Notes from the Field

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.

It takes a village to send something to space.

The color red claims everything in East Arnhem Land, Australia, where scientists have gathered to launch a sounding rocket.

For students who want to take atmospheric science as literally as possible, it doesn’t get much better than flying in a NASA aircraft.