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…
Michael Evans, UMD Department of Geology Associate Professor and ESSIC Associate Professor, is cited in a new paper Climate of the Past: Discussions titled, “Climate…
Steam rises from cooling towers at the coal-fired John E. Amos Power Plant in West Virginia on the Kanawha River as pollution from smoke stacks…
Play Video For the last few years, life on the West Coast of the United States has been marked by wildfires. Most recently, August lightning…
A paper co-authored by ESSIC Research Scientist William Lau, Professor Zhanqing Li, scientist Weichen Tao, and AOSC Graduate Student Lei Zhang was recently published in…
This event has passed. See the seminar recording here: Tom Knutson Lead of Weather and Climate Dynamics Division NOAA/Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory Monday May 18,…
ESSIC Visiting Associate Research Professor Ariana Sutton-Grier has a new paper out in Science of the Total Environment about the impact of climate change on…
In March, a large region of very low ozone opened up above the Arctic, rivaling the historic Antarctic ozone hole that forms in the southern…
ESSIC Scientist Ross Salawitch recently visited Montgomery School in Chester Springs to speak to seventh and eighth grade students about climate change.
An international team led by researchers at the University of Maryland and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has created the most high-resolution maps to…