on coastal carbon science….

ESSIC Research Associate Bin Zhang received a letter of commendation from Richard Ewing, NOAA's Director of the Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services(CO-OPS), for his “exceptional collegiality by working with members of NOS' National Operational Coastal Modeling Program (NOCMP) and STAR to generate the new initial condition fields for the Chesapeake Bay Operational Forecast System (CBOFS) in a timely manner.”…

ESSIC Research Assistant Professor Melissa Kenney is a contributor to a new report entitled “Assessing Ecological Integrity across Jurisdiction and Scales,” which was released IN December. It offers a framework to assess the maintenance and restoration of ecological integrity to help ensure that natural systems continue to provide intrinsic value and benefits to human communities. It was developed for use by public and private entities who manage natural resources. The …

ESSIC / AOSC Professor Raghu Murtugudde was published in three separate climate-related Op-Ed articles during the month of December 2014.  Murtugudde was twice published in Livescience–“To Cool a Warming Planet, Give Developing Countries a Voice” /  “Money Drives Weather Data, But What About Climate?“–and once in India Climate Dialogue; “India needs a solution-based position for Paris summit.”…