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Masters Student Max Appelbaum Receives SRNL Poster Award

Max Appelbaum, masters student and Graduate Research Assistant in the department of geography/ atmospheric sciences has received an award at this year’s Department of Energy Savannah River National Research Laboratory (SRNL) BSRA Research Poster Session. Appelbaum’s poster, titled “Remote Sensing of the Surface Urban Heat Island to Inform In-Situ Atmospheric Observations" was named best in show. The award was judged by staff scientists across…

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Marshall Shepherd Co-Authors New Climate Change Communication Principles

An American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS) communicationworking group, co-chaired by UGA Atmospheric Sciences DirectorMarshall Shepherd, has published a white paper and brief on effectiveclimate change communication strategies. These reports are part of theacademy’s new Commission on Accelerating Climate Action Initiative,which is currently in the process of being rolled out. According to the AAAS, “The CommunicationWorking Group of the…

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Recent Graduate Jada Smith & Senior Kelly Neighbour Receive Scholarships

Jada Smith, who was a First Honor graduate (BS in atmosphericsciences) of UGA in Spring 2023, is the lone recipient of the 2023June Bacon-Bercey Scholarship from the American GeophysicalUnion (AGU), the world's largest professional society devoted to thegeophysical sciences. This scholarship is named after the first female broadcast meteorologist in the U.S. (and the first African-American broadcast meteorologist), who personally endowed the…

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Dr. Marshall Shepherd Wins Environmental Achievement Award

University of Georgia Distinguished Professor of Geography and Atmospheric Sciences, Dr. J. Marshall Shepherd has been named the recipient of the prestigious 2023 Environmental Achievement Award. This accolade is presented annually by the Environmental Law Institute to individuals or organizations that have made notable contributions to environmental protection, conservation, and sustainability. “Dr. Shepherd’s outstanding career and commitment…

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UGA Atmospheric Scientists Publish New Research in Nature Communications

New research, led by University of Georgia Atmospheric Scientists, describes observationslinking increased warming at high altitudes and decreasing North American snow cover tochanges in the jet stream. The paper, recently published in the journal NatureCommunications, was co-authored by Jonathon Preece, Thomas Mote, John Knox, LoriWachowisz and Gabriel Kooperman of the University of Georgia Department of Geography,Judah Cohen of Atmospheric and…
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