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UMD Honors NASA Harvest Scientist for Advancing Remote Sensing in Agriculture and Fire Monitoring

Students Collaborate Across Courses to Build a Digital Atlas of Natural Disasters

Adjunct Professor Compton J. Tucker elected to National Academy of Sciences

How Validating Forest Maps Led to a Better Way to Quantify Global Land Change

MSGIS Student Jose Garcia Named Esri Innovation Program Student of the Year

Step Into Your Next Role—Start with a Master's Degree in GIS or GEOINT This Fall

GEOG Assistant Professor Named 2025 Bellagio Center Resident, TED Fellow

BSOS, UMD Celebrate Rankings Recognition

Global Fossil CO2 Emissions Hit Record High With No End in Sight

Improving Forest Biomass Estimation Techniques With GEDI

High School Intern’s Research Lands Him a Spot at Prestigious STEM Symposium

In Memory of Dr. Derek Thompson, GIS Pioneer and Dedicated Educator

Stand With GEOG on Giving Day '25

Shuyu Jin Honored with Outstanding Graduate Assistant Award

Young Researchers Help Track Nearly 1 Million New Trees in Maryland

NASA Harvest and Partners Strengthen Agricultural Monitoring in Ethiopia

A Fresh Look for the GEOG Undergraduate Lounge – Come See for Yourself!

Pathways to Sustainable Land Systems: Highlights from GLP’s 5th Open Science Meeting

Woody Vegetation Dataset for Latin America Released

Leveraging GeoAI for Gun Violence Prevention and Reduction

Online Masters in GIS and GEOINT Ranked #2 for 2025

GLAD Team’s Collaboration Helps Nepal Achieve Major Milestone in Land Monitoring

New Study Links Wildfires to Vegetation Changes in Alaskan Arctic Tundra

What Is the True Extent of Worldwide Species Trade?

GEOG Assistant Professor Recognized in Ceremony at Kuwait's Royal Palace

GEOG-Led Project Selected for $1.4 Million Award for AI-Driven Digital Twin of Central Africa’s Forests

Alumni Reconnect with Department of Geographical Sciences

Fall MS Capstone Symposium Highlights Student Projects in Geospatial Sciences

Meredith Gore Shares Conservation Criminology Insights on Radio 2050

Leila De Floriani Voted IEEE Computer Society Division V Director for 2025

Innovative System Puts Maryland at the Forefront of Carbon Monitoring

Showcasing Faculty and Student Excellence at AGU 2024

Attendance Soars at High School Open House, Fueling Interest in Geography

UMD Scholars Address Climate Inequality at Geography 2050

GEOG’s Remote Sensing Program Ranked Among the World’s Best Again

A Personal Journey with Earth Observations: The Future We Are Cultivating

Study Identifies High-Consumption Groups as Key to Reducing Global Environmental Footprint

Study: Shrinking Sea Ice Means More-Intense Storms on Alaska’s Coast

NASA Grant to Support Prescribed Fire Mapping in the Everglades

Grand Challenges: Monitoring Second-Generation Biofuel Crops to Inform Climate Mitigation Efforts

How Spaceborne Lidar is Redefining Our Understanding of Forest Structure

NASA's FireSense Team Selects GEOG Researchers to Tackle Wildfire Challenges

GEOG Faculty Tapped to Fight Climate Change with Artificial Intelligence

Researchers Urge Rethink of European Green Deal’s Global Impact

NASA Carbon Monitoring System Awards Major Grants to GEOG Faculty

GEOG Student Selected as NASA’s FINESST to Study Southeast Asia Conservation

New Directions Fund Powers Research on Air Quality and Public Health

Introducing a New Generation of Ph.D. Scholars in Geographical Sciences

Gore and Team Awarded $2 Million Grant to Disrupt Illegal Wildlife Trade

High School Internship Program Trains New Cohort of Young Researchers

UMD Team Featuring GEOG Scientist Among Semifinalists in Global XPRIZE Wildfire Challenge

Alumni Q&A: Xueyuan (Eric) Gao, Ph.D. Summer '24

Quick Chat With Kristen Halliday

New Research Offers Streamlined Way to Assess Forests for Climate Policy

Fall Semester With Interim Chair Chris Justice

GEOG Faculty Tapped to Fight Climate Change with Artificial Intelligence

Alumni Q&A: Alana Ginsburg, ENSP/Global Environmental Change, Spring ‘24

Quick Chat With Vidit Vaywala

Forest Monitoring Makes First Page of The New York Times

UMD Researcher Shared GEDi’s Lidar-Radar Carbon Mapping at ASEAN Workshop in Indonesia

Wild Boars in the Anthropocene: New Paper Examines the Beastly Label and Its Sociopolitical Impact

Forbes: 'Beyond The Stars: How Space Technology Inspires Global Sustainability'

Associate Professor Kuishuang Feng Receives International Fellow Award

Study: Majority of Cleared Lands in Indonesia are Unused—and at Risk of Becoming Palm Oil Plantations

Esri and UMD Honor Top Talent with 2024 Geographical Sciences Scholarships

The New York Times: 'Understanding the New Era of Fire'

3rd International Quantitative Remote Sensing Summer School Wraps Up

Geographical Sciences at UMD Seeks Associate Professor in Remote Sensing

Geographical Sciences at UMD Seeks Assistant Professor / Associate Professor in Physical Geography

GEOG Team Presents 'Deep-ED,' an AI-Powered Ecosystem Modeling of Forest Carbon Dynamics

UMD Ranked #3 Globally in Remote Sensing

Rachel Lamb Leads Paper on the Economic Potential of Reforestation in Maryland

Woman in Science: The Groundbreaking Path of Professor Leila De Floriani

GEOG Team Studying New NASA Satellite Mission Targeting Climate Change

Celebrating Greatness: 2024 Geographical Sciences Awards

Investigating Fire and Flora: Maria Zubkova to Lead NASA-Backed Study in Africa

New Study Reveals Global Biodiversity Decline, Urges Collaborative Action

Charting the Future: 3rd Annual High School Awards Banquet Heralds Rising Stars in Geographical Sciences

Excellence in Remote Sensing: Professor Hansen Receives 50th Annual William T. Pecora Award

Growing Resilience From the Ground, Up

Global Forest Watch: Positive Trends in Brazil and Colombia Offset by Increases Elsewhere in 2023

Study: Seniors Have Big Energy Bills, Little Ability to Reduce Them

Taylor Oshan's Unwavering Path in Geospatial Data Science

Mapping Forests: GEDI Enlists Top Talent to Tackle Climate Change Challenges

UMD Grand Challenges Student Scientist Competition

General Mills, Unilever Partner With the Harvest Initiative to Advance Sustainable, Regenerative Agriculture Practices

Global Land Programme’s '10 Facts' Explored in Meeting Hosted by UK's Royal Society

Researchers’ New Paper Gives Overview of 20 Years of Laser-Derived Climate Data

Associate Professor Kuishuang Feng Elected as Vice-President of International Input-Output Association

New Analysis Shows Climate-Smart Agriculture and Forestry Investments Can Help Cut Net Emissions From Forests and Farmland by 72 Percent by 2035

GEOG’s Expertise Illuminates Maryland's Climate Pollution Reduction Plan

Greening Maryland with Precision: The Role of GEOG Researchers in ‘Growing 5 Million Trees in Maryland Progress Report 2021-2023’

GEOG Scholars Share Insights Into Geospatial Research, Sustainable Agriculture at COP28

NASA Acres News: Agtech Innovation Intermediaries and Sustainability Workshop

Open Research Day Pieces Together Geospatial Science’s Impact on Sustainable Development Goals

Fossil CO2 Emissions at Record High in 2023

GEO Week Ministerial Summit 2023: Meghavi Prashnani Honored with ‘Emerging Leader Award’ and Other Key Highlights

GEOG Shines Bright at AGU 2023: A Highlight of Our Faculty and Students' Contributions in Earth and Space Sciences

Seeds of Impact: Catherine Nakalembe's Trailblazing Path

GEOG Researchers Contribute to Fifth National Climate Assessment

How Longstanding Russia-Ukraine Conflict Has Impacted Conservation Efforts

High School Students Dive into the World of Geographical Sciences at GIS Day Open House

Over 40 Organizations Joined NASA Acres in St. Louis for a Kick-off Meeting, Marking Its Official Launch

GEOG-BSOS Seminar: Why Ending Race is the Future of Antiracism

GEOG Graduate Students Awarded Flagship Fellowship

Nakalembe Recognized with Prestigious Al-Sumait Prize for African Development

Finding a Sustainable Path in Geography with Professor Giovanni Baiocchi

Egg-citing Finding on Future Food Prices

GEOG's Newsletter: Geograffiti

First International Collaboration Fellow Explores Low-Carbon Lifestyle and Climate Research in Europe

From the Ground Up: NASA Harvest and Kenyan Partners Lay Foundation for Crop Yield Insights

GEOG Launches High School Internship Program to Cultivate Future Scholars

UMD Researchers Advance 'Game Changer' Project Predicting Acute Malnutrition

New Map Shows Decreasing Forest Heights in Europe in Past Two Decades

The Best Places to Plant Trees in Maryland

New Cohort of PhD Scholars Ready to Embark on Geographical Sciences Critical Questions

IntGeoCenter.org: Fostering Global Collaboration in Geospatial Analytics and Earth Observation

University of Maryland Receives Special Achievement in GIS Award at 2023 Esri User Conference

Unexploded Ordnance Is Scattered Across Ukraine’s Front Lines. UMD Researchers Are Mapping Hot Spots With AI.

Ralph Dubayah, GEOG Professor and GEDI’s Principal Investigator, Named Distinguished University Professor

2nd International Quantitative Remote Sensing Summer School Wraps Up with Global Engagement

Global Forests in 2022: UMD GLAD Data Reveals 10% Surge in Tropical Primary Rainforest Loss

Researchers Use Deep Learning, VHR Satellite Imagery to Map Artillery Craters in Eastern Ukraine

Kathleen Stewart Selected as 2023 UCGIS Fellow

MS GEOINT Program Receives Accreditation from USGIF

Bridging Science-Policy Gap for UNFCCC

Forest Protection Successfully Leads to Reduced Emissions at Global Scale

Google Award to Monitor Illegal Deforestation at Scale with New AI Techniques

UMD-led Satellite Instrument Going on a Brief Sabbatical

End-of-Year Departmental Awards Celebrate GEOG Terps' Remarkable Achievements, Excellence

SDM'23 Best Application Paper Award: Method Improves Prediction of Stream Baseflow using Physics-Guided Meta-Learning

Rising to a Grand Challenge: Climate-Related Disasters, Farming Crises

NASA Harvest at South by Southwest: Understanding Food Insecurity from Space

GEDI Data Will Aid NASA, US Forest Service in Quest to Count and Map America's Oldest Trees

GEOG Outreach Initiative Recognizes, Fosters Science-Minded High School Superstars

UMD to Lead National Study of Wildfire Impacts on Infants

Devex Highlights Efforts of NASA Harvest Africa Program

UMD Satellite Data: Primary Source to Monitor Deforestation

Pay it Forward on #GivingDayUMD!

GEOG Researcher's Case Study of Rare, Endangered Tortoise Highlights Conservation Priorities for Present, Future World Wildlife Days

Operation Pangolin Launches to Save World’s Most Trafficked Wild Mammal

De Floriani Begins Term as IEEE Division VIII Director for 2023-24

Global Land Programme’s Headquarters is UMD-Bound

GEOG Professors Win Faculty-Student Research Awards

GEOG Faculty and Students Set to Showcase Groundbreaking Research at AGU 2022

NASA Harvest Researchers Find Larger Wheat Harvest in Ukraine Than Expected

GEOG Researchers Share Their COP27 Experiences

GEOG Welcomes Local High School Students and Teachers for Open House on GIS Day

CGIS Students Win Prestigious Prizes at 2022 ACM SIGSPATIAL Conference

GEOG to Lead Effort to Bolster U.S. Agriculture With Satellite Data

UMD Ranked #6 in Geosciences Worldwide

Global CO2 Emissions Continue to Rise, According to Global Carbon Budget Co-authored by GEOG Researchers

State, Campus Draw on GEOG Research for Progress Checks on Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Conservation Community Should Care About Violent Extremism, Urges GEOG Researcher

Dr. Jane Goodall Inspires UMD Audience

Measuring Forest Carbon Storage to Promote Climate Action

GEOG Faculty Host NASA SERVIR Eastern Africa Hub Training

Renowned Conservation Champion Dr. Jane Goodall to Speak at UMD

GEOG Faculty Participate in New BSOS Resilience Research Hub

GEOG Professor Ralph Dubayah, Other Experts Speak with NBC4 Washington About the Fight to #KeepGEDIUp

Xie, Skakun Receive NASA AIST Award to Advance Machine Learning for Earth Science

New Data from UMD GLAD Shows Forest Fires are Worsening

GEOG Student Investigates Urban Expansion in Washington-Baltimore Area Through BSOS SRI Program

Undergraduate Janna Chapman Wins $10,000 USGIF Scholarship

UMD Ranked #2 Globally in Remote Sensing

GEOG Undergrads and Faculty Honored by Philip Merrill Presidential Scholars Program

Department Receives NASA Grants to Advance Equity and Environmental Justice Through Earth Science Research

GEOG-led NASA Carbon Monitoring System to Help Combat Climate Change in New Mexico

GEOG Researcher Awarded USAID PEER Grant to Study COVID-19 Impacts on Wildlife Economy in Southern Africa

UMD Co-leads $750K NSF, Amazon Project to Tackle AI Bias in Mapping

International GEO Center Debuts with Remote Sensing Summer School

GEOG Researchers in 'The New York Times' Discussing Russia's Occupancy, Impact on Ukraine Farmland

National Geographic: Meredith Gore Works with Convicted Wildlife Traffickers to Curb Wildlife Crime

Structural Racism Drives Higher COVID-19 Death Rates in Louisiana, UMD Study Finds

BSOS Faculty Members Recognized as Top Scientists in National, International Rankings

Department of Geographical Sciences Celebrates Local High School Students at Inaugural Recognition Banquet

New NSF/Amazon Award to Advance Artificial Intelligence with Location-based Fairness

UMD Names Dr. Susan Rivera as Dean of the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences

UMD-Led Team Develops First-Ever Standards to Better Track, Manage Illegal Wildlife Trade

GEOG Researchers Turn Marketing Insights Into Mitigation Insights

Ralph Dubayah Talks to NBC About Keeping GEDI in orbit

Students, Faculty and Staff Celebrated at Departmental Awards Ceremony

New GLAD Data Shows Forest Loss Remained Stubbornly High in 2021

GEDI's Not-So-Final Frontier

Two-Year Anniversary of UMD Global COVID-19 Trends and Impact Survey (CTIS)

Undergraduates Alana Ginsburg and Jonah Pereyra Win Prestigious NOAA Hollings Scholarship

GEOG Researchers Co-Author International Report Calling for Immediate Action on Climate Change

Russian Attack on Ukraine Also Targeted Global Food Supply

New Study Finds Sea Cucumber Trafficking Harms Ecosystems, Undermines Livelihoods

UMD Researchers Fight to Save GEDI

GEOG Professor Co-Authors New Paper Calling for an Integrative Approach to Remote Sensing, Biodiversity Conservation

Addressing Older Adults’ Environmental Impact Crucial for Climate Change, New Paper Finds

GEOG-Led NASA Harvest Team Responds to Ukraine Crisis with New Supply Chains Dashboard

New GLAD Study Shows Fires Caused One Third of Global Forest Loss Between 2001 and 2019

UMD Survey Offers Real-Time Data-Driven Glimpse into Ukrainian Well-being

Dr. Sasha Tyukavina and Dr. Amy Pickens Named Leading Women in ML4EO by Radiant Earth Foundation

GEOG Students Shine at 2022 AAG Annual Meeting

Dr. Inbal Becker-Reshef Featured in BBC's Follow the Food Series

Changing Mindsets on Changing Landscapes

Dr. Yiqun Xie Received the Best Paper Award at the 2021 IEEE International Conference on Data Mining

Dr. Catherine Nakalembe Honored with the Highest Civilian Award of Uganda

UMD SKYCAM Project Deploys Sky Imagers in Antarctica

Watch Video: Earth Observation Technology Advances Agricultural Monitoring

GEOG-Led NASA Harvest Consortium Receives IRCAI Global Top 100 Recognition

GLAD Lab Finds Population Growth is Outpacing Cropland Expansion

Global COVID-19 Survey by UMD, Facebook Earns Likes

Department of Geographical Sciences Makes Big Impact at AGU 2021 Fall Meeting

GEOG Researchers Lead Discussions at COP26

Annual Update Finds that as Economies Recover, Emissions Rebound Too

UMD Experts Participating in COP 26 Climate Conference

Maryland Today: $12.75M Bezos-funded Grant to Support Geography Researchers’ New Approach to Global Mapping

GLAD Forest Products Highlighted by CEOS for the UNFCCC Global Stocktake

Undergraduate Adrian Seemangal Wins $10,000 Scholarship

Shifts Towards Healthy Diets in the US Can Reduce Environmental Impacts but Would be Unaffordable for Poorer Minorities

New Study Finds that Financial Incentives Reduce Household Energy Consumption

NSF EarthCube Award for ICESpark: A Next-Generation Computing Platform for Science Discoveries in the New Arctic and Beyond

Professor Chris Justice Named as Distinguished University Professor

Two Volume Books on Biomass Burning in South/Southeast Asia : Editors Krishna Vadrevu, Toshimasa Ohara, Chris Justice

Yiqun Xie Receives NSF Award to Investigate Novel Spatial Data Science Techniques for Complex Mixture Patterns

GEOG Researchers Selected to Lead Multiple NASA Carbon Monitoring System Projects

Students, Faculty, and Staff Honored at Annual Geographical Sciences Awards Ceremony

South America Lost 21.6 Soccer Fields of Natural Land Per Minute for 34 Years

Case made for time-critical ICESat-2 data to support safe navigation in ice-covered waters

Meredith Gore Examines the Illegal Trade of Africa's Wild Meat

Department of Geographical Sciences Presents at the American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting

Sergii Skakun Part of the IARPA Space-Based “SMART” Program

Estimated annual value of GLAD alerts for lowering deforestation rates is $149-$696 million

GEOG Researchers Lead International Protocol on Forest Biomass

UMD GEOG-led NASA Harvest Program Teams up with CropX to Support Sustainable Agriculture

Dr. Catherine Nakalembe and Dr. Hannah Kerner Named on the 2021 Radiant Earth Foundation's List of 15 Leading Women in ML4EO

De Floriani Completes Term as President of the IEEE Computer Society

COVID-19 World Symptoms Survey with Facebook

AGU EOS Features GEOG Researchers: Sowing Seeds of Food Security in Africa

Dr. Chengquan Huang Quoted by New York Times Article, Emphasizing Importance of Spy Satellite Data for Better Prediction of Future Changes

ICESat-2’s hidden talents revealed at annual AGU Fall Meeting

Department of Geographical Sciences Overview

GEOG Researchers Contribute to Global Carbon Budget 2020

Dr. Leila De Floriani inducted into the IEEE Visualization Academy

Five GEOG Faculty Members Named to the 2020 Highly Cited Researchers List

GEOG Researchers Create COVID-19 Dashboard for Food Systems Analysis

GEOG Researchers Publish Major New Land Use Dataset for Use In Next Generation Global Climate Change Studies

Meredith Gore Invited to Join the Inaugural Cohort of the Research Leaders Fellows Program

Sergii Skakun Receives NASA Grant to Analyze High Impact Hot Spots of Land Cover Land Use Change in Ukraine and Neighboring Countries

Grant proposal to the NASA LCLUC program led by Dr. Tyukavina selected for funding

Mapping Sea Ice Surface Topography in High Fidelity with ICESat-2

UMD Researchers Evaluate China Food Security Via Satellite Imagery

Christopher Justice Awarded NASA’s Distinguished Public Service Medal

What do we know about forest degradation in Africa?

Dr. Catherine Nakalembe Named as 2020 Africa Food Prize Laureate

Eyes on the Arctic

GEOG Researchers Create the First Global 30m GEDI-Based Forest Canopy Height Map

Dr. Julie Silva Named as a Philip Merrill Presidential Scholars Faculty Mentor

Dr. Humber Leads Research Teams Receiving the Rapid Response & Novel Research in Earth Science Grant and an AWS Grant

Global Environmental Changes Leading to Shorter, Younger Trees

Students, Faculty, and Staff Honored at Annual Geographical Sciences Awards Ceremony

PhD Graduate Amanda Hoffman-Hall Selected as BSOS Commencement Speaker

GEOG Faculty selected for NASA ICESat-2 Science Team

Masks Donated by Chinese UMD-GEOG Alumni Delivered to Prince George's County Hospital

COVID-19 Information

CGIS COVID-19 Map Featured in UMD's #ShellsUnited Video

Chinese UMD-GEOG Alumni Donate Facial Masks to the Department

NASA Harvest Emerging Technologies Workshop

CGIS Students Create Online Maps to Track US COVID-19 Cases by County

Local Consumption and Global Environmental Impacts: Accounting, Trade-offs and Sustainability, 1st Edition by Dr. Kuishuang Feng

Drs. Feng, Loboda & Nakalembe Honored at 2020 Maryland Research Excellence Celebration

GEDI Releases First Data

Dr. Shunlin Liang Publishes "Advanced Remote Sensing: Terrestrial Information Extraction and Applications"

John and Jan Townshend Donate to the Department

Learn More About the Department of Geographical Sciences at the University of Maryland!

Dr. Eric Vermote Given UMD Emeritus Research Professor Status

GEOG Researchers Set to Make a Big Impact at AGU 2019 Fall Meeting

Carbon Emissions Increase Slightly Worldwide, Decrease in US in 2019

Dr. Catherine Nakalembe Receives Inaugural GEO Individual Excellence Award

Geographical Sciences receives a Major Endowment from Jingli and Peter Li to Support our Graduate Students

UMD Geographical Sciences makes major contributions to the United Nations IPBES Assessment Report on Land Degradation and Restoration

The GEOGLAM Crop Monitor Bulletin Cited by the BBC

Department Researchers Awarded Funding through NASA's Carbon Monitoring System

Dr. Ellicott Funded by NSF to Study Wildfires

UMD Researchers Join Effort to Make Water, Nutrients go Further on South Plains Farms

New IDB Funded Project to Carry Out a Water-Energy-Food Nexus Analysis in Latin America and the Caribbean Using a Coupled Physical and Socio-economic Accounting Framework

An interpretation of recent Amazon Basin fires by Researchers in the Department of Geographical Sciences, University of Maryland

Geographical Sciences Graduate Ambassadors Program: UMD PhD Students Lead Technical Workshop for Chiang Mai University Students

NASA Harvest Conference Brings Together Voices from Across the Spectrum of Food Systems and Satellites

UMD and SERVIR-Mekong Organized Technical Workshop in Myanmar

GEOG GIS and Remote Sensing Faculty Visit Wuhan University

GEOG Faculty attend International Workshop with Beijing Normal University

UMCP Ranked #2 University for Remote Sensing

Eric Vermote and the Land Long Term Data Record Team from GEOG Awarded the NASA Robert H. Goddard Exceptional Achievement Award for Science

Prestigious Helmholz Fellowship Awarded to Professor Ralph Dubayah

Peter Potapov Awarded Provost’s Excellence Award for Professional Track Faculty

GEOG Researchers Discover Unintended Spillover Effects of Regional Air Pollution Policies in China

Fire Immediate Response for California

Dr. George Hurtt Named Distinguished Scholar-Teacher

Forests of the Future

New UMD-led project funded by NASA to map boreal aboveground biomass with ICESat-2 satellite data

NASA Administrator Discusses UMD Geography Work in Uganda on SCIFRI Podcast

Food, Water, and Satellites

Myanmar in the Time (and Space) of Malaria

Ralph Dubayah, recognized as a University Exemplary Researcher Honoree

GEOG researcher Dr. Kuishuang Feng published a News & Views Article in Nature Climate Change

Tackling a Toxic Practice in Thailand

Climate Model Evaluation Ready for Next Level

GEOG Research Reveals Massive Cropland Expansion in Brazil

GEOG Researchers Set to Make a Big Impact at AGU 2018 Fall Meeting

GEDI Launch a Great Success!

GEOG Research Finds Congo Basin’s Old-growth Forests Vanishing at Alarming Rate

Dr. Belen Franch wins the NASA Honor Award for Early Career Public Achievement.

Leila De Floriani Elected President of the IEEE Computer Society

Featured on BBC: GEOG and NASA Work Together to Measure Forest Disturbance After Hurricanes

Gone for Good? Classifying Drivers of Global Forest Loss

GEOG researchers published in Nature "Global land change from 1982 to 2016"

The Graduate Certificate in Geospatial Intelligence is awarded accreditation from USGIF

ForestSAT 2018 International Conference co-hosted by University of Maryland Department of Geographical Sciences

MPS GIS welcomes first cohort from joint partnership with Nanjing Normal University

PhD student Danielle Rappaport leads study that provides first comprehensive set of emissions factors for Amazon forest degradation

Faculty members attend the SARI Land Use Meeting in the Philippines

Faculty members attend the SARI Land Use Meeting in the Philippines

Mid-Atlantic Team, Lead by UMD Students, Takes 2018 World Geography Bowl Title

When UMD Connects with El Salvador

GEOG 198A Online Summer Course-Introduction to GIS in the Era of Big Data

GEDI Moves Towards Launch on ISS

Inbal Becker-Reshef wins the Provost's Excellence Award for Professional Track Faculty

GEOG Faculty publish a book entitled “Land Atmospheric Research Applications in South/Southeast Asia”

Outstanding Women in the Workplace

Harnessing Big Data to Preserve the Planet

Environmental Impacts and Nutritional Quality of Rapidly Changing Diets

Workshop on Emerging Technologies and Methods in Earth Observation for Agricultural Monitoring

PhD Student Donal O'Leary Wins Outstanding Student Paper Award at AGU Fall Meeting

UMD and NASA Join Forces to Improve Global Food Security through Satellite Data

Geography faculty edited the 9-volume books “Comprehensive Remote Sensing”

Supporting Malaria Elimination in Myanmar

GEOG788O: PROCESSING GEOSPATIAL DATA USING OPEN SOURCE TOOLS

The Center for Geospatial Information Science Inauguration and Reception

Disturbance Distance: Researchers Employ a New Framework to Measure Forest Vulnerability to Increases in Disturbance Rates in New ERL Study

Eradicating Poverty and Slowing Climate Change are Compatible Goals

The Center for Geospatial Information Science Inauguration and Reception

Landsat’s Enduring Legacy Pioneering Global Land Observations from Space

Emerging role of wetland methane emissions in driving 21st century climate change

Master of Professional Studies in Geospatial Intelligence - New for Fall 2017!

Integrating human impacts with Earth systems to predict climate change

Cellulosic biofuels can benefit the environment if managed correctly

UMD Researchers Investigate Link between ‘Land Grabs’ and Undernourishment

Spring Commencement 2017

Geographical Sciences Spring 2017 Commencement

UMD Research Provides Comprehensive Monitoring of Forest Loss in Brazilian Amazon

High resolution analysis of tropical forest fragmentation and its impact on the global carbon cycle

The Risks of Multiple Breadbasket Failures in the 21st Century: A Science Research Agenda

UMD Researchers Use Space Laser Technology to Explain Dry Season Growth in Amazon Rainforest

It’s more than ‘just’ climate change - The need for a new modeling paradigm

Tracking the Final Wilderness Frontiers

Urban Expansion to Claim Nearly 300,000 km2 of Fertile Cropland Worldwide

UMD and LU team awarded a Joint Research Workshop grant

Geographical Sciences Study Abroad to Cuba in 2017

GEOG Researchers awarded NASA Carbon Monitoring System program grant

UAV Mapping of Uganda Refugee Settlement for Climate Resilience

Update: GEDI Forest Mapping Project, Drs. Hansen and Duncanson highlighted

Global Agricultural Monitoring: Publication of the first Early Warning Crop Monitor Bulletin

Department Organizes Regional Land Use Meeting in Myanmar

In Light of Paris COP21 Conference This Week, 'Carbon All Around Us' Video Receives in Excess of 150,000 Views

GEOG Research Boosts the Role of Remote Sensing in the Implementation of Climate Change Agreements

Outsourcing manufacturing to China results in high CO2 emissions

Forest-Mapping Instrument for Space Station Passes Major Milestone

GEOG Researchers Publish New Journal: Energy, Ecology and Environment

New Study Investigates Potential Global Biodiversity Loss from Future Land-Use Change

Visiting Scientist Xi Li Sheds Light on Syrians Living in the Dark

Analysis of Satellite Data Shows Demolition of Tropical Trees has Soared, Not Slowed, as UN Study Estimated

Paul Torrens Profiled on NSF Website

Study published in PNAS assesses effects of real and virtual water transfers in China

Study shows that smart urbanization could save up to 25% of global energy use by 2050

Professor Chris Justice Selected for 2014 Pecora Award

Department Hosts LCLUC Webinar Series

Global Land Cover Facility Creates First High-Resolution Global Maps of 1990 Forest Cover and 1990-2000 Change

GEOG Researchers Selected as Principal Investigators on NASA Suomi NPP Science Team

GEOG's Jon Nordling Interviewed by Esri Center of Education

Prof. Klaus Hubacek was interviewed by BBC news on virtual scarce water in China

GEOG Faculty Members Contribute to IPCC 5th Assessment Report

Global Agriculture Monitoring and Mobile Agriculture Data Collections Research Continue in Pakistan

GEOG FRAs Nordling and Humber take 2nd place in the 2014 Esri International Hackathon

GEOG Alumni David Pearman discusses his 'HRB' movement

GEOG, NASA Researchers Explain Amazon Dry Season ‘Green-Up’ Paradox

Launch of World Resources Institute's Global Forest Watch Application a Success

GEOG Represented at 2014 GEO Plenary, "Visualizing the World's Food Systems"

UMD Ranks #4 in the World for Remote Sensing Research

Justin Fisk, George Hurtt and Katelyn Dolan Publish Paper on the Net Carbon Impacts of Tropical Cyclones

GEOG Researchers Address Economic Dangers of ‘Peak Oil’

GEOG Researchers Publish Major Paper on CO2 Emissions within Cities

GEOG Undergrad Garett Byron Conducts Summer Study Abroad at EARTH University in Costa Rica

Department of Geographical Sciences PhD Student Gabriela Vaz Rodrigues Conducts Exploratory Research Trip in Haiti

Dr. Chris Justice Interviewed on Wildfires at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

GEOG Awarded Bronze Certification for UMD's 'Go Green' Inititive

Central African Forest Cover and Loss – FACET Training Workshop

An Interview with Dr. Janet Nackoney, UMD's Dept. of Geographical Sciences

GEOG Researchers Examine Impact of Trade on the Environment

Inauguration of the Joint Global Carbon Cycle Center

UMD Geographers take part in the LDCM Launch from venues near and far

GEOG Faculty Publishes Groundbreaking Research in Two Leading Publications

Dr. Jane Goodall, Founder of Jane Goodall Institute and UN Messenger of Peace, visits Dept. of Geographical Sciences

GEOG PhD Student Giuseppe Molinario Conducts USAID CARPE & African Wildlife Foundation Funded Fieldwork in DRC

The Global Land Cover Facility (GLCF)

GEOG Chairman, Dr. Chris Justice Speaks on Capitol Hill

Inauguration of the Joint Center on Global Change and Earth System Science of the University of Maryland and Beijing Normal University

Wall-to-Wall Annual Assessment of U.S. Forest Disturbance 1985-2010

Mapping Global Land Cover Extent and Change Using Landsat Data

Remote Analysis of the Impacts of Ungulate Removal

Exploring the dynamics of individual pedestrian and crowd behavior in dense urban settings: a computational approach