Author: Travis Swaim

The National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) climatology team, which includes ESSIC Assistant Research Scientist Alexey Mishonov, recently released an updated version of the Northwest Atlantic Regional Climatology (NARC). The climatology is a detailed reference which, according to the NCEI website, “provide[s] an improved oceanographic foundation and reference for multi-disciplinary studies of The Northwest Atlantic.” The update enabled the climatology to have …

A new study by ESSIC researcher Arianna Sutton-Grier was accepted for publication by Frontiers in Ecology and Environment.  Sutton-Grier and her coauthors discuss the role of coastal and marine systems in mitigating climate change, specifically the recommendation that current  efforts focus primarily on coastal wetlands, as they represent long-term carbon sinks, potential carbon sources upon conversion, and can be managed for their carbon sequestration value. Sutton-Grier, …

ESSIC / AOSC Professor Raghu Murtugudde was cited in a recent article in The Telegraph.  The piece entitled, “The rainmen cometh,” discusses how both international and indian climate scientists are working together to aid farmers in more accurate predictions of the annual monsoon season….

As countries within the United Nations scramble to decrease greenhouse gas emissions in support of the historic Paris Climate Agreement signed last year, researchers have taken aim at discovering just how impactful these potential pollution reductions will be. Even as scientists come to understand the atmosphere with more precision and detail, there are still questions left unanswered. One of the greatest sources of uncertainty lies in the influence of aerosols. Aerosols are small …

ESSIC researcher Ariana Sutton-Grier is one of three speakers scheduled to appear before a congressional briefing on nature-based solutions to combat coastal erosion.  Sutton-Grier’s talk will summarize the latest scientific research supporting the role of healthy ecosystems in providing benefit to both society and the economy.  Invitations to the July 6th event in Washington, D.C. were sent to over 300 Hill staffers. The meeting is co-sponsored by the Pew Charitable Trust and the …

ESSIC visiting research scientist Tom Smith will be recognized with a Commerce Department Group Gold Medal for Scientific/Engineering Achievement, as part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Global Surface Temperature Dataset Team. The team was nominated by NOAA's National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) for ground-breaking research that utilized the dataset to disprove the so-called “15 year hiatus” in global …

Outgoing ESSIC Director Professor Antonio Busalacchi provided expert testimony before a hearing by the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology’s Subcommittee on Environment entitled, “Private Sector Weather Forecasting: Assessing Products and Technologies.” The hearing addressed the partnerships between the National Weather Service (NWS), academic institutions, and the private weather industry and the importance of maintaining these symbiotic collaborations and …

The Lofoten Basin located in the Nordic Seas is home to a large mass of whirling fluid known as “The Lofoten Vortex.”   Commonly referred to as an “eddy,” the Lofoten Vortex is of particular interest to researchers due to its permanency and long-term stability. Dr. Léon Chafik, a research associate at the University of Maryland Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC), was part of a recent collaborative study that documented the …