It’s the first time this Indian Ocean climate pattern has been connected to the recent years’ unusually high temperatures.

Maryland Mesonet received the Public Safety Partner Award at the 51st Annual Montgomery County Public Safety Awards Ceremony. The Mesonet was honored for providing real-time, high-resolution environmental data critical for local emergency responders and public safety operations.

A student research team in the Atmospheric and Oceanic Science (AOSC) Environmental Monitoring Lab has been awarded a $20,700 grant from the University of Maryland Sustainability Fund to develop and test a "Wood Vault" carbon removal system.

Eugenia Kalnay, who made highly consequential theoretical and practical contributions to a wide range of scientific subjects, especially numerical weather prediction and predictability, and who was a beloved mentor to generations of students, passed away on August 13, 2024.

Orbiting satellites will monitor changes in the stratosphere and on the planet’s surface

Three AOSC faculty members received major national awards at the recent annual meetings of the American Meteorological Society (AMS) (Houston, January 2026) and the American Geophysical Union (New Orleans, Dec. 2025).

Students from across the University of Maryland can now incorporate climate science into their career preparation.