Over 25 BAERI and NASA Ames Science Directorate researchers presented in person or virtually at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting in New Orleans, LA., December 13-17, 2021. AGU is the leading forum for advancing Earth and space science…
On December 1st, 2021, Vice President Kamala Harris chaired the Biden administration's first meeting of the National Space Council. Biden’s Space Council is the largest in history — new members include Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, Labor Secretary Marty Walsh, Agriculture…
In 2017, BAERI's Cindy Schmidt launched NASA's Indigenous People's Capacity Building Initiative, a program that partners with indigenous communities to give them the technical training to use remote sensing tools for tribal land and resource management. The partnership and its…
StoryCorps, the award-winning nonprofit dedicated to preserving and sharing humanity's stories, is currently featuring Share your Science, a new collection of interviews with NASA Ames Research Center scientists, created by BAER Institute's Kassie Perlongo, Sandy Dueck, and Katrina Wesencraft. Their…
In this episode we speak with two team members of NASA’s Earth Science Project Office (ESPO), and learn about the essential, behind the scenes work they’re doing to help scientists get out into the field and collect the data they need to…
Dr. Zara Mirmalek BAER Institute's Zara Mirmalek has received a 2021 NASA Ames Honors Award, a peer nominated award that is among Ames's most prestigious honors. Dr. Mirmalek is a Co-I on the P-STAR funded BASALT and SUBSEA analog research…
On May 31st, the Airborne Sensor Facility (ASF) team joined BAERI, bringing with them an impressive breadth and depth of knowledge about airborne science instrumentation, and a deep enthusiasm for making the most of what the facility's tools can do.…
In this episode Dr. Emily Schaller talks about running SARP, a unique NASA internship that gives undergraduate students hands-on experience in atmospheric science research. Listen here or on Apple Podcasts, Audible, Soundcloud, Spotify, or Google Podcasts. This transcript has been lightly edited for clarity. Meet Emily Schaller…
An introduction to SaSa (The Student Airborne Science Activation Program, or “now” in Kiswahili) was published last week on nasa.gov, in an article that highlights the continued lack of diversity in geoscience. SaSa is a new NASA program that will work to diversify…
Remote sensing is a powerful tool — it can be used to map the topography of the ocean floor, track the ash plume of an erupting volcano, or understand drought patterns on tribal lands. As the technology becomes easier for…