The joint U.S. and European Jason-3 mission may help coastal regions in countries like Vietnam prepare for sea level rise associated with climate change.
Claire Parkinson: A Scientist Who Goes Beyond
Claire Parkinson, project scientist for the Aqua satellite and a senior climatologist at NASA, uses her work to improve scientific and public understanding of the world.
A New Kind of Drought: U.S. Record Low Windiness in 2015
Widespread calming of the wind sapped U.S. wind energy power output in 2015, driven by the same weather patterns responsible for California’s severe drought.
AtlantOS: Who Will Know the Ocean?
A new effort is getting underway to monitor and understand one of the least explored regions on Earth: the Atlantic Ocean, from pole-to-pole and from the surface waters to the bottom of the deepest trenches. Ocean researchers have learned much since the American biologist Rachel Carson observed in 1937: “Who has known the ocean? Neither you nor I.” But, says … Read More
The Trouble with Trees: Volatile Organic Compounds Exacerbate Climate Change and Air Pollution
Scientists are using sophisticated emission models and monitoring techniques to better understand the relationship between volatile organic compound production, climate change, and air pollution. As rainforests are cut down and replaced with isoprene-emitting oil palm plantations, data suggest that genetically modified trees may provide a hopeful alternative.
National Park Service Seeks Interns for Summer 2016
George Mason University, in conjunction with the National Park Service, is offering paid summer internships for university students to promote a greater understanding of climate change in local national parks. George Mason University’s Center for Climate Change Communication (4C) and the National Park Service (NPS) are offering up to eight paid student positions for summer 2016, open to rising juniors … Read More
Blazing Biomass: Forecasting Fires and Phenology in Texas Grasslands
This is a part of the 2015 Fall VPS. For more VPS articles, click here Category: Assessing Human Risk Project Team: Texas Disasters II Team Location: NASA John C. Stennis Space Center ÛÒ Hancock County, Mississippi Authors: James Michael Brooke (Project Lead) Meredith Williams Teresa Fenn Mentors/Advisors: Joseph Spruce (NASA John C. Stennis Space Center) Dr. Kenton Ross (NASA Langley … Read More
Live Coverage of GEO-XII
From Nov. 11-13, 2015, researchers from around the world who depend on and develop Earth Observation data will gather in Mexico City for the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) 12th Plenary and Ministerial Summit.
Painting the Consequences of Climate Change: Audubon Teams up with New York Artists to Portray Threatened Birds
The National Audubon Society is teaming up with the owner of a New York art gallery to paint street murals of birds threatened by climate change.
Climate Change Tightening its Grip on Bumblebee Habitat
Bumblebee habitats are shrinking in response to climate change, in a way that differs from the responses of other organisms.