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Cutting-edge research on global environmental changes from University of Maryland’s Department of Geographical Sciences. #remotesensing #gis #geospatialscience
How are forests measured from space?🌲🚀
Students at Eleanor Roosevelt High School learned from the Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI), who shared insights about #GEDImission + demonstrated lidar with a live 3D scan of the auditorium ⤵️
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Astronomy's Jessica Sunshine and Tony Farnham discovered surprising asteroid behavior after analyzing NASA's #DARTMission data ☄️
The team found fan-shaped streaks on the asteroid moon Dimorphos' surface—the first visual evidence of rocks and dust naturally traveling between asteroids. 🔭
🗓️ Join us at 3:30 p.m. this Thursday, March 5, for a hybrid seminar with Vera Kuklina, Indigenous scholar, Arctic and cold regions expert.
Details: geog.umd.edu/event/semina...
📰 The latest @globallandprog.bsky.social newsletter is packed full of news! Read about the new website glp.earth, new interactive member space (GLP Hub) and new logo!
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For interdisciplinary scientists lacking a home, one path forward is building a new community of researchers with shared interests, say Laura Vang Rasmussen, @rachgarr.bsky.social, @sofiananni.bsky.social, @nramankutty.bsky.social, & Ariane de Bremond @glp-earth.bsky.social. eos.org/opinions/cre...
📌Two weeks until Giving Day!
Join us in standing with GEOG. Together, we fuel student success, hands-on learning and research that makes a difference locally and globally.
Stay tuned for ways to give. Join us. Stand with GEOG.
#UMDGivingDay
🗓️ Join us at 3:30 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 19, in River Road 325 or via Zoom for a seminar with Mark Carroll, research scientist and Data Science Group lead at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
More info: geog.umd.edu/event/geog-s...
🌍At Climate Resilience Network's 2026 Scientists Serving Communities workshop, faculty panels and student research highlight the role of geospatial science in building climate resilience.
Learn more: go.umd.edu/geog-at-essi...
#ICYMI 🌳 Maryland’s street, yard & farm trees do more than add shade.
New research led by PhD student Quan Shen finds trees outside forests account for nearly 1/4 of the state’s annual tree-related carbon absorption 🌎
Read more: go.umd.edu/trees-outsid...
🍫 The best snack for an Arctic mission? Chocolate.
After many trips to the poles, GEOG Prof Sinéad Farrell knows it won’t freeze solid at 5°F.
In this Q&A, she explains why sea ice is so important, how she surveys the area + more: terp.umd.edu/cold-coverage
👋 Are you at #FedGIS2026? Swing by and visit the University of Maryland Geographical Sciences Master of Science booth! We are located at Booth E4 in the Education Zone.
🌎🚀 #NASA selects new satellite mission co-led by GEOG's #GEDI researchers!
Launching as early as 2030, the EDGE mission will use laser technology to map Earth’s forests and ice in 3D, helping scientists track global change like never before: go.umd.edu/edge-mission
😎 Did you see Professor Meredith Gore's profile in the latest @univofmaryland.bsky.social TERP magazine?
Read how she combines field research and AI to track wildlife crime and uncover the people and networks behind it 🐢🗺️
terp.umd.edu/wild-ambitio...
🛢️Renewable power is now cheaper to build and operate
☀️Solar adoption is reaching tipping points
💰Climate-resilient housing helps families save money in the long run
So, the question is: Can climate solutions help with lowering costs?
Find answers in this year's #StoriesToWatch: go.wri.org/26-stw
🌾⚠️ If we can spot droughts months in advance, why are so many people still going hungry?
In her new TED Talk, Asst Prof Catherine Nakalembe (Ph.D.) explains the problem isn’t the technology, but turning early warnings into action where they matter most.
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🗓️Join us at 3:30 p.m. next Thursday, Jan. 29, for a hybrid seminar with Vera Kuklina, Indigenous scholar, Arctic and cold regions expert.
Details: go.umd.edu/seminar-vera...
Who’s using most of the world's resources? 🌎
A @natsustain.nature.com study co-led by Prof Laixiang Sun and Kuishuang Feng finds stark inequality: the top 10% of households account for 36% of material use and drive most consumption beyond what Earth can sustain: geog.umd.edu/featured-con...
GEOG research in Vietnam shows conservation crime is shaped by lived pressures and place-based dynamics far beyond park boundaries.
Two new studies led by Ph.D. students examine how daily realities around Pù Mát National Park influence what happens inside. geog.umd.edu/featured-con...
In a NASA's Earth Observatory feature drawing on a 2025 Arctic Council report, GEOG Chair Tatiana Loboda, explains why fire intensity is raising particular concern for Arctic ecosystems and the vast carbon stores locked in frozen ground. geog.umd.edu/featured-con...
ICYMI 📬 Our December GEOG newsletter calls for nurturing community, along with updates on climate adaptation, satellite science, faculty and student achievements and more. Catch up here: mailchi.mp/a26e70a1d5f2...
NASA-backed fieldwork in US + India is improving estimates of crop residue burning emissions🌾
In 2025 GEOG's Joanne Hall led campaigns from CA orchard burns to AR croplands + rice fields in India to support EPA emissions data & refine remote sensing analysis: go.umd.edu/25z8
Will @thenasaearth.bsky.social's next Earth System Explorer mission use lidar to map ecosystems and ice 🌎? The proposed EDGE mission w/ GEOG's John Armston as DPI has completed its Phase A study. A final selection is expected soon, with a 2030 launch if selected: go.umd.edu/25xh
As 2025 wraps up, we’re grateful for what got us through. Thanks for being here and following along 💛 We’re taking a two-week break from social media to reset and recharge. See you in the new year ✨
#ICYMI GIS Day welcomed more than 50 Maryland high school students to our High School Open House for a firsthand look at geography in action, from research talks to hands-on mapping. Learn more: go.umd.edu/hs-open-hous...
MS students recently showcased their capstone projects in GIS and geospatial intelligence through online talks and poster sessions. Congratulations to all graduates! 🎓 go.umd.edu/capstone-sym...
With guidance from Assistant Prof. Yiqun Xie and Ph.D. student Zhihao Wang, high school senior Cooper Li earned the Rising Star Award at IEEE ICDM 2025 for using AI to tackle spatial variability in remote sensing. 🌍👏
Read more: go.umd.edu/cooper-li-aw...
🌍 Professor Laixiang Sun brings global insight to UMD’s work in human geography. His research uses systems modeling and geo-referenced data to understand how people and the environment interact, with studies published in Nature and PNAS.
Read more: go.umd.edu/laixiang-sun...
🤩 Three students from our MS-GEOINT program have earned 2025 USGIF scholarships. Congrats to Erin Macri, Emma Dodd and Trevor Koglin for showcasing the depth of our GEOINT community 👏 go.umd.edu/usgif-geoint
🗓️ Join us at noon on Thursday, Dec. 11 in River Road 325 + Zoom for the seminar: "Understanding Land-use Transitions: Revealing Patterns, Drivers and Implications of Global Farmland Abandonment" with Alexander Prishchepov from Copenhagen University.
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⚡Join us this Thursday, Dec. 11, at 3:30 p.m. for the GEOG Graduate Student Pre-AGU Lightning Talk Showcase!
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