Individual bits of tiny living beings and inanimate particles are too small for your eye to see. But when billions to trillions of them aggregate in one place, they can make a vast difference in life on Earth.
For NASA and the ocean science community, the PACE launch will be the culmination of at least a decade of work. For me, it will be the culmination of something that started in 1950.
Scientists returned to central Alaska's boreal forests to measure plant activity during the peak of summer.
Scientists visited Bhutan to launch a new rice mapping tool, and built many connections along the way.
As the tundra fires field expedition winds down, the team returns with ample data and enthusiasm.
The day was full of surprises for a team sampling burn scars in the tundra of southwest Alaska.
Researchers are measuring the effects of tundra fires on the ecosystem’s carbon balance and permafrost.
Scientists traveled to Alaska to identify the start of evergreen trees' growing season—an important indicator of a forest’s productivity.
In summer 2022, the G-LiHT team made flights from Kodiak and Anchorage with an airborne instrument designed to map forested landscapes.
It’s been six years since the CYGNSS constellation was launched. Over that time, it has grown from a two-year mission measuring winds in major ocean storms into a mission with a broad and expanding variety of goals and objectives. They range from how ocean surface heat flux affects mesoscale convection and precipitation to how wetlands […]
