ESSIC associate research scientist Sinéad Farrell was featured on NBC’s TODAY in a segment about unusually high temperatures in the arctic. Farrell discussed the formation of a hole the size of Vermont and New Hampshire in Greenland’s ice due to the heat and also noted that some models predict open arctic waters during future summers. View the video here.
![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)
