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OCEANOGRAPHY at the UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF MARYLAND
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Ocean Sciences at the University System of Maryland spans disciplines and campuses to study issues confronting the global and coastal oceans.

Oceanographers use a variety of techniques including laboratory studies, ship-based observations, in situ instruments, and satellite or aircraft-based remote sensing to observe the oceans. We develop models ranging from simple conceptual models to complex numerical models running on supercomputers to test our theories.		 bar CAMBRIDGE Horn Point Laboratory's oceanographer Victoria Coles received the President's Award for Science Application for work supporting the Maryland Commission on Climate Change.

Coles is a faculty member at Horn Point Laboratory. Her analysis of climate models helped the commission develop policies and understand the effects of climate change.
Victoria Coles
For her work, Coles received the President's Award for Science Application from the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science. More...
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From USM Dept. of Geology, MODIS Data Captures Extent of Flooding in Burma. More...
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Featured Project

As part of the Western Arctic Shelf-Basin Interactions Project initiated by NSF and the Office of Naval Research, the Maryland Organic Geochemistry and Ecology Laboratory (MOGEL) at UMCES/CBL is investigating organic carbon cycling and the potential impacts of climate change on biogeochemical processes.  The Arctic Ocean receives carbon through both new production in marine waters as well as land derived carbon via river runoff and coastal erosion.  Professor Rodger Harvey and doctoral student Laura Belicka are detailing the sources of carbon that gets preserved in ocean sediments which provides a record of historical conditions and can be used to understand how climate change is affecting the production and recycling of carbon. 

 RV Healy
The US Coast Guard Cutter, Healy breaks ice during a research cruise in the Arctic Ocean.
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