A recent proposal by ESSIC researcher Kimberly Casey was selected for the 2016 Polar High-Performance Distributed Computing Research Coordination Network award. Entitled "Quantifying aerosol presence and composition over Earth’s ice sheets and glaciers – mapping anthropogenic and natural aerosol patterns and estimating changes over time, the proposed work will improve understanding of the type of aerosols present over Earth's glaciers and ice sheets, changes over recent decades, and radiative impacts of particulates over ice.
![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)
