ESSIC / AOSC Professor Ross Salawich is part of a UMD collaborative effort called ScienceBEAT that will teach students about climate change at three area high schools. The program, which is funded through the provision of a two-year $105,000 seed grant from UMD’s Council on the Environment (ConE), is designed to supplement existing lessons in the curriculum and not replace them. Salawich is one of five UMD professors who comprise the ScienceBEAT team.
![Satellite seasonal temperature difference maps indicate how the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem and its organisms may respond to the temperature changes. Here, the maps show warmer than average water temperatures from January through March 2020, cooler than average from April through June, near average July through September, and slightly warmer than average October through December. The long-term baseline is from the years 2008-2019.]](https://essic.umd.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/rv-chesapeake2-150x150.jpg)
