News & Highlights

Join us for a hybrid seminar by Daniella Asturias, Researcher at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Her talk is titled "Linking PACE Hyperspectral Ocean Color with Underway Metaproteomics...

The NASA Goddard Sciences and Exploration Directorate's Annual Summer Student Poster Symposium was held on Wednesday, August 5th in Goddard’s Hinners Auditorium. At this conference-style event,...

In late June 2026, GESTAR II researchers, fellows, administration, staff, UMBC interns, and leadership from NASA Goddard's Sciences and Exploration Directorate participated in GESTAR II's third...

We're happy to share the following publications from recent months that are authored and/or co-authored by GESTAR II researchers. Stacey Huang (61A/UMBC) is lead author of the 2026 paper,...

Congratulations are in order for the following researchers! Sean Foley (616/Morgan) attended the EarthCARE 2026 Science and Validation workshop, hosted by JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration...

A new paper led by K. Fred Huemmrich (618/UMBC) titled "Observing fall foliage with PACE pigment indices" was published in Remote Sensing Letters (May 2026) and co-authored by Skye Caplan...

Do you recall the smell of wildfire smoke in parts of the U.S. in the summer of 2023 and being surprised that this was due to wildfires in ... Canada? In fact, that was the most intense wildfire...

Dhruva Kathuria (618/UMBC) is a Co-Investigator on the recently funded NASA ROSES-Ecohydrology proposal “Enhancing flash drought prediction by quantifying vegetation responses to rainfall and...

UMBC's 10th Earth Day Symposium was held during Earth Week on April 24, 2026, and this year's theme was "Extreme Events in a Changing World." The morning featured talks addressing extreme events,...

James Allen (616/MSU) is among the four scientists featured in the latest NASA GSFC Early Career Scientist Spotlights. The NASA Goddard Association of Postdoctoral and Early Career Scientists...