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

UMD Sustainability Program Unites Route One Communities to Build a Pathway for Pollinators

UMD Experts for Media Covering Climate Change

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.

Advancing Climate-Smart Infrastructure and Building Construction

UMD Resources for Media Covering COP26/Climate Change

University of Maryland Accelerates Emissions-Cutting Goal

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

Climate Cycles Trigger Synchronized Start to Migration of North American Caribou

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.

UMD Researchers and Resilinc Corp. Create Index of Climate Change Risk to Company Supply Chains

Climate Change Can Undermine Children’s Education and Development in the Tropics

University of Maryland Spring 2019 Commencement Speaker Commits $2.3M to Center for Global Sustainability

Strong Growth in Carbon Emissions Expected for 2018

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

UMD Sustainability Report Marks Significant Climate Action Progress

The University of Maryland Joins the Menus of Change University Research Collaborative

Echo Chambers Persist in Climate Politics, UMD Research Shows

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.

UMD Joins Top Research Universities to Form International Coalition to Accelerate Local Climate Action

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.