Large Ozone Hole Opens Above Arctic, Salawitch Consulted
March 31, 2020
A large ozone hole has opened up above the Arctic, its size rivaling the famous Antarctic ozone hole that forms in the southern hemisphere each year.
Author: Cazzy Medley
Strategic Policy Action Can Protect Wetlands and Enhance Resilience, Proposes Sutton-Grier
March 26, 2020
Visiting Associate Research Professor Ariana Sutton-Grier has a new article about the importance of wetlands in mitigating the consequences of natural disasters. The paper, titled “Protecting wetlands for people: Strategic policy action can help wetlands mitigate risks and enhance resilience”, is in the June 2020 issue of Environmental Science and Policy.
Thunderstorm Cloud Appearance Affects Lightning Flashes
March 25, 2020
ESSIC/CISESS scientists Scott Rudlosky (SCSB) and Daile Zhang along with former CICS scientist Michael Peterson recently collaborated on two articles concerning the appearance of lightning flashes and thunderstorm clouds.
Smaller, Shorter Lightning Flashes Frequently Go Undetected
March 25, 2020
ESSIC Visiting Associate Research Professor Ariana Sutton-Grier has a new paper out in Science of the Total Environment about the impact of climate change on ecosystems and biodiversity.
ESSIC Hosts Nobel Prize Award Winner John Mather in Seminar Series
February 24, 2020
On March 2, 2020, ESSIC will be welcoming Dr. John Mather, 2006 Nobel Prize in Physics laureate, as a speaker in the Spring 2020
Coral Reef Watch Products Identify High Heat Stress Capable of Causing Widespread Coral Bleaching Along the Great Barrier Reef, Australia
February 24, 2020
NOAA Coral Reef Watch’s (CRW) daily global 5km satellite coral bleaching heat stress products indicate high oceanic heat stress is present along the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) in Australia, and is expected to remain through March.
Congratulations to Eugenia Kalnay, Recipient of Roger Revelle Medal
February 19, 2020
Distinguished University of Maryland professor Eugenia Kalnay recently received the Roger Revelle Medal at the 2019 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting.
Vogel Presents on Using Oceanographic Satellite Data in K-12
February 17, 2020
Ron Vogel, ESSIC / CISESS Senior Faculty Specialist, gave a lecture at the Maryland Association of Environmental and Outdoor Education Annual Conference, a conference for K-12 environmental science teachers to explore using oceanographic satellite data in K-12 classrooms. This area has traditionally seen satellite data as too complex for teaching about the environment.
American Meteorological Society Awards Tianning Su
February 6, 2020
ESSIC/CISESS Graduate Student Tianning Su was selected for a speaking award at the recent American Meteorological Society (AMS) Annual Meeting. He received the award from the judges at the 24th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS). His talk was entitled, “Retrieving Aerosol Optical Depth Retrievals over Land by Constructing the Relationship of Spectral Surface Reflectances through Deep Learning: Application in Himawari-8.”
ESSIC/CISESS at the AMS Annual Meeting
February 3, 2020
The American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting was held last week, January 12 to 16, in Boston. There were significant contributions by ESSIC/CISESS scientists, documented here.