Author: Travis Swaim

The University of Maryland will lead a new climate research partnership with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), North Carolina State University and 16 other institutions. The nationwide consortium led by Maryland won a competition for a new NOAA-supported Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites (CICS) that will receive up to $93 million in funding over the next five years, with approximately two-thirds of this funding expected to be managed by the Earth System …

Tony Busalacchi gave an invited lecture on “The Impact of Climate Change on Global Viticulture,” Princeton University on April 28. Busalacchi is a member of the Society of Wine Educators….

James Farquhar published two articles in Science, April 17 edition. The first article reported on research of an ecosystem discovered below the Antarctic Taylor Glacier which has survived millions of years by using sulfur and iron compounds for growth. Follow up articles appeared in The Guardian, ScienceNow, UPI, Space Daily and RedOrbit. The second article reported on research findings of early oxygenation, showing how supposed signs of an early lack of oxygen could have come from unrelated …

Tony Busalacchi was quoted in First Science, April 9, in an article on the Joint Scientific Committee of the World Climate Research Programme meeting held at M-Square….

ESSIC hosted the 30th session of The Joint Scientific Committee for the World Climate Research Programme (jointly sponsored by World Meteorological Organization, International Council for Science and the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO), April 6-9, 2009. Scientific guidance for the WCRP is provided by the Joint Scientific Committee, chaired by Antonio Busalacchi, AOSC and ESSIC, and consisting of 18 scientists selected by mutual agreement between the three sponsoring …

Raghu Murtugudde was interviewed by public radio station WYPR Baltimore, April 1, on the development of a computer simulation that can predict, for up to 30 years, the state of health of the Chesapeake Bay….

Zhanqing Li was appointed as editor and associate editor, respectively, for the Journal of Advances in Meteorology and the Journal of Geophysical Research, a leading journal in geophysics….

UMD’s ESSIC Climate Change Expertise Showcased to Leaders from 40 Business, Science and Technology Organizations….

Tony Busalacchi testified before the Commerce, Justice, Science Subcommittee, Appropriations Committee on March 18 on the role of space-based ocean observations in support of climate understanding and prediction….