Congratulations to IDSC Deputy Director Ben Kirtman! Dr. Kirtman has been named the new dean at the Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science, effective August 1, 2025.
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WLRN Public Media reported on a series of National Oceanographic Administration (NOAA) grants aimed at the creation of a “new service—not unlike the National Weather Service —[that will provide] more specific projections to help planners and emergency managers.” Read more “UM to Receive $8.6 M to Create National Climate Forecasting Service”
Juan Carlos Villaseñor-Derbez joins IDSC as a Core Faculty Member in the Earth Systems Science program area. He is also an Assistant Professor at the Marine Technology Life Sciences & Seawater Complex at the University’s Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science. Read more “IDSC Welcomes Juan Carlos Villaseñor-Derbez to the Earth Systems Science Team”
IDSC is pleased to welcome Michael Scott Fischer, IDSC Core Faculty Member and Earth Systems Science Assistant Professor in the Department of Atmospheric Sciences at the Rosenstiel School of Marine Atmospheric, and Earth Science. Read more “Welcome new IDSC Core Faculty Member Professor Michael Scott Fischer”
Graduate students and scientists specializing in oceanographic, climate, and statistical sciences gathered for a week-long summer school program designed to teach best practices for understanding, deriving, and communicating the uncertainties involved in gathering and analyzing ocean and climate data. Read more “Summer Program Explored Uncertainty in Ocean and Climate Data”
A new study from U.S. and Brazilian scientists shows that the Amazon Basin could be even more adept at capturing carbon than experts previously realized via a highly nutrient- and carbon-rich soil called terra preta, or “dark earth.” “The ancient Amazonians put a lot of carbon in the soil, and a lot of that is still there today,” University of Miami’s Samuel Goldberg, co-author of a new study, said in a press statement at the time. Read more “Geologist Sam Goldberg on “Terra Preta” for Popular Mechanics Magazine”
From ominous and unsettling to daunting and dire, meteorologists have no shortage of adjectives to describe what the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season has in store. In their most aggressive outlook ever, forecasters at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are predicting an above-average season of between 17 and 25 named storms, with eight to 13 becoming hurricanes, including four to seven major cyclones. Forecasters are 70 percent confident in those ranges. Read more “Atlantic Ocean Temperatures Could Produce Record Hurricane Season”
A University of Miami professor who has mentored countless students and a renowned atmospheric scientist who now oversees an institute of 150 scientists working increase our scientific understanding of the earth’s oceans and atmosphere gave graduates a simple but powerful message: To succeed in their careers, Ben Kirtman told graduates, they must persist despite setbacks. And be kind. Read more “Dr. Ben Kirtman Delivered his First Commencement Speech”
Announcing the opening of the “AquaX Laboratory” a cutting-edge ensemble modeling framework that encompasses the next-generation of AquaMaps (https://aquamaps.org/), along with several other species distribution models, and a brand-new website coming in early 2024. Read more “AquaMaps.org Next Gen “AquaX Laboratory” Launched!”