News & Highlights

Bridget Seegers (616/MSU) and Ivona Cetinic' (616/MSU) contributed, along with many others, to the creation of the 22-minute video, "An Ocean in Bloom."  "From the far reaches of space, NASA...

Join us for a virtual seminar by Dr. Yackar Mauzole, Scripps Institution of Oceanography (UCSD). Her talk is titled "Synergy of Satellite Observations and Ocean Dynamics in the Bay of Bengal."...

From August 4 - 8, 2024, PACE Hack Week was held at UMBC in the ILSB, with 41 participants (from 89 applicants). Ten people traveled from abroad, and six were associated with NOAA.  Per Jeremy...

The Earth Observatory Item of the Day for August 7, 2024, titled "Landslide Dams the Chilcotin River," includes commentary from Robert Emberson (617/UMBC). Dr. Emberson is a member of NASA’s...

The WATERHYPERNET is a growing network with stations worldwide that provide measurements of radiance and irradiance data over water bodies. In July 2023, a new WATERHYPERNET instrument station was...

Join us for a virtual seminar by Dr. Silvia Newell, Michigan Sea Grant and University of Michigan. Her talk is titled "Nitrogen as a Driver of Cyanobacterial Harmful Algal Blooms." Date and...

Over the past month, several GESTAR II researchers have published articles in various journals as either lead author or co-author. Below are a select group of citations. Joshi, J. R....

An image from Christopher Shuman (615/UMBC) of the Conger/Glenzer ice shelf prior to a substantial collapse in East Antarctica was used in a recent Washington Post article, titled "Antarctic...

Brad Weir (610.1/MSU) was one of the scientists who contributed to the visualization "DYAMOND Global Carbon Dioxide," along with Lesley Ott (610.1/NASA GSFC). The visualization presents a global...

On July 23, 2024, members of GESTAR II leadership, UMBC leadership, and NASA Goddard leadership came together for the GESTAR II Open House, which featured earth scientists and posters, along with...