Author: Travis Swaim

A task led by the ESSIC-administered Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites-Maryland (CICS-MD) was cited in a recently released White House report.  The task, which is led by ESSIC Research Assistant Professor Melissa Kenney, focuses on the Development of Climate Indicators for the National Climate Assessment.  The report produced by the White House Council on Climate Preparedness and Resilience, cited the task in its recommendation for an Ecosystem Resilience Index. The report can …

ESSIC / AOSC professor Fernando Miralles-Wilhelm was an author in the recently published paper entitled, “Do groundwater dynamics drive spatial patterns of tree density and diversity in Neotropical savannas?” The paper was published in the Journal of Vegetation Science.   (Volume 25, Issue 6, pages 1465–1473, November 2014)…

ESSIC Associate Research Scientist Hongbin Yu was quoted by NASA Earth Observatory in article accompanying the featured image “Sound Above the Clouds” on Oct. 17.  As an atmospheric scientist working at NASA / GFSC,Yu discussed aerosols and the impact they have when they rise above clouds….

ESSIC / AOSC Professor Raghu Murtugudde was featured in a LiveScience Op-ed post entitled, “Climate Fixes Need Realistic Compromises.”  Murtugudde’s piece discusses the need for scientists to be mindful of the limitations of current technologies and analyses with respect to climate change, but that policy makers can’t use this as an excuse for non-action….

ESSIC Associate Research Scientist Sinéad Farrell was selected to serve as a member of the NASA ICESat-2 Science Definition Team through her proposal “Preparing for Launch: Optimizing the Performance of ICESat-2 for Sea Ice. This is Farrell’s 2nd term as a member of the ICESat-2 science team. NASA plan to launch ICESat-2 in 2017….

Great achievements come in twos for Dr. Ariana Sutton-Grier who will receive the NOAA National Ocean Service (NOS) Assistant Administrator Special Recognition Group Award, along with new NASA funding. Sutton-Grier, an ecosystem ecologist and assistant research scientist at ESSIC, was recognized by the NOS–along with her team of researchers–for their Hurricane Sandy recovery efforts. Sutton-Grier led the efforts of the unique Sandy Work Group, comprised by a team of researchers who each …

Bottom line: Check it out, it's new and more interesting than Denny's just down the street. No grand opening yet, just a "soft" opening with limited menu items for lunch ($7, decent price for what you get) … assorted drinks (wine, Korean and non-Korean beer, soft drinks). The table BBQ heats up for the dinner menu which has more food items. Watched a few construction worker guys experiencing that for the first time (waiter cooks your meat, instructs you to place it in …