The article was written by Avalon Gordy from Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET). It was originally published on ReliefWeb and republished with permission.
On September 12, Thomas Colligan gave a plenary presentation at the Integrated Carbon Observation System Science Conference in Versailles, France. His presentation, titled “A Near
Earlier this month, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment released their annual Climate Chronicles, a collection of their ‘Year in Review’ articles. In these pieces, leading experts outline the observed characteristics and changes to select climate metrics and policies over the course of the year, collectively documenting the state of the climate and its ongoing evolution.
The Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (BAMS) featured the work of ESSIC/CISESS scientist John Xun Yang in their March 2024 issue.
As spring finally arrives in typical Maryland style – downpours – people take comfort in these wet days by dreaming of the blooms that the rain nurtures. However, a new study by an Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center researcher published in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment shows that whether rainfall comes as drizzle events or downpours matters for plant growth.
CISESS Deputy Director and ESSIC Research Professor Ernesto Hugo Berbery is a co-author on a new paper in npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, a Nature Research journal, that examines agricultural flash droughts worldwide and reveals their characteristics and life cycle.
Shane Coffield, a researcher with the Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, advocates for an evidence-based approach to inclusion.
Sujay Kaushal is part of a multi-institution effort to monitor the intrusion of saltwater into rivers close to the ocean.
ESSIC/CISESS scientists Yong-Keun Lee and Christopher Grassotti are co-authors on a new paper in Remote Sensing led by first author Zichao Liang, a student who interned with the MiRS team during the summer of 2023. NOAA scientists Lin Lin and Quanhua Liu also co-authored the paper. The paper, titled “Machine Learning-Based Estimation of Tropical Cyclone Intensity from Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder Using a U-Net Algorithm”, assesses the use of the U-Net model to estimate surface wind speed and surface pressure over pure ocean conditions.
ESSIC scientist Sujay Kaushal and Ph.D. candidate Sydney Shelton hosted an “Ask Me Anything” (AMA) thread on Reddit on the /r/askscience subreddit. For two and a half hours, Kaushal and Shelton answered questions from the public regarding salinization and its impact on our planet.
