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ESSIC Faculty Research Assistant Mathew Biddle worked as part of a team run by NOAA’s National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC) Ocean Climate Laboratory (OCL) that tracked temperature and salinity in the Greenland, Iceland and Norwegian Seas (GINS).  The region is considered a gateway between the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans.   GINS has become an important research area for climatologists, given its importance as a source of natural resources such as fisheries and …

ESSIC / AOSC Professor Ross Salawitch, was quoted in a recent article in Nature News.  The piece discusses the findings of a newly published paper on how the 1987 international treaty on ozone-depleting chemicals also helped to slow global warming.  The paper also ties the effects of human influenced activities to both downturns and rises in greenhouse gas emissions. For further information:  Ozone-hole treaty slowed global warming…

College Park will soon host an environmental tour opposing the construction of a natural gas exporting facility on the Chesapeake Bay.    On Nov. 19, the University of Maryland will become the seventh of nine stops on the tour, which is traveling across the state, stopping at Annapolis, Baltimore and Cumberland, among other cities. The tour, called “Maryland Crossroads 2013: Clean Energy, Not Cove Point,” will bring several speakers, a multimedia presentation …

  A paper co-authored by ESSIC/ASOC Prof. Raghu Murtugudde won best paper award at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, India. The student lead author (C.Sabeerali) of the paper received a cash prize of 10,000 Rupees ($200.00 US) and trophy for his efforts. The paper focused on changes in the Indian Summer Monsoon withdrawal dates. As a result of climate change, trends in withdrawal dates, sea surface temperatures and the length of the rainy seasons have been altered. The …

The Joint Global Change Research Institute, a collaborative organization of the University of Maryland and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory that works to investigate climate change impacts and solutions, will bring renowned scientist Dr. Ghassem R. Asrar on board as director.  Asrar, who currently serves as director of the World Climate Research Program for the World Meteorological Organization in Geneva, Switzerland, will join the Institute on Nov. …

ESSIC / AOSC researcher and University of Maryland professor, Ross Salawitch, was featured in an interview for the University’s “First Year Book (FYB)" program. Each academic year since 1993, the University of Maryland selects a book for first year students, with the goal of promoting a shared intellectual experience that includes discussions from a variety of disciplines.  Author and statistician Nate Silver’s book, “The Signal and the …