Led by UMD Atmospheric and Oceanic Science researchers, Kenneth Pickering and Dale Allen, this novel experiment reveals how thunderstorms affect our climate and how Earth’s atmosphere breaks down pollution.

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 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowships, which recognize outstanding graduate students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.