Environment & Sustainability

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Bringing Mongabay’s Amazon narco airstrip exposé to the stage

Mongabay Latam’s multiyear, *award-winning **investigation that uncovered 67 clandestine airstrips in the Peruvian Amazon used for drug trafficking sent waves across the local media landscape. It drew attention to the Indigenous communities impacted by these illegal airstrips and the 15…

NASA Wallops to Support Rocket Lab Launch

A Rocket Lab suborbital rocket launches from Pad-0C (Launch Complex 2) on Wallops Island, Virginia. NASA A Rocket Lab suborbital rocket is scheduled to launch from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia Feb. 25, during a window extending 4-7 p.m. EST. Backup…

In Thailand, old camera-trap photos shed new light on Asian tapirs

Researchers in Thailand have used archived camera-trapping data to identify a stronghold for Asian tapirs in the Khlong Saeng–Khao Sok Forest Complex, a lush network of protected areas in the country’s southern Surat Thani province. The new study, led by…

Indigenous leader assassinated in Colombia’s Caldas department

Indigenous leader José Albino Cañas Ramírez was recently shot and killed by two unknown individuals in Colombia’s Caldas department. Indigenous authorities suspect it was a targeted attack linked to his work in defense of one of the oldest Indigenous reserves…

Rosalba Giarratano

Rosalba Giarratano Science Education Outreach Coordinator, Contractor, Education and Public Outreach Team, Science Directorate, NASA Langley Research Center About Rosalba engages communities in GLOBE and other NASA programs, where her leadership extends to the ENGAGE GLOBE Mission Earth program, offering…

SunRISE

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