When Hurricane Ian struck southwest Florida in September 2022, it unleashed a variety of Vibrio bacteria that can cause illness and death in humans, according to a new study published in the journal mBio.

From dwindling biodiversity and sweltering heat to widespread wildfires, droughts and floods, the Earth is in an unprecedented state of flux.

A summer marked by wildfires, smoke, high heat and extreme weather isn’t enough to bridge the partisan divide between Democrats and Republicans on climate change, a new University of Maryland poll with The Washington Post finds. 

Rising sea levels could impact quality of life in coastal areas within a shorter timeframe than previously assumed, according to new research published in Nature Climate Change by a team that includes University of Maryland faculty member Allison Reilly. Their work, which also features an online dashboard, highlights a need to rethink the metrics that are used in planning for climate-related displacement.

As University of Maryland (UMD) students ready themselves for a summer break, a UMD-led satellite instrument has already started to enjoy the same.

A $2.2 million grant will help launch a University of Maryland-led initiative to address the effects of environmental racism and climate change across the mid-Atlantic region, providing financial and training support and advocating for policy changes.

An international research program that brings together more than 2,300 land scientists to advance studies of rapid changes to Earth’s environment is moving its home to the University of Maryland on Feb. 1.

The University of Maryland School of Public Health’s Community Engagement, Environmental Justice, and Health (CEEJH) group, has received an $800,000 gift from the Bezos Earth Fund to expand efforts focused on air quality monitoring in communities exposed to traffic-related pollution across the Mid-Atlantic region.

It’s hard to overstate the environmental importance of trees, which among other functions pull climate change-inducing carbon from the atmosphere, clean the air of toxins and help control runoff. While it can likewise be hard to quantify some of these effects, a new study by University of Maryland researchers helps clarify the role of urban trees in mitigating stormwater flows, and finds that even isolated trees lining a street or planted in a park may have a significant effect.

While House Speaker Nancy Pelosi declared at global climate talks in Glasgow this week that “America is back” and politically ready to lead the world again on climate change, University of Maryland researchers have long been a consistent presence in an international effort to stem a disaster.