ESSIC Director Professor Antonio Busalacchi spent two days on Capitol Hill this month discussing a new bill to improve seasonal weather forecasts. Busalacchi visited with U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren among others as part of the talks. Busalacchi also appeared on Fox Baltimore Television affiliate Fox45 in a segment on the effects of the west coast drought on California’s wine industry and how Maryland vineyards and prices might be impacted as a result.
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