#ICYMI Kudos to these exceptional high school students who are already standing out in geographical sciences, their teachers and parents! w/ Dean Dr. Susan Rivera 🇵🇷 & Prof George Hurtt ✨ Read about our HS Awards '24: go.umd.edu/hs-awards-24

Bowie High School College Park Academy Crossland High School S.T.A.T. DeMatha Catholic High School DuVal High School Eleanor Roosevelt High School ElizabethSetonHS Fairmont Heights High School Hornets Hammond High School International High School at Langley Park SGA Largo High School Oakland Mills HS The Blueprint Vilma Nájera, Principal Wilde Lake HS

Extremely exciting news for the future of Satellite #lidar! #EDGE has been selected to the next round by NASA! What is EDGE? Led by the amazing PI @helenafricker🧊 and Deputy PI John Armston 🌳 this would be the natural continuity of both GEDI and ICESat-2

🛰️ 🌍 Assoc. Research Professor John Armston is the deputy PI of the Earth Dynamics Geodetic Explorer (EDGE) proposal, led by @helenafricker UC San Diego. GEDI Ralph Dubayah Laura Duncanson George Hurtt + Michelle Hofton will also work on this mission 🤩

✨Job alert: We are looking for an associate professor in #RemoteSensing! This kind of opportunity doesn't come every day. If you know anyone qualified, send it their way: ejobs.umd.edu/postings/120364 #gis #tenure

❗JOB ALERT❗ We are looking for an Assistant or Associate Professor who is a physical geographer specializing in coastal processes and ecosystems! 🌊 If you know anyone qualified, send it their way! ejobs.umd.edu/postings/120364

#ICYMI Come work with us! We are looking for: 🛰 Associate Professor in Remote Sensing 🔗Apply here: ejobs.umd.edu/postings/120364 + 🌊 Assistant or Associate Professor (physical geographer specializing in coastal processes) 🔗Apply here: ejobs.umd.edu/postings/120196 #jobs #geography

🚨JOB ALERT🚨 We are looking for: 🛰 Associate Professor in Remote Sensing 🔗Apply here: ejobs.umd.edu/postings/120364 🌊 Assistant or Associate Professor (physical geographer specializing in coastal processes) 🔗ejobs.umd.edu/postings/120196 #hiring #geography

✨NASA CMS Awards ✨ Science Team Leader Prof George Hurtt, and Assist Research Prof Dr. Joanne V. Hall have secured over $2M in funding to advance carbon science and fire research. Congratulations, professors 👏 go.umd.edu/nasa-cms-awards #ClimateResearch

🌿🌍 #ClimateWeekNYC 2024 is almost here! Focus on pathways to #sustainable farming and land use. Explore America Is All In and Center for Global Sustainability’s report on an all-society strategy to cut emissions from forests and farmland by +70% by 2035. americaisallin.com/harnessing-the…

🤖🌴🌳 Researchers Yiqun Xie, @GeorgeHurtt + @leima8815i, in collab w/ Pitt Computer Science + Imazon, have been awarded $750K from U.S. National Science Foundation to lead the development of AI-powered techniques for global forest carbon monitoring: go.umd.edu/climate-change… #ClimateAction #ClimateChange

🌳Led by Prof George Hurtt, a team of researchers developed an innovative methodology that puts Maryland at the forefront of forest carbon monitoring: go.umd.edu/forest-carbon-… #AGU24

PhD student Zhihao Wang showcasing how DL can further the carbon modeling efforts of Global Ecology Lab

Help the next generation of scientists in Department of Geographical Sciences train to meet tomorrow’s environmental challenges, today! launch.umd.edu/project/44849