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A group of AAAS Leshner Leadership Institute Public Engagement Fellows, including ESSIC / CICS-MD Associate Research Professor Melissa Kenney, recently published an opinion article in EOS titled, “Universities Can Lead the Way Supporting Engaged Geoscientists”. The piece discusses the opportunity to build on and expand the engagement activities of current geoscientists at universities to increase their collective impact to address difficult societal challenges such as climate change, …

Robbie Reese, ESSIC Office of Information, Technology, and Communication (OITC), was honored as this year’s recipient of the staff employee of the year award, presented at the Center’s annual holiday party.  Reese was recognized for his leadership and continued efforts to modernize ESSIC technical infrastructure. ESSIC Associate Research Scientist Can Li was selected as this year’s best author award for his paper “India is Overtaking China as the World’s Largest Emitter of Anthropogenic …

ESSIC / CICS-MD Associate Professor Sujay Kaushal has a new publication in the December 2018 issue of Biogeochemistry titled, “Diverse water quality responses to extreme climate events: an introduction”.  This piece introduces and summarizes a special issue on “Extreme Climate Events Impact Water Quality” which also appears in the journal.  A graphic from Kaushal’s piece also appears on the cover of the journal, as seen in the image to the left. The piece discusses the origins, …

In 2017, US disaster relief exceeded $300 billion— marking it as the most expensive year since NOAA began keeping record in 1980.  Of that amount, $265 billion were due to damages from Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria. How can we address this problem as we move forward into a period of increasingly severe disasters?  According to ESSIC Associate Research Professor Ariana Sutton-Grier, we need to turn our gaze to the coastal wetlands. Last month, Sutton-Grier …

Last week, the Trump administration released their Fourth National Climate Assessment, a joint effort among thirteen federal agencies including the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).  One chapter is co-authored by ESSIC researcher Ariana Sutton-Grier. The National Climate Assessments is a law-mandated report released every four years on the science of climate change and its impacts across the United States.  Since its 1989 establishment by President George H.W. Bush, …

Raghu Murtugudde, ESSIC / AOSC Professor, recently penned an Op-Ed in Newsweek calling for the implementation of carbon dioxide removal (CDR) instruments and other climate engineering methods to slow down global warming. The article is in response to a recent report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) that stated that climate goals cannot be achieved without actively removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Through the piece, Murtugudde outlines several climate …

ESSIC / AOSC Professor Raghu Murtugudde recently authored a piece in The Hindu Business Line titled “Balancing Food Demand and Climate Goals”. The piece is in response to a recent Oxford study suggesting that reducing meat consumption could curb carbon emissions, as animal products demand disproportionately high natural resources. Murtugudde insists that cultural practices be kept in mind when considering this shift in diet, and that agricultural research should aim at sustainable and …