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Expertise AreasClimate Change

A global leader in the study of climate change, our campus features faculty experts working across disciplines to understand the intersections of ecosystems, energy, human health and sustainable development and their collective environmental impact.

    Climate Change related content

    Climate Change Experts

    Nathan Hultman

    Director, Center for Global Sustainability

    School of Public Policy

    Tatiana Laboda

    Professor, Department of Geographical Sciences

    College of Behavioral and Social Sciences

    Robert C. Orr

    Professor and Dean

    School of Public Policy

    Anand Patwardhan

    Professor

    School of Public Policy

    Rosina Bierbaum

    Research Professor; Roy F. Westin Chair in Natural Economics

    School of Public Policy

    Russell Dickerson

    Professor

    College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences

    Ross Salawitch

    Professor

    College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences

    Climate Change News Releases

    Rising to a Grand Challenge: Food, Energy and Water in a Changing Climate

    Institutional Grant Team Works for Balanced Approaches to Existential Problems

    With New UMD Invention, All the Cool Kids Will Be Riding the Bus

    Plant-Topped, Solar-Powered Shelters to Debut in Prince George’s County

    State Partners With UMD to Plan 60% Carbon Emissions Reduction, Moore Announces

    Center for Global Sustainability Analysis Will Identify Opportunities for Greenhouse Gas Cuts

    Major Droughts, Rainfall Events Occurring More Often, UMD and NASA study finds

    Decades of Satellite Data Reveal Punishing Local Hydrological Extremes in NASA-UMD Study

    UMD Well Water Data Finds Contamination Frequent on Farms

    Extension Researcher Finds Bacteria, Suggests Filter Use to Boost Safety

    $1.35M Grant to Fund UMD-Led Team’s Study of Climate Change and Septic Tank Failure

    Growing Hazard for Coastal Dwellers Doesn’t Affect All Marylanders Equally, Researchers Say

    Restoring Island-Ocean Connections Creates Broad Benefits, Study Finds

    UMD Scientist Helps to Highlight Need for Coordinated Conservation of Linked Terrestrial, Marine Ecosystems

    UMD Announces NextGen Energy Program Private Sector Partner Finalists

    The two finalists will be asked to submit final proposals that include measures to make the decarbonization of campus heating and cooling by 2035 realizable.

    University of Maryland Accelerates Emissions-Cutting Goal

    President Pines announces university’s aims for carbon neutrality by 2025, all electric fleet by 2035

    New International Study Identifies Causes of Multidecadal Climate Changes

    UMD geologist contributes to analysis that suggests current climate models can accurately predict climate warming several decades into the future.

    Strong Growth in Carbon Emissions Expected for 2018

    UMD Geographical Sciences researchers team up with international group to issue global report.

    Gone for Good? Classifying Drivers of Global Forest Loss

    Geographical Sciences research attributes 27% of global forest loss to permanent land use change for commodity production.

    UMD Emerges as State Leader in 2018 RecycleMania Competition

    Recyclemania is an annual 8-week competition which challenges colleges and universities across the United States and Canada to collect the most recyclable materials.

    UMD Awards Funds to Support Campus Sustainability Projects

    UMD's sustainability fund provides grants to students, faculty, and staff for the implementation of projects that will improve sustainability on campus or in the local community.

    University of Maryland Named a Tree Campus USA for 10th Consecutive Year

    Arbor Day Foundation Honors University of Maryland with 2017 Tree Campus USA® Recognition

    University of Maryland Announces Energy Savings Project at IBBR Shady Grove Facility

    The new energy savings project is designed to improve the material condition of IBBR’s mechanical systems while reducing the energy and water consumption and greenhouse gas emissions of the facility.

    Unsustained Geoengineering Could Have Animals ‘Running’ for Their Lives

    Scientist from SESYNC at UMD examine how a collapsed solar shield could impact the world’s biodiversity.

    North American Waterways Are Becoming Saltier and More Alkaline

    New UMD-led research highlights the need for better regulation of road salt, fertilizers and other salty compounds.

    Curbing Climate Change

    UMD study finds strong rationale for the human factor in reducing and predicting climate change.

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