University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health researchers link air pollution in Baltimore’s Curtis Bay community to nearby coal terminal activity and wind. 

Professor Ning Zeng co-authored new research on a simple way to capture carbon dioxide, a planet-warming gas.

AOSC students Dean Calhoun and Ethan Heldtman are amoung fifteen current students and recent alums of the University of Maryland’s College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences (CMNS) who received prestigious

Art Associate Professor Cy Keener, Geographical Sc

A University of Maryland-led study revealed that the bay is experiencing “significant increases” in annual heat waves, but satellites show that not all regions are warming equally.

UMD Professors Xin-Zhong Liang and Ann Wylie Named 2024 AAAS Fellows.

Russ Dickerson will receive the 2025 CMNS Board of Visitors’ Distinguished Faculty Award – the highest faculty award of the Board and the College.

After 50-plus years at UMD, alum and Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Professor Rachel Pinker will retire on February 1, 2025.

Congratulations to AOSC alumni William Ryan (MS, '90) for receiving an Alumni Excellence Award for his great achievements.

New study, co-authored by AOSC professor Ross Salawitch and alumnus Laura McBride, investigates the 17-year discrepancy in projections for ozone recovery timelines, highlighting gaps in global reporting, compliance, and opportunities for action—as well as the ongoing impact of emissions from feedstocks and legacy equipment containing ozone-depleting substances.