Author: Travis Swaim

Zhanqing Li gave two invited talks at the 2012 American Meteorological Society Meeting (AMS), New Orleans, January 23 and 25, “Asian Pollution, Climate change and Their Interactions Revealed from Space-born, Airborne and Ground Observations and Modeling” and “Use of A-train Satellite and ARM Ground Measurements to Study the Impact of Aerosols on Cloud and Precipitation” respectively. He also chaired the session on Asian Air Pollution and Regional and Climate Effects-I.  Thirty (30) …

Robert Adler was the invited speaker at the NASA-Goddard Climate & Radiation Laboratory Seminar Series on Wednesday, January 18, 2012, speaking on “Global Variations of Precipitation-From Climate Scale to Floods.” …

Researcher: Xin-Zhong Liang
Grant Sponsor: EPA
Amount: $723,559
Grant Study: “Consequences of Global Climate and Emissions Changes on U.S. Water Quality:  An Integrated Modeling Assessment.”…

Antonio Busalacchi has been named an American Association for the Advancement of Science(AAAS) Fellow for distinguished contributions to Earth sciences, particularly in the understanding of tropical oceanic processes, and the development of interdisciplinary collaborations across Earth sciences. Election as a Fellow of AAAS, the world’s largest general federation of scientists and the publisher of the journal Science, is an honor bestowed upon members by their peers because of their …

Bottom line: Close-by, quick service, good enough food. Most of us know of this local restaurant but for those who are new to the area, check out Pollo Fiesta for a quick lunch with a Mexican flavour. It’s no more than a 10-minute walk, door-to-door, from MSquare (shortcut hint: just past the bus stop, at the intersection of the sidewalk and a paved trail, take the short path through the woods and walk behind the black building to the restaurant). Big menu but I like the lunch special ($6.95) …

With support from the National Science Foundation, the International Network of Research on Coupled Human and Natural Systems (CHANS-Net) is pleased to call for applications for 2012 CHANS Fellowships. The selected CHANS Fellows will present posters or give talks at the Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in San Francisco, Dec. 6-10. They will also have opportunities to interact with prominent CHANS scientists to learn the latest research developments and build their …

Antonio Busalacchi will participate in the 19th SPARC SSG Meeting this year in Zurich, Switzerland from February 6th- February 10th.   SPARC (Stratosphere-troposphere Processes And their Role in Climate) is a core project of the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP).  Busalacchi is the chair for the WCRP Joint Scientific Commitee. The preliminary agenda can be found here and the workshop agenda can be found here.  …

NOAA’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS); has unveiled the Coastal Ocean Science Blog; a new communications tool that will give a detailed look into the science taking place across the US at 5 centers and 2 laboratories. The goal is to give a 360-perspective of NCCOS research, from design and implementation, to results and how that science is being used by natural resource managers and partners around the US and its Territories. The blog includes postings from and …

Bottom line: If you like buffets, you’ll like Sakura. Thought I’d greet the Year of the Dragon at Sakura, the newest  Chinese-American buffet place in College Park. Food-wise, there’s quite  a large selection of the usual buffet staples (are frog legs standard  fare?) and sushi and hibachi stations are located at the back of the restaurant. I’m no big fan of these buffet places but I saw one Asian fellow there going back for thirds (!!) so the food must be all right. My meal (including a …