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Climate change is contributing to hot and dry conditions in the American West, ideal for the spread of fires. An experimental tool can help communities track potential air quality impacts from wildfire smoke.
NASA, USAID open environmental information hub for Southeast Asia August 31, 2015 WASHINGTON, DC – NASA and the US Agency for International Development (USAID) Monday launched SERVIR-Mekong, a joint project to strengthen regional environmental monitoring in five countries in the lo WASHINGTON, DC – NASA and the US Agency for International Development (USAID) Monday launched SERVIR-Mekong, a joint project to strengthen regional environmental monitoring in five countries in the lower Mekong region of Southeast Asia. One of three SERVIR hubs now operating in developing regions of the world,...
NASA Data Power New USDA Soil Moisture Portal People looking to plant crops now have a new planning tool in their toolbox thanks to soil moisture data collected by NASA’s Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission. Credit: NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team By Teresa White, Jane Lee, and Jessica Merzdorf, USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service / NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory / NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center In Brief: This tool provides information that will help people track droughts or floods, make plans for when to plant crops, and foreca...
Share this article Share this article WASHINGTON, Jan. 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Consulate in Rio de Janeiro is hosting a media briefing on Wednesday, Jan. 27, at 9 a.m. EST to discuss the renewal of a partnership between the city and NASA to better understand and monitor natural hazards. NASA signed the original five-year agreement with Rio de Janeiro in 2015. Over the next five years, NASA and Rio de Janeiro team members plan to jointly improve situational awareness and response efforts during environmental crises and the propagation of science throughout local schools and the gene...