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Figure: A rosette of Niskin (seawater sampling) bottles used to collect discrete water samples at specific, predetermined depths. Instruments for measuring depth, temperature, and conductivity (which helps determine salinity) are inside of the ring near the bottom (not visible). (Photo provided to Jiang et al. by Sabine Mecking of the University of Washington for the publication).

Jiang Leads International Effort to Create New Data Standard for Oceanographic Research

February 1, 2022

ESSIC/CISESS Scientist Li-Qing Jiang, who works on the Ocean Carbon Acidification Data System (OCADS) project at the National Center for Environmental Information (NCEI), coordinated a massive effort by the international community to develop a best practice data standard for discrete bottle-based chemical oceanographic data. The study, co-authored by ESSIC/CISESS Scientist Alex Kozyr and esteemed scientists at over 30 institutions in 10 countries, was published on January 21st in Frontiers in Marine Science.

Ocean Warming Continues Through 2021

January 18, 2022

2021’s world ocean was the hottest ever recorded, beating out even last year’s record high temperatures, finds Alexey Mishonov, Jim Reagan, and a team of international scholars.

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.

NASA/NOAA Tech Will Aid Marine Oil Spill Response

December 20, 2021

As part of the NASA grant, UMD, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NOAA, United States Coast Guard, Watermapping Ltd., Maryland Department of Agriculture, Environment Canada, and Marine Spill Response Corporation participated in an experiment to compare oil thickness measurements (both in situ and remotely) in the hopes of validating an oil thickness product. By finding the thickest oil layers, researchers can identify key zones to bring in remediation equipment and clean up the most harmful oil in the environment. ESSIC Senior Faculty Specialist Frank Monaldo is involved in this field work and is featured in a video that highlights this work.

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.

Dr. Zhanqing Li smiles in a suit in front of a blurry background

Zhanqing Li is a Web of Science Highly Cited Researcher

November 17, 2021

Web of Science has honored Dr. Zhanqing Li, Professor at ESSIC and University of Maryland’s Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, as a Highly Cited Researcher, an honor bestowed to fewer than 6,200, or about 0.1%, of the world’s researchers, in 21 research fields and across multiple fields.

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.

(a) the cloud-free XCO2 retrievals from the CO2 Sounder lidar for the flight on August 8, 2017. Significant XCO2 enhancements were seen in the flight segment crossing Vancouver Island. The British Columbia wildfires are marked to the north of these enhancements. (b) image of the smoke plumes from the wildfires in Canadian Rockies as seen from DC-8 over Vancouver Island. (c) true color image from Aqua/MODIS showing the smoke and fires on the same day.

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”.

ESSIC Holds 1st AI/ML Workshop: On the Pathway to a Digital Earth

October 28, 2021

Last month, researchers from the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) and the University of Maryland (UMD) Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC) gathered to explore the challenges and opportunities in applying machine learning and artificial intelligence in Earth systems science.

Consortium Launches New Online Water Data Platform to Transform Water Management in the Western United States as Droughts Intensify

October 21, 2021

(SACRAMENTO, CA — October 21, 2021) OpenET, a new online platform that uses satellites to estimate water consumed by crops and other plants, launched today, making critical data for water management widely available in 17 western states for the first time amid record drought.