Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center

Research

Researcher's ‘Mixed-Reality’ Game Teaches Lightning Safety to Kids

April 08, 2025

VR Headset Provides Immersive Learning Experience About the Dangers, Wonders of Thunderstorms

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NASA/UMD Researchers Take to the Air to Clock Wildflower Blooms

March 26, 2025

Spread of Colors Across Landscape Helps Scientists Understand Changing Planet

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

November 13, 2024

Bering Sea Environmental Changes Threaten People, Ecosystems

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UMD Awarded $388M NOAA Cooperative Agreement for Earth System Studies

July 15, 2024

Institute’s Researchers Aim to Trace Links Between Human Activity, Earth’s Environment

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As Climate Change Progresses, New Rainfall Patterns Affect Plants Worldwide

April 12, 2024

UMD-Led Study Found Fewer, Bigger Downpours Benefit Some Plants, Burden Others

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Study Documents Slowing of Atlantic Currents

March 25, 2024

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

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

December 06, 2023

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

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Study Shows Massive Eruption Thinned Earth’s Protective Ozone Layer

November 28, 2023

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