Category: Archive

Zhanqing Li was quoted in Nature, June 19, in an article on weather modification efforts, particularly cloud seeding….

ESSIC/CICS hosted a meeting of the National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) Cooperative Institute Directors and Administrators at their new M-Square Building on June 17th-19th to discuss topics of mutual interest to the Cooperate Institutes (CIs) and NOAA. The meeting was attended by representatives from each of the NESDIS CIs (located in Oregon, Colorado, New York, and Wisconsin), and the National Climatic Data Center in North Carolina, local staff from …

A ribbon-cutting ceremony to officially open the new M-Square office building was held on May 13.  The building will be home to two Maryland centers:   the Earth Systems Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC) and, the Joint Global Change Research Institute (JGCRI).  Speakers included Mel Bernstein, VP for Research, President Mote, Benjamin Wu, Department of Business and Economic Development, Rand Griffin, President and CEO, Corporate Office Properties Trust, Patrick Prangley, Town …

Researcher: Tony Busalacchi
Grant Sponsor: NASA
Amount: $105,655
Grant Study: “Collaborative EARTH System Science Research between NASA/GSFC and UMCP.”

Researcher:Tony Busalacchi
Grant Sponsor: NASA
Amount: $158,468
Grant Study: “Implementation of Satellite Sea Surface Salinity Data Into Ocean and Coupled Models.”

Researcher: Tony Busalacchi
Grant Sponsor: NOAA
Amount: $164,000
Grant Study: “Development of an integrated system for validating NCEP model cloud, precipitation and radiation outputs …

Ning Zeng was quoted in ScienceNews, April 24 in an article on capturing carbon emissions, rather than reducing them.  Possible solutions ranged from burying coarse wood on forest floors in trenches to fertilizing the oceans to enhance algal blooms.  Subsequent articles featuring Ning appeared in New Scientist and Mongabay.com on April 30….

Ross Salawitch, with Simone Tilmes (National Center for Atmospheric Research) and Rolf Muller (Research Center Jülich), published an article in Science, April 24, responding to the suggestion that a continuous  injection of sulphur into the stratosphere would counteract global warming.   Salawitch, et al., concluded that this approach would have a drastic impact on Earth’s protective ozone layer.  Subsequent articles appeared in The Telegraph, Agence France Press, Physorg.com, Chemical …

Ruth DeFries has been named a Distinguished University Professor by the University.  An academic honor of the highest distinction, this title is awarded to a limited number of UMD’s most accomplished professors….

James Farquhar is one of 190 new Fellows named by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.  He received the fellowship for his work on isotopic investigations of microbial sulfur metabolisms.  The Guggenheim Memorial Foundation annually recognizes and awards professional scholars in all fields, with the exception of performing arts, “who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts.”…

Tony Busalacchi was elected Chairman of the Joint Scientific Committee of the World Climate Research Program sponsored by the World Meteorological Organization of the UN, the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, and the International Council of Scientific Unions….