A ~15 acre wooded area at the southern edge of the University of Maryland campus has inspired a campus-wide discussion on affordable graduate housing and the public health benefits of urban forests.
ESSIC Research Scientist Isaac Moradi presented a talk on October 19, 2021 as part of the Howard County High Schools G/T Intern/Mentor program on the Earth and Space Science fundamentals.
ESSIC Visiting Associate Research Professor Ariana Sutton-Grier recently gave a lecture for the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science seminar series on how science can better inform climate mitigation and adaptation as well as ecosystem restoration and protection.
ESSIC Associate Research Scientist Santiago Gassó recently gave an online presentation to AP Environmental Science students at the Blair High School in Montgomery County. The
Ron Vogel, ESSIC / CISESS Senior Faculty Specialist, gave a lecture at the Maryland Association of Environmental and Outdoor Education Annual Conference, a conference for K-12 environmental science teachers to explore using oceanographic satellite data in K-12 classrooms. This area has traditionally seen satellite data as too complex for teaching about the environment.
ESSIC Scientist Ross Salawitch recently visited Montgomery School in Chester Springs to speak to seventh and eighth grade students about climate change.
