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A recent Bay Journal article that highlighted both state agency and researcher efforts to mitigate and better understand the flooding and erosion of Deal Island, included commentary by ESSIC associate research professor Ariana Sutton-Grier. Deal Island, a community of about 400 people located on the Chesapeake Bay’s western shore, is particularly vulnerable to sea level rise, storms, and flooding due to its exposure to the Bay’s wind and waves.  Sutton-Grier is the director of science for …

ESSIC / AOSC Professor Raghu Murtugudde was recently quoted in a New York Times article titled “Why the Wilder Storms? It’s a ‘Loaded Dice’ Problem”. The article discusses this year’s frequency of extreme global weather events, speculating, “Global warming is bringing the planet into an era of wilder, more dangerous rains with ruinous and long-lasting consequences”. Murtugudde noted the situation is a classic loaded-dice analogy in that greenhouse gases have both heated the …

ESSIC Director and AOSC Chair Fernando Miralles-Wilhelm was a source of expertise for an article posted on Herald Mail Media titled, “Torrential rain in 2018 gives Hagerstown wettest September on record and fifth highest annual precipitation”. The article discusses the excessive rainfall experienced in Hagerstown, Maryland this year and describes the struggles of local farmers and residents as they continue to deal with flooding.  Miralles-Wilhelm commented that the extreme weather …