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Local Eats: Blaze Pizza

Check it out. You can pick from their signature pizzas or create your own pizza with as many ingredients as you want for roughly $8 (for a 10-inch, 6-slice pizza). I chose the spicy red sauce as the base, covered by mozzarella cheese, sprinkled with onions and lots of roasted garlic cloves … super good. I like the thin crust of the pizza and the choice of toppings … plus it takes only three minutes to bake. Good place for a quick lunch. It's not too busy during the weekdays, but …

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University researchers develop international flood monitoring system

From the National Wildlife Federation to the Natural Resources Defense Council, environmental organizations agree climate change has caused an upsurge in flooding in the U.S. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released a report this summer analyzing nuisance flooding — named for the infrastructure headaches it causes, such as road closures and building damage — in 45 NOAA water level gauge areas across the country. The report found flooding had increased in …

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The Beaufort Gyre Exploration Project

By: Alek Petty

Introduction:

The Beaufort Gyre Exploration Project, launched back in 2003 and currently supported by the National Science Foundation, strives to increase our understanding of freshwater changes within the Beaufort Sea.
The main activity of the project is an annual research expedition taking place in summer (around the time of the Arctic sea ice minimum) on-board a Canadian icebreaker. The expedition provides scientists with the opportunity to deploy all kinds of oceanographic instruments
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Arrivals and Departures: September 2014

ESSIC has become a “hub” for science professionals of all levels. The Center maintains a fluid and dynamic staffing approach, which evolves in accordance with current educational and research commitments. Click the ‘Read More’ link below to see our new arrivals and departures for this month.

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Arrivals and Departures: August 2014

ESSIC has become a “hub” for science professionals of all levels. The Center maintains a fluid and dynamic staffing approach, which evolves in accordance with current educational and research commitments. Click the ‘Read More’ link below to see our new arrivals and departures for this month.

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Miralles-Wilhelm featured in Forbes Op-ed

CICS Executive Director and ESSIC / AOSC Professor, Fernando Miralles-Wilhelm, was featured in a Forbes magazine Op-ed entitled, “When The Well Runs Dry: The Currency Of Water.”  The Op-ed, which was co-authored by  Dan Bena, Senior Director of Sustainable Development at PepsiCo, suggests that governments and communities alike must begin to approach water resource management as a cash flow like commodity, managed in a fiscally responsible manner….

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AGU unprecedentedly honors Li with Kaufman Award and Fellowship

Over the past several months, Zhanqing Li, a professor at the University of Maryland’s (UMD) Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science (AOSC) and the Earth System Sciences Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC), received two surprising notices from the American Geophysical Union (AGU); that he was the recipient of the organization’s Yoram J. Kaufman Award and would also be elected as an AGU fellow.

AGU’s selection of Li for both prestigious awards is unprecedented and

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Newly Funded Research: August 2014

Researcher: Daryl Kleist and Kayo Ide Grant Sponsor: NOAA Amount: $250,000 Grant Study: “Accelerating 4D Hybrid EnVar Development to Improve Assimilation of High Resolution (Space and Time) Observations”   Researcher: Sumant Nigam Grant Sponsor: NSF Amount: $233,397 Grant Study: “South Asian Summer Monsoon Rainfall: Origin of Multidecadal Variability/Trends and Investigation of Seasonal Predictability”…

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DataBay Challenge: Using Data to Save the Chesapeake Bay

While some headed to the beach during the first weekend of August, eighty policy makers, scientists, activists and students put their heads together for the first DataBay Challenge at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center in Edgewater, Maryland. Hosted by the University of Maryland’s Future of Information Alliance (FIA), the Chesapeake Bay-focused programming competition sought out new ideas to creatively use data gathered about the Bay to inform the local community and …

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Climate Change Weekly Roundup 9/2/14

Publication: The Washington Post Author(s): Petula Dvorak, Nia-Malika Henderson and Kimberly Kindy Date: August 24, 2014 Title: Magnitude-6.0 earthquake hits in N. Calif., hurting dozens and rattling wine country Napa, California, was a little shaken up after a 6.0-magnitude earthquake hit the western wine city on Sunday, August 24, causing Gov. Jerry Brown to declare a state of emergency. The earth quaked at 3:20 a.m., and was the largest earthquake to hit the Napa region since 1989’s …

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