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AOSC graduate student Rebekah Esmaili placed first at the University of Maryland’s recent Graduate Research Interaction Day for her storm tracking research utilizing infrared satellite observations. Esmaili, who works under Dr. Yudong Tian, an ESSIC Associate Research Scientist located at NASA/GSFC, has been working with the researcher since summer 2012.  Her work under Tian has included observing global storm data and using infrared satellites to observe remote areas more clearly. Through …

The U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) released on May 6, 2015, a web-based prototype of a climate indicators system to track over time nationally relevant climate change and impact indicators.   “We recommended to USGCRP the development, over time, of a system of physical, ecological and societal indicators that can help communicate and inform decisions about key aspects of climate changes, impacts, vulnerabilities and preparedness,” said Melissa Kenney, a …

Do you like loud jukebox music playing Latin American tunes? Do you like hostesses dressed like hookers? Do you like South American food? You might like Lesly's Grill then.

Located in part of the space vacated by the Calvert House Inn on Route 1 just south of the East-West Highway, Lesly's is giving El Comalito across the street a run for their money. It's a smaller space, but the same sort of menu … lots to choose from, quite tasty, and reasonably priced. Enjoyed the food …

The University of Maryland (UMD) is not only one of the top public universities in the nation, but is now the “greenest” university.  According to a recent virtual competition conducted by SaveOnEnergy, a company that helps consumers takes advantage of emerging energy markets. As a play on the annual spring NCAA basketball tournament, the company created a bracketed competition pitting 16 of the tournaments universities against one another.  To determine each …

ESSIC Assistant Research Scientist Ariana Sutton-Grier was elected as a 2015 early career fellow by the Ecological Society of America (ESA).  Early Career Fellows are members who have advanced ecological knowledge and applications within 8 years of completing their doctoral training (or other terminal degree), and show promise of continuing to make outstanding contributions to a wide range of fields served by ESA.  They are elected for five years.   Awards Committee Chair …

ESSIC Associate Research Scientist Chris Kidd  attended and presented an invited talk at the XVII Simposio Brasileiro de Sensoriamento Remoto (Brazillian Remote Sensing Symposium) held in Joao Pessao, Brazil, 25-29 April 2015. A repeat presentation was later made at CPTEC, Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil on 30 April 2015….

Sigma Xi’s 2015 national Young Investigator Award will be given to Dr. Melissa A. Kenney of the University of Maryland.  Dr. Kenney's research broadly addresses how to integrate both uncertain scientific knowledge and societal values into decision-making. This research is inherently multidisciplinary—drawing on the fields of decision analysis, environmental sciences, and public policy— to address a range of topics including water …

ESSIC Assistant Research Scientist Ariana Sutton-Grier attended the North American Blue Carbon, Forest Carbon and Land Cover Experts’ Meeting in Sian Ka’an and Playa del Carmen, Mexico this month.   Sponsored by the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC), the workshop brought experts together to identify and share models, tools and information that measure coastal blue carbon, and to discuss and develop guidance on optimizing blue carbon scientific research….

ESSIC / AOSC Professor Zhanging Li was featured in the print and online versions of the American Geophysical Union’s “Earth & Space Science News,”  announcing his  2014 Yoram J. Kaufman Unselfish Cooperation in Research Award.    …