Earth Science Branch
The Earth Science Branch conducts research of the Earth as a system with a focus on lightning and precipitation processes, weather and climate variability, monitoring fluxes of heat and water from the surface, and associated data management and mining activities for scientific discovery and applications for societal benefit.
Earth Science Branch Projects
Virginia (Gini) Close, a reporter in the natural history unit at the BBC, contacted the Earth Science branch at NASA MSFC requesting assistance showing the impacts of agricultural land use change at the Katavi National Park in Tanzania. The team …
On December 19th, 2022, SERVIR Amazonia and AST PI, Naiara Pinto (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory), had a virtual launch of her service for Brazilian stakeholders, which included the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (EMBRAPA), NGO Imaflora, and the subregional authority of …
Marshall Earth Scientist, Krishna Vadrevu, recently led SARI Activities in Vietnam and Cambodia. These activities were funded under the NASA Land Cover/Land Use Change Program. The International Meeting on Air Pollution in Asia – Inventories, Monitoring and Migration was held …
The Global Forest Observations Initiative (GFOI) – a flagship of the intergovernmental Group on Earth Observations (GEO) – held its third Capacity Building Summit on the University of Maryland campus in College Park, Maryland, from 1/30-2/3/23. The Summit, which focused …
NASA and USAID are currently working toward the development of a SERVIR hub for Central America, as was announced by USAID in late 2021 in the lead up to the 26th Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework …