A new UMD-led study shows that meltwater flowing off ice shelves changes the ocean in ways that drive even faster melting—and most global climate projections don’t even include it.
The Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science and the Biological Sciences Graduate Program received the awards.
It’s the first time this Indian Ocean climate pattern has been connected to the recent years’ unusually high temperatures.
This year's awardees were selected from a pool of hundreds of nominations from the Science Terp community.
Over 4,200 students from our college are set to graduate in May 2026.
The scientists of the Climate Resilience Network, funded by UMD’s Grand Challenges Grants Program, work with state and federal agencies to protect Marylanders and their livelihoods.
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.
Fenley monitors weather conditions around campus and is pursuing a career engineering new meteorological sensors.
Fry has won international weather forecasting competitions and is one of the country's most promising young meteorologists.
From beach trips with her family to one of the country's top science honors, Strauch found her passion where math meets the ocean.