Notes from the Field

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 […]

Exposure to a new field that sparks curiosity can change the course of someone’s life.

Indigenous representatives from across the Amazon met with geographers seeking to better understand how climate change is affecting the region.