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ESSIC assistant research scientist Ariana Sutton-Grier was quoted in a recent Yale Environment 360 article about international blue carbon projects. The article focuses on increasing blue carbon projects in coastal areas while preserving local necessities.  Sutton-Grier explained that carbon is priced differently across the world in terms of those nations who have placed value on it; less than $1 per ton in Mexico, but $137 per ton in Sweden.  Sutton-Grier noted that higher prices …

Research Associate Leon Chafik was the lead author for a study published on October 21^st in Geophysical Research Letters. The paper, written by leading climate change and variability scientists, connects the subpolar North Atlantic Ocean (SPNA) warming with the increased Arctic sea ice loss. The researchers found the SPNA ocean variability is necessary for tropical interactions between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Chafik and Matthew England wrote the highlight published by the US Climate …

International health epidemics have been a source of media coverage for decades. Laurie Garrett, an award-winning science journalist, author and Senior Fellow for Global Health at the Council on Foreign Relations, spoke to University of Maryland faculty, staff and students at a lecture on Oct. 17 about epidemics and global public health. Garrett’s talk focused on the evolution of epidemics and life expectancy over the past 200 years. She explained life expectancy has gone up …

ESSIC / AOSC Professor Zhanqing Li has been announced to the American Meteorological Society’s (AMS) class of 2017 fellows. AMS fellows are nominated by colleagues based on their contributions to the atmospheric or other related sciences. Li, who has been an ESSIC / AOSC professor since 2001, also has Fellow appointments in the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and the American Geophysical Union (AGU)….

ESSIC assistant research scientist Ariana Sutton-Grier was a featured expert on “Ocean Currents,” a radio show based out of NOAA’s Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary. During the October segment, Sutton-Grier discussed the importance of coastal wetlands, or blue carbon, in the fight against global climate change. Sutton-Grier explained the different color terms associated with carbon emission and sequestration; green carbon is carbon stored by vegetation on land, …