University of Maryland Scientists Contribute to Federal Climate Science Report

UMD climate model contributes to key finding, UMD Professor serves as review editor.

Three University of Maryland scientists contributed to the new Climate Science Special Report (CSSR)—the most comprehensive look at climate science and its effects to date. The U.S. Global Change Research Program, a consortium of 13 federal agencies and a 60-member federal steering committee, released the report on November 3, 2017.

UMD Professor Ross Salawitch, a world-renowned expert on the effect of human activity on Earth’s atmosphere, served as one of the report’s three review editors. Salawitch has appointments in the UMD Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and the Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center.

In addition, Salawitch and UMD Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Associate Research Professor Timothy Canty and graduate student Austin Hope contributed to one of the key findings of the report. Their research shows that human activities, especially emissions of greenhouse gases, are the dominant cause of the observed warming since the mid-20th century.

To read more, visit https://cmns.umd.edu/news-events/features/4018