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Earth Systems, Spring 2024

Gabriel Reygondeau, Next-Gen AquaMaps,
and the Launch of AquaX Laboratory

January 28, 2024

Gabriel Reygondeau was four years old when his father took him fishing off the coast of Mexico. His father and his friends hooked a swordfish and reeled it in, pulling it onto the boat and beating it with a club. While the adults celebrated their momentous catch, young Gabriel stood back, traumatized over what he […]

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Earth Systems, Spring 2024

AquaX Laboratory Opens With the Next Generation of AquaMaps.org

January 28, 2024

We are excited to announce the opening of the “AquaX Laboratory” a cutting-edge ensemble modeling framework that encompasses the next generation of AquaMaps (aquamaps.org), along with several other species distribution models, and a brand-new website coming in early 2024.

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Earth Systems, Spring 2024

The ‘Fluid Dynamics’ That
Charted Milan Curcic’s Career

January 28, 2024

As an undergraduate student in Serbia’s capital city of Belgrade, Milan Curcic was excelling in his classes but was mostly focused on his side job as a tattoo artist. It was the early 2000s and his country had been flooded by punk rock and movies glorifying American surfer culture.

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Earth Systems, Fall 2023

Trio of Grants Awarded to Study El Niño and its Role in Wildfire and Flooding Prediction

August 26, 2023

When Ben Kirtman started researching the meteorological phenomenon known as “El Niño” in 1993, few knew what it was and even fewer foresaw what that research could lead to. Now, 30 years later, Kirtman and an ever-growing team of collaborators have not only helped make El Niño a household name, but they’re starting to use […]

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Earth Systems, Spring 2023

Geologist Combines AI, Big Data, Computing Power, and Curiosity

January 18, 2023

Growing up in North Carolina, Sam Goldberg was constantly outdoors on family hikes, summer camping trips, and canoe rides through winding rivers. As he paddled through deep valleys or fidgeted with his camping gear, Goldberg always found himself asking the same question: how was this made?

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Earth Systems, Fall 2022

Applying a Diverse Lens to the Atmospheric Phenomena Affecting El Niño and La Niña

August 30, 2022

For forty years, climate scientists have been trying to develop a computational model that accurately predicts the El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) phenomenon. But that work has stagnated in recent years with only minor, gradual improvements to their predictions.

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Earth Systems, Spring 2022

Computing Resources Drive Ground-Breaking Rainfall Study

January 29, 2022

A new study has identified connections between oscillations in the Gulf Stream and long-term rainfall expectations in the Southeastern U.S.—a finding made possible by the supercomputing resources at the University of Miami Institute for Data Science and Computing (IDSC).

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