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Zhanqing Li. Image credit: John T. Consoli/Faye Levine/University of Maryland. Effects by Nuwan Paditha (Click image to download hi-res version)

Zhanqing Li Receives Fulbright Specialist Award

May 5, 2023

Distinguished University Professor (DUP) Zhanqing Li has received a Fulbright Specialist Program award, a prestigious honor bestowed by the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board to support Dr. Li’s month-long visit of the Universite de Lille in Lille, France, where he will be collaborating on studies concerning air pollution and interactions with global climate changes by means of remote sensing and AI techniques.

ESSIC Celebrates Maryland Day 2023

May 3, 2023

On Saturday, April 29, ESSIC faculty and staff gathered to celebrate Maryland Day, the University of Maryland’s largest community outreach event! This was the 25th year that the university held the event, and the 23rd time that ESSIC has participated.

Correlation between coincident snowfall rate observations from CPR and from each sensor over ocean from March 2014 to July 2019. (b) As in (a), but over land.

For Ocean Snow Detection and Intensity, Conical Scanning Beat Cross-Track Radiometers

May 3, 2023

Satellite observations provide the only means for snowfall detection and snowfall intensity estimation on a global scale.

Rising to a Grand Challenge: Climate-Related Disasters, Farming Crises

April 27, 2023

A multidisciplinary group of researchers focused on Earth system science and global change is preparing to leverage the latest scientific tools and discoveries in their fields to meet the existential threats of climate change in Maryland head-on.

English: small stream running though a small town park

A New Approach to Estimating the Benefits of Urban Streams

April 24, 2023

An interdisciplinary team of researchers including ESSIC Scientist Michael Gerst has developed a suite of tools to estimate the total economic value of improving water quality in urban streams.

Can Li receiving his award from Dean Amitahb Varshney

Can Li is CMNS’ 2023 Distinguished Research Scientist

April 21, 2023

Congratulations to ESSIC Scientist Can Li, the newest recipient of CMNS’ Distinguished Research Scientist Prize.

A MAN HARVESTS PACIFIC OYSTERS IN YAQUINA BAY, OREGON. PACIFIC OYSTER LARVAE ARE PARTICULARLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO OCEAN ACIDIFICATION. CREDIT: NOAA

How could increased Carbon Dioxide change the ocean for shellfish and coral?

April 13, 2023

New tool available for predicting the future of ocean acidification

Zhang Publishes Book on Arizona Lightning

April 6, 2023

ESSIC/CISESS Scientist Daile Zhang has published a new book titled Flashes of Brilliance: The Science and Wonder of Arizona Lightning with Springer.

Corporate Investment Could Boost Climate-tech Innovation

April 6, 2023

Corporate investments in climate-tech startups are a growing but overlooked aspect of energy innovation, according to a new report co-led by a University of Maryland researcher.

The Arctic “ozone hole” in March 2020. (NASA)

Five Ozone-Depleting CFCs Increased Globally From 2010-2020

April 3, 2023

A new paper in Nature Geoscience written by an international team of scientists led by Dr. Luke Western of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shows that atmospheric abundances and emissions of five chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) increased between 2010 and 2020, despite the 2010 Montreal Protocol that banned CFC production for dispersive use.