Icy, Moist, Seasonal: Polar Amplification Across the Model Hierarchy
Associate Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences | UC Santa Cruz
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$8.16M Gift Honors Longtime Supporter of UMD Science and Arts
The Brin family’s commitment was matched by a $3.25M award from the state for 2 endowed chairs.
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A 72-Year Greenland Weather Mystery, Solved
“Hot, sticky, miserable weather” – you might think that description reflects a typical Maryland summer. But actually, those words were written 72 years ago, by glaciologist Carl Benson while working on the Greenland Ice Sheet.
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‘Indian Niño’ Drove Record Heat in 2023 and 2024, New UMD Study Finds
In 2023 and 2024, Earth’s average global surface temperature spiked nearly 0.3 degrees Celsius above what was already expected from climate change. Each year was declared the hottest on record and coincided with deadly wildfires, heat waves and historic numbers of climate-related disasters.
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Ocean Acidity Has Crossed a Dangerous Threshold, Study Finds
ESSIC scientist Liqing Jiang is a co-author of a paper that has received the Frontiers Planet Prize, an international recognition honoring research that advances scientific solutions for planetary health.
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University of Maryland Hosts Maryland Community Leaders to Strengthen Climate Resilience
On January 20-21, University of Maryland’s Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC) successfully hosted its third annual Scientists Serving Communities workshop, bringing together over 200 researchers and community leaders from across Maryland to advance climate resilience through collaboration, dialogue, and shared learning.
Research Briefs
Exploring the Intersections of Earth Science
The Global Carbon Cycle
Carbon cycling, the greenhouse effect, fossil fuels, land management practices, and more
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Atmospheric Composition and Processes
Atmospheric composition, air quality, ozone-layer depletion, chemical and radiative exposure, aerosols, cloud physics, and more
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Climate Variability and Change
Climate variability and predictability, climate events, satellite calibration and validation, climate change, and more
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The Global Water Cycle
Precipitation, the water cycle, oceanography, cryosphere, and more
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About the Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC)
The Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center seeks to understand the relationships between Earth’s atmosphere, oceans, land masses and biosphere, with an eye to the influence of human activities on Earth’s coupled systems.