Journal of Geophysical Research

University of Maryland's Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center Awarded NASA Funding Renewal

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Monday, September 26, 2022

COLLEGE PARK, Md., Sept. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC) has been awarded a new five-year, $95 million cooperative agreement with NASA. Established in 1999, ESSIC is a joint center of the University of Maryland and NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center that supports research, teaching and career training in Earth system science.

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  • "ESSIC researchers have given us unprecedented insights into the global and regional connections between land, oceans, atmosphere and human activity.
  • ESSIC's 88 scientists and students funded by the current NASA cooperative agreement submitted 168 papers for publication in 2021 alone.
  • A 2020 study in the journal Remote Sensing compared a global precipitation forecast provided by NASA's Goddard Earth Observing System with near-real-time satellite precipitation estimates for use in a global landslide forecasting system.
  • "The renewal of this award is a testament to the quality of the work done by our University of Maryland faculty in their collaboration with NASA Goddard Space Flight Center scientists."

Researchers Find New Connection Between Riparian Zone and Water Quality

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Monday, June 6, 2022

Science has already shown that the organisms living in a stream affect the cycling of chemicals like carbon and nitrogen through the earth, but this recent finding what the researchers call the viscosity effect shows that water viscosity does too.

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  • Science has already shown that the organisms living in a stream affect the cycling of chemicals like carbon and nitrogen through the earth, but this recent finding what the researchers call the viscosity effect shows that water viscosity does too.
  • As temperature rises throughout the day and water becomes less viscous, it more readily percolates through soils on land, enters underground aquifers, and flows up into and through streams.
  • The source water, with its unique chemical makeup at a given time, then shifts the water chemistry in the streams it flows through, in turn affecting water quality.
  • They used EnviroDIY Monitoring Stations , which allowed them to automate the collection of water samples over 24-hour periods to look for patterns.

Direct Relief Launches "Power for Health" Initiative: Resilient Power for U.S. Healthcare Safety Net

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Monday, November 22, 2021

Direct Relief works extensively with nonprofit community health centers and free clinics throughout the U.S. on an ongoing basis and in response to emergencies.

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  • Direct Relief works extensively with nonprofit community health centers and free clinics throughout the U.S. on an ongoing basis and in response to emergencies.
  • In California, for example, fewer than 40 percent of California's 2,000-plus safety net healthcare sites have any form of backup power , according to a recent analysis by Direct Relief, the California Primary Care Association, and MacroEyes.
  • In recent years, recognition that power is a prerequisite for healthcare services has informed Direct Relief's efforts with increasing urgency.
  • The funding announced today will help Direct Relief scale its effort to deploy resilient power solutions to the nation's health care safety net as threats from climate change mount.

NASA's Juno: Science Results Offer First 3D View of Jupiter Atmosphere

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Thursday, October 28, 2021

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- New findings from NASA's Juno probe orbiting Jupiter provide a fuller picture of how the planet's distinctive and colorful atmospheric features offer clues about the unseen processes below its clouds. The results highlight the inner workings of the belts and zones of clouds encircling Jupiter, as well as its polar cyclones and even the Great Red Spot.

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  • The results highlight the inner workings of the belts and zones of clouds encircling Jupiter, as well as its polar cyclones and even the Great Red Spot.
  • Researchers published several papers on Juno's atmospheric discoveries today in the journal Science and the Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets.
  • "Now, we're starting to put all these individual pieces together and getting our first real understanding of how Jupiter's beautiful and violent atmosphere works in 3D."
  • "Being able to complement MWR's finding on the depth gives us great confidence that future gravity experiments at Jupiter will yield equally intriguing results."