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Atmospheric and Oceanic Science

sunrise over sea ice

Study: Shrinking Sea Ice Means More-Intense Storms on Alaska’s Coast

Bering Sea Environmental Changes Threaten People, Ecosystems

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Ning Zeng stands among logs

A Professor’s Discovery of a Nearly 4,000-Year-Old Buried Log Suggests a New Climate Change Solution

UMD-led Study Finds Burying Wood in Proper Conditions Prevents Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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HJ Patterson Building at sunset

Terp Awarded NOAA Hollings Scholarship

Prestigious Award Will Fund Student’s Meteorological, Climate Research

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UMD Leads Sensor Project to Cast a Wide ‘Net’ to Predict, Prepare for Floods

Researchers, Local Leaders to Track Real-time Data in State’s Waterfront Communities

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satellite image of Hurricane Otis

UMD Joins Consortium to Improve Accuracy of Weather Forecasts

Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Researchers to Lend Expertise to $6.6M Initiative

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Jerry Shen, Yash Anand and Malcolm Maas

3 Terps Named 2024 Goldwater Scholars

UMD’s 49 Scholarships in the Past 15 Years Rank No. 2 in the Nation

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ripples in water

Study Documents Slowing of Atlantic Currents

Change to System Crucial to Climate Regulation Could Intensify Effects of Climate Change

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Raging wildfires

Study: Western Wildfires Reversed Decades of Gains From Air Pollution-Fighting Measures

Researchers’ Analysis Found Health Risks, Nearly 1,000 Premature Deaths Over Two Decades

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volcano blowing up in the middle of the ocean

Study Shows Massive Eruption Thinned Earth’s Protective Ozone Layer

UMD, Harvard Researchers: South Pacific Volcano Changed Chemistry, Dynamics of Stratosphere

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White clouds of pollution come out from smokestacks

UMD Scientists ‘Fingerprint’ Methane to Track a Climate Change Culprit

Emissions of the Potent Greenhouse Gas Have Spiked Since 2007—but Why Is Unclear

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people push up a weather tower in a green field

UMD, State Officials Turn on First Tower of Statewide Weather Warning System

Mesonet System to Boost Public Safety, Bolster Agriculture and Broader Economy

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Alfredo Ruiz-Barradas portrait

‘Warming Is Everywhere,’ Maryland’s Climate Monitor Warns

State Climatologist, a UMD Researcher, Calls for Diverse Scientific Voices as Climate Change Hits Globally

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