Author: Travis Swaim

The first formal CICS Council of Fellows Meeting was held September 5 at ESSIC and involved discussion of opportunities and specific roles of the Council. The meeting, exclusively attended by the Fellows and led by CICS Executive Director Dr. Phil Arkin, began with CICS’ history, mission and vision. According to the CICS website, “CICS performs collaborative research aimed at enhancing NOAA’s ability to use satellite observations and Earth System models to advance the national climate …

Dr. Raghu Murtugudde, ESSIC and AOSC Professor, gave an invited lecture, “From Big Bang to the Cooperative Species,” at the Indian Institute of Science in Bengaluru on August 9. On August 13-17, he also gave the Distinguished Lecture on Regional Earth System Prediction for South Asia and an invited talk on Climate and Human Health at the AOGS-AGU Joint Assembly held in Singapore. On August 27, Murtugudde gave an invited lecture, “Decision-Making Tool for Water Resources,” at …

ESSIC professors Ross Salawitch and Eugenia Kalnay met with two different groups of about 20 middle school students from the Higher Achievement Program, August 1, engaging in a question and answer session and conversation. The program includes coursework in literature, science, mathematics, social studies, and electives, as well as a three-day trip to a college.  The scholars spend 650 hours a year, in addition to attending school for the standard 900 hours a year, learning an …

  Dr. Wendy Wang, ESSIC assistant research scientist, was a convener of the “Carbon Stocks and Fluxes in the Asia-Oceania Region: Impacts of Climate Change and Human Activity” session at the AOGS-AGU (WPGM) Joint Assembly, August 13-17 in Singapore. She also gave a talk entitled “Surprising Accumulation of Carbonate on Cropland in China’s Arid Regions”.  …

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• Shop at a farmers’ market

“September is SOCIAL wellness month at the University of Maryland! Farmers’ markets are a great place to choose to be socially well; not only are you shopping sustainably and supporting local growers, but you also …

  Researcher: James Carton and Gennady Chepurin Grant-Sponsor: NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center Amount: $648,602 Grant-Study: “Collaborative Research: Using Ocean Data Assimilation to Explore Arctic/Subarctic Climate Variability.”…

Wellness and Sustainability Tips are selected from the UMD “FYI” Listserv system. The “FYI” Listserv provides general announcements and information on programs of particular interest to the faculty and staff of the University of Maryland. I. Wellness

• It’s not too late to plant an edible garden

“There are a multitude of health benefits to keeping an edible garden, and lucky for you, it’s not too late to get started! There are many cool weather plants that are happy to be planted …

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Date: August 13, 2012 “Nobel Prize-Winning Scientist Cites Evidence of Link Between Extreme Weather, Global Warming” At an American Chemical Society meeting August 13, Nobel Laureate Mario J. Molina, Ph.D. said new scientific analysis strengthens the view that record-breaking summer heat, crop-withering drought and other extreme weather events in recent years indeed result from human activity and global warming. Molina, who shared the 1995 Nobel Prize in Chemistry …