Tag: Atmospheric Chemistry and Carbon

ESSIC's Professor Raghu Murtugudde appeared on Fox News today to discuss climate change's effect on Hurricane Sandy. According to the professor and other experts, Hurricane Sandy was much worse than it could have been due to global warming. "The question now is really not whether each weather event is caused by global warming," Said Murtugudde on Fox. "The climate has warmed, and the weather has formed anyway, but they are all now forming in a much warmer, much …

More Americans are beginning to believe temperatures are rising on earth, according to a survey released yesterday by the Pew Research Center. About 67 percent of all Americans now feel that global climate change is occurring, which indicates a slow but persistent increase in public acceptance of warming temperatures from 2009 data. The biggest Republican jump came among conservatives, whose belief in warming leapt 12 points since 2011 and now stands at 43 percent. The party began shifting …

COLLEGE PARK, Md. – Geology Professor and ESSIC Researcher James Farquhar received the College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences (CMNS) Board of Visitor’s Distinguished Faculty Award, given out once every five years to recognize outstanding accomplishments that have had a major impact and significantly raised the profile of CMNS. Nominated by his Geology Department colleagues and ESSIC Director Antonio Busalacchi, Farquhar received the award for his work in stable isotope …

James Farquhar (ESSIC/Geology) has been selected by the CMNS Board of Visitors to receive the Board’s Distinguished Faculty Award. The Award, established by the College’s Board of Visitors, recognizes outstanding accomplishments over the previous five years that have had a major impact, and thereby contributed significantly to raising the profile and visibility of the College. Full article available here….

Professor James Farquhar co-authored a study published in Nature Geosciences March 18^th entitled, "A bistable organic-rich atmosphere on the Neoarchaean Earth."  The study focuses on how the Earth's early atmosphere periodically cycled between hazy and sunny in a way that would have had a profound effect on the climate of the young planet. "A bistable organic-rich atmosphere on the Neoarchaean Earth" Aubrey Zerkle, Mark Claire, Shawn Domagal-Goldman, …

Researcher: Russell Dickerson Grant-Sponsor: STMD-Maryland Department of the Environment Amount: $265,000 Grant-Study: “Air Pollution in Maryland-RAMMPP FY2012” …

A closer look into James Farquhar’s scientific career path might suggest either a series of well-timed coincidences or some larger destiny. His interest in geology started in college, but wasn’t solidified until his parents happened to move to France.

“I stuck with it completely by chance,” Farquhar said about his degree in geology from Washington and Lee University.

“I was flying back and forth between France to visit my parents and I saw all of these

ESSIC Scientist James Farquhar has been elected as a Fellow of the Geochemical Society, an honorary title for outstanding scientists majorly contributied to the field of geochemistry. The title is bestowed by the Geochemical Society and The European Association of Geochemistry.  According to the Geochemical Society website, the fellowship and other awards are given “as part of our mission to encourage the application of chemistry to the solution of geological and cosmological problems.”…

It’s been three months since Zhanqing Li and his team released their groundbreaking study on air pollution, and they’re still feeling the effects. Sitting in his corner office at ESSIC, Li excitedly Googles the terms “Li,” “pollution,” and “precipitation,” and sits back as the screen regurgitates millions of related links. Almost all of them are tied to his study, and as he scrolls down the page his own name flashes in front of him over and over again. The same search in …