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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.
Climate Change in the News
NBC News
What's to fear about warming oceans? Flesh-eating bacteria
Apple Podcasts
What is the Paris Climate Accord
Nature