News & Highlights

Each year, the Earth Science Division’s Research and Analysis Program presents some of the year’s top discoveries, and for the year 2024, the selection features research from several GESTAR II...

Congratulations to Jianyu (Kevin) Zheng (613/UMBC), who has been selected to receive the 2025 Elsevier/JQSRT Richard M. Goody Award, in recognition of his outstanding achievements and...

While one may not think about greenhouse gases and landslides in the same context, the 2024 paper “Landslide Hazard Is Projected to Increase Across High Mountain Asia” led by Thomas Stanley...

Join us for a virtual seminar by Dr. Lyatt Jaeglé, Dept. of Atmospheric and Climate Science (University of Washington). Her talk is titled "Blowing snow over Arctic sea ice: Integrating modeling,...

Congratulations to Tamás Varnai (613/UMBC) on his promotion to Research Professor!  We asked Dr. Varnai for insight to his research goals as well as his own activities: "My research seeks...

Ivona Cetinić (616/MSU) is quoted in a recent New York Times article, "Rising Temperatures Are Scrambling the Base of the Ocean Food Web," which also features Jeremy Werdell (616/NASA GSFC); both...

Congratulations to Dr. Ali Tokay (612/UMBC), Research Scientist with GESTAR II and affiliated faculty member of UMBC's Department of Geography and Environmental Systems (GES), who was selected as...

Join us for a hybrid seminar by Mr. Sean Foley (616/MSU), Data Scientist (GESTAR II/Morgan State University). His talk is titled "Retrieving 3D Cloud Structure from Multi-angle Observations with...

Congratulations to Daniel Miller (613/UMBC) and Colten Peterson (613/UMBC), who both were promoted from Postdoctoral Research Associate to Assistant Research Scientist!  Drs. Miller and Peterson...

The Climate and Radiation Laboratory (Code 613) at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center held its annual Winter Party and Award Ceremony on Friday, February 7, 2025. Among the awardees were four GESTAR...