ESSIC Director and UCAR Trustee Professor Antonio Busalacchi–representing the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR)–met with Vladimir Šucha, Director-General of the European Commission (EC) Joint Research Centre (JRC) to sign a new research arrangement that aims to identify and develop new approaches in the field of atmospheric and climate change research and related sciences. The new agreement between the JRC and UCAR will focus on climate prediction, monitoring and development of joint scenarios and evaluation of impacts to better inform international policy-making.
![Satellite seasonal temperature difference maps indicate how the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem and its organisms may respond to the temperature changes. Here, the maps show warmer than average water temperatures from January through March 2020, cooler than average from April through June, near average July through September, and slightly warmer than average October through December. The long-term baseline is from the years 2008-2019.]](https://essic.umd.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/rv-chesapeake2-150x150.jpg)
