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ESSIC researcher Ariana Sutton-Grier recently summarized NOAA’s blue carbon efforts in a blog piece posted on the blueforests website.  The Blue Forests Project is a four year initiative of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and co-financed by project partners, and managed by GRID-Arendal, a Norwegian foundation and center collaborating with UNEP.  The project seeks to provide the first global-scale assessment of …

ESSIC researcher Melissa Kenney and her team recently hosted an informal meeting with Dennis Bours, a consultant for the Global Environment Facility’s (GEF) Independent Evaluation Office.  As the visit came to a close, Kenney asked Bours what he would do with 200 million US Dollars to improve the monitoring and evaluation of climate change adaptation and sustainable development.  Although he had some immediate thoughts, the intriguing question inspired Bours to pose the same …

ESSIC Graduate Assistant Xiaoxu Tian, was recognized at the 11th annual NOAA/NESDIS Cooperative Research Program (CoRP) Science Symposium, as Best Speaker–2nd Place–for his talk, "A Physical Model for Television Frequency Interference (TFI) Correction of AMSR2 Data over Ocean near U. S. and Europe."  The event, which took place September 16 – 17 at the University of Maryland Marriot Inn and Conference Center, was hosted by CICS-MD.  Tian is advised by ESSIC …

ESSIC Director Professor Antonio Busalacchi was interviewed by the Washington D.C affilate of the Telemundo TV network for an upcoming special report on El Nino.  The interview featured questions on what El Nino is, what the prognosis is for the current event, and how the greater capital region might be affected.  …

ESSIC’s Melissa Kenney was an invited participant at yesterday's White House hosted Social and Behavioral Sciences Team (SBST) event entitled, “Using Behavioral Science Insights to Better Serve the American People.”  The event brought together senior Administration officials and leadership from government, academia, philanthropy, and non-profit organizations.  The conversation focused on how behavioral insights can be incorporated into Federal programs and …

ESSIC Director and UM Council on the Environment Chair, Professor Antonio Busalacchi, will deliver the keynote address at the Maryland Space Business Roundtable (MSBR) Luncheon on October 6, 2015.  As a gathering place across the Maryland and national capital region for those who share a mutual interest in promoting a robust space community, the nonprofit MSBR provides a forum for aerospace and technology businesses, universities, and private individuals to interact, learn, and act …

ESSIC Director Professor Antonio Busalacchi was featured in a recent article within the UM student publication, Stories Beneath the Shell (SBS).  The student-driven multimedia project funded through a grant from the UMD Office of Diversity and Inclusion, highlighted Busalacchi’s recent appointment  as co-chair of the National Research Council's “Decadal Survey for Earth Science and Applications from …

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ESSIC’s Arianna Sutton-Grier, an ecosystem ecologist is the first presenter in a new Webinar series produced by the Society of Wetlands Scientists (SWS).  The series seeks to foster wetlands education and conservation through on-line participation versus in-person events.  Sutton-Grier’s talk is entitled, “Innovative Policy Opportunities for Wetland Conservation.”  This event is open to SWS members only….