Author: Travis Swaim

ESSIC Professor Ross Salawitch is a co-author of a new book which comprehensively examines the viability of the December 2015 Paris Climate Agreement, via an empirical climate model developed by University of Maryland (UMD) researchers.   In the book titled Paris Climate Agreement: Beacon of Hope, the researchers study the effects of the member nation’s greenhouse gas reduction pledges, as a means of controlling global warming.  Through the analysis of their …

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicines Committee on Independent Scientific Review of Everglades Restoration Progress (CISRERP), announced the prepublication of the sixth iteration review of the U.S. Congress authorized Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP). Entitled, “Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades: The Sixth Biennial Review – 2016,” the report–as described by the CISRERP committee chair–was authored by a diverse mixture of …

An Op-ed piece authored by ESSIC / AOSC Professor Raghu Murtugudde was published in the India edition of the Huffington Post. In the piece, Murtugudde suggests the country should avoid being bogged down by potential international  implementation issues that complicate the Paris agreement and instead look inward to steer its own course on climate.  Murtugudde states that "a climate-resilient and weather-ready India is a strong India."…

A NASA Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences 2016 (ROSES-2016) Ocean Surface Topography Science Team (OSTST) proposal submitted by ESSIC Visiting Assistant Research Scientist Alejandro Egido was selected for funding by NASA reviewers.  Egido’s proposal, which was 1 of the 26 proposals awarded, will be funded through NOAA….

ESSIC Assistant Research Scientist Ariana Sutton-Grier was a presentor at the December 8 ACES (A Community on Ecosystem Services) Conference held in Jacksonville, FL.  Her talk was entitled "The Potential for Managing Coastal Systems to Provide Ecosystem Services and Enhance Resilience."…

Monday, 5 December 2016

The Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites (CICS) held its first collaborative Science Conference from November 29, 2016 – December, 1, 2016.  The three day event hosted by the University of Maryland (UMD) Earth System Sciences Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC) evolved from and replaced the former CICS-Maryland annual science meeting.

The conference included representation from principal partners CICS-Maryland and CICS-North Carolina as well as CUNY’s Cooperative Remote Sensing