Environment & Sustainability

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Tyler Thorsen

Tyler Thorsen Research Scientist, Lidar Sciences Branch, Science Directorate, NASA Langley Research Center About Tyler Thorsen’s general research interests includes remote sensing of clouds and aerosols along with studying their impacts on the Earth’s energy budget. He actively contributes to…

AOS Document Library

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Through Astronaut Eyes: 25 Years of Life in Orbit  

After 25 years of continuous human presence in space, the International Space Station remains a training and proving ground for deep space missions, enabling NASA to focus on Artemis missions to the Moon and Mars. The orbiting laboratory is also…

Commercializing the Arctic

Trump has shifted the U.S. approach to the Arctic, promoting oil and gas even as scientists have issued more dire warnings about the region.

Climate Change Is Threatening Christmas Classics

From ramping up hot chocolate prices to threatening reindeer populations, global warming is taking a toll on the holiday season. By Kiley Price As snowflakes fall lazily from the sky, you cozy up by the fireplace and take a sip…

Pacific fisheries summit gives a boost to albacore & seabirds

Much of the world’s albacore tuna catch, which usually ends up in a can, comes from the southwestern Pacific Ocean, where fishery managers just passed a new set of conservation rules. The parties to the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries…

NASA Ignites New Golden Age of Exploration, Innovation in 2025

Artemis II NASA astronauts (left to right) Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen stand in the white room on the crew access arm of the mobile launcher at Launch Pad 39B…