ESSIC Celebrates Maryland Day 2022
May 6, 2022
On Saturday, April 30, ESSIC faculty and staff gathered to celebrate Maryland Day, the University of Maryland’s largest community outreach event! This was the first
Tag: Atmospheric Chemistry and Carbon
ESSIC/CISESS at AMS Conferences
February 9, 2022
The American Meteorological Society (AMS) Annual Meeting was held virtually this year from January 23 to 27. Simultaneously, AMS held a number of specialized conferences and symposiums, focusing on topics including hydrology, climate variability and change, and atmospheric chemistry. ESSIC/CISESS scientists contributed a large number of talks and posters at the event. Talks included:
ESSIC/CISESS Presents at 2021 AGU Fall Meeting
January 11, 2022
ESSIC/CISESS had several talks, e-lightning sessions, posters, virtual town halls, and tutorials at this year’s American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, held in New Orleans and online from December 13 to 17.
Human-caused Emissions are Main Cause to Rise in Atmospheric Methane
November 22, 2021
A new paper published in Atmospheric Science Review by ESSIC/AOSC scientist Zhen Zhang highlights the role of anthropogenic activities in driving the growth of atmospheric methane concentrations since 2007.
Salawitch, Farquhar Work with Campus Activists to Save Guilford Woods
November 16, 2021
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.
Measuring Atmospheric CO2 Enhancements From Wildfires Using a Lidar
November 11, 2021
ESSC/CISESS Scientist Jianping Mao is first author on a new paper in Geophysical Research Letters titled “Measuring Atmospheric CO2 Enhancements From the 2017 British Columbia Wildfires Using a Lidar”.
Salawitch Talks Ozone Hole in the Washington Post
October 18, 2021
Research conducted by ESSIC/AOSC scientist Ross J. Salawitch is featured in a new Washington Post article on the North Pole ozone hole that formed last year.
UMD, ESSIC Researchers Find Evidence of New CFC Production
September 7, 2021
In 1986, chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), chemical compounds known to break down ozone in the atmosphere, were banned by the Montreal Protocol. This led to an immediate rapid decline in emissions. However, recent studies have shown that CFC-11 emissions have increased, suggesting a contribution from eastern Asia.
Climate Change Can Intensify Soil Erosion and Sediment Deposition
July 28, 2021
ESSIC/CISESS Assistant Research Scientist Junyu Qi and Visiting Research Scientist Xuesong Zhang are co-authors on a recent paper titled “Pronounced Increases in Future Soil Erosion and Sediment Deposition as Influenced by Freeze–Thaw Cycles in the Upper Mississippi River Basin”.
Hurricane Intensity Changes Associated With Satellite Total Column Ozone Structural Changes
July 28, 2021
ESSIC/CISESS Associate Research Scientist Lin Lin has a new article in IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing titled, “Associations of Hurricane Intensity Changes to Satellite Total Column Ozone Structural Changes Within Hurricanes”.
