GEOG | Geographical Sciences Department

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

Dr. Hubacek has been recognized by Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics) for his exceptional research performance

GEDI Launch a Great Success!

The forests of the Democratic Republic of Congo have been a hit hard by agricultural land-clearing, part of the growing threat to old-growth forests throughout the Congo Basin. (Giuseppe Molinario, UMD)

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

Belen Franch. NASA Honor Award for Early Career Public Achievement

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

News & Events

Geospatial Intelligence Graduate Program Information Session

Geospatial Intelligence Information Session Tuesday, January 22n d 7PM EST WebEx Link: https://ter.ps/i6h Join our online information session to learn more about our Graduate Degree Program in Geospatial Intelligence at the University of Maryland. ➔ Master’s Degree (30 credits) or Graduate Certificate (15 credits)

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Organization of canopy schemes in four vegetation demographic models

Paper Co-authored by Professor George Hurtt is Most Cited Paper in Global Change Biology in 2018

A paper co-authored by Professor George Hurtt entitled “Vegetation demograph

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PhD Student Donal O’Leary’s Snowmelt and Wildfire Research Highlighted at the AGU 2018 Fall Meeting

PhD Student Donal O’Leary presented his research on snowmelt timing and wildfires at the AGU 2018 Fall meeting.

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Hannah Younes Receives Prestigious Graduate School Outstanding TA Award!

Congratulations to GEOG's Hannah Younes on receiving the 2018 Graduate School Outstanding TA Award! Approximately 4,000 UMD graduate students also serve the campus as administrative, research, or teaching assistants.

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