By Jane Berg The first photo taken from space was captured by a rocket-borne camera launched from New Mexico in October 1946. It showed a grainy black-and-white image with clouds and a sharp horizontal line where the atmosphere ended and outer…
“What is the role of irrigation as a human land management practice in the observed greening patterns in Indian croplands?” This is the question investigated in an article by BAERI’s Taejin Park and Ramakrishna (Rama) Nemani in collaboration with a…
By Rachel Sender Extreme and unpredictable weather patterns are quickly becoming the new normal—intense heat, flooding, tornadoes, and wildfires have become almost old news as Earth’s climate changes rapidly. To continue moving forward as a species, we will need to…
November 3, 2023 Moffett Field, CA—The Bay Area Environmental Research Institute (BAERI), in partnership with California State University, Monterey Bay (CSUMB) and San José State University (SJSU), has been awarded a five-year, $117 million cooperative agreement from NASA Ames Research…
BAERI’s Taejin Park has been recognized with a 2023 NASA Ames Honor Award. Considering how often he has appeared on our LinkedIn feed, this honor should come as no surprise! In addition to his significant contributions to many, many climate-change related research…
BAERI’s Taejin Park was among the contributors to the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society‘s “State of the Climate in 2022“ report. This annual peer-reviewed publication has been collecting and publishing research from hundreds of scientists for almost 30 years. The report…
Cheers to BAERI's Kristina Pistone for last night's KTVU news interview in support of California's transition from diesel to electric buses. You can watch that interview and read the article here.
For decades, scientists have used satellite data to assess the health and greenness of Earth’s vegetation. These data have influenced our understanding and decision-making on pressing issues from sustainable crop production to climate change. Plants that grow on land absorb…
BAERI’s Ryan Bennett, Program Manager of NASA’s Student Airborne Research Program (SARP) West, said farewell to 24 students last month as they presented their final research at the University of California, Irvine, on August 9–10. In this 8-week long internship program,…
BAERI’s Milan Loiacono wrote a terrific article on the 20th-anniversary celebration of the NASA Ames chapter of DEVELOP (Digital Earth Virtual Environment and Learning Outreach Program). The internship was brought to Ames in 2003 by BAERI Researcher Cindy Schmidt and her colleague Jay Skiles.…