Over 2,700 students were named to the University of Maryland College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences Dean's List for Fall 2019.
New high-resolution maps show limited ocean capacity to absorb excess carbon dioxide.
As 2019 comes to a close, revisit our most-read stories of the year and discover some that you may have missed.
TV’s Somara Theodore teaches AOSC's first broadcast meteorology class. Students led the effort to create this course. A couple of years ago, Monique Robinson '18 created UMD Weather Talks, a student organization of broadcast meteorologist hopefuls that posts reports on YouTube, and contacted Theodore to get advice. Last spring, they asked her about teaching at Maryland. By the fall semester, the course was a reality.
A Capital News Service story highlights the work of the Regional Atmospheric Measurement Modeling and Prediction Program or RAMMPP. Comprised of 30 researchers and students, RAMMPP has helped the Maryland Department of the Environment improve regional air quality since 1999 by tracking how the ingredients for smog can originate from upwind states.
"Twenty Questions and Answers About the Ozone Layer: 2018 Update" was released today. The document is part of the Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion report issued by the World Meteorological Organization, the United Nations Environment Programme, NOAA, NASA, and the European Commission. Lead author is AOSC Prof. Ross Salawitch. Co-authors include Laura A. McBride (UMD Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry) and Walter R. Tribett (AOSC).
Canty will succeed Kennedy Paynter to lead one of the largest environmental graduate programs in the USM.
A Q&A with ESSIC’s Santiago Gassó, who spent a month at sea teaching remote sensing to graduate students from around the world.
Congratulations to the almost 2,500 Spring 2019 semester Dean's List awardees from the University of Maryland College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences.
Ten stories—one from each of our departments—highlight some of the most exciting scientific discoveries made by faculty members in the college during the last half-century.