Notes from the Field

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.

In August, scientists returned to the field to measure tundra plants during the peak of summer growth.

Students retrieved and analyzed leaves form the tops of trees—the same part of the forest that is observed by instruments on the International Space Station.

Teaching and telling others about science is what keeps Alex Haughton coming into work.

The DEUCE payload stands vertical, moments away from being launched into space.

Sounding rockets provide a fast and cheap route to prove the viability of cutting-edge instrumentation.

Scientists journeyed to Utqiaġvik, Alaska, where they installed automated sensors to capture the region’s seasonal green-up.