Examining and addressingglobal environmental changes Featured Stories Global Experts Urge Use of Satellite Data to Guide Climate Adaptation Fossil Fuel CO2 Emissions Hit Record High in 2025 Assistant Professor Catherine Nakalembe Named Public Voices Fellow MENA Space Leaders Visit UMD’s GeoCenter Professor Laixiang Sun Co-Authors Model for Least-Cost, Plant-Level Decarbonization of Steel Read all Stories Upcoming Events Nov 18 UMD GIS Week Talk on Geospatial Analysis in Action: Terrain, Change Detection and 3D Modeling Nov 19 Geography Club's Mapathon: UMD vs. Oregon State Nov 18 Celebrate GIS Week Nov. 18–19 Nov 20 GEOG Seminar 11/20: Song Gao, "GeoAI for Human-Mobility Modeling ..." View All Events Publications The magnitude of legal wildlife trade and implications for species survival Read moreEncoding and decoding illegal wildlife trade networks reveals key airport characteristics and undetected hotspots Read moreMapping the global dimensions of US wildlife imports Read more Profiles Showcase Our students, faculty, and alumni are making a difference in the world. Tali Schwelling, Faculty Specialist Daniel O'Neill, Geography/Geospatial Data Science '26 Dave Grubman, MPS-GIS '12 Aaron Goldman, Financial Research Coordinator Teddy Jorgensen, Geography Club President '25 Jayne Brown, MS GIS '19 Yazan Hasan, EST/Geospatial Data Science '24 GEOG Graduate Student Organization Jannitta Graham, Faculty Affairs Manager Beverly Bolster, Geospatial Data Science '25 View All Profiles