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Ethiopia’s Renaissance mega-dam fuels energy hopes and regional anxiety
This January, U.S. President Donald Trump offered to act as a mediator between Egypt and Ethiopia over Nile River waters, signaling renewed interest in the dispute. Ethiopia’s flagship project, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), launched in 2011, has been…
Critical shark and ray habitats in Western Indian Ocean largely unprotected: Study
Sharks and rays in the Western Indian Ocean are facing an extinction crisis. Almost half of the region’s 270 known species (46%) are currently threatened with extinction. A recently released study by the Shark Specialist Group of the IUCN, the…
Mines, dams move in as protection slips in a Cambodian wildlife sanctuary
In Sre Chhuk village, a quiet patch in northeast Cambodia where the Mekong’s smaller veins trace the edge of a fading wildlife sanctuary, Vorn Pang and Sao Thorn once believed their land was safe. By 2018, officials and conservation groups…
That’s a wrasse! Rare fish spotted for first time since 2009 in kelp forest in Western Australia
When marine biologist Océane Attlan saw the tiny Braun’s wrasse, it was like ‘recognising a familiar face, but you can’t put a name on it’ Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The chances of encountering…
From Kigali to the Congo Basin: Aimable Twahirwa’s path in environmental journalism
As Mongabay deepens its reporting across Africa’s biodiversity and climate challenges, award-winning senior science journalist Aimable Twahirwa is bringing his decades of experience to ensure the region’s stories reach international audiences. For Twahirwa, journalism serves as a tool to not…
AGN SIG Vision Series Seminar, 17 Feb 2026
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Carla Grune
Carla Grune Senior Programmer, Contractor, Climate Science Branch, Science Directorate, NASA Langley Research Center About As a database programmer, I develop and maintain the CERES Production Request Database, PRDB (PostgreSQL, Phinx) and CERES Production Monitoring Database, PMDB (MySQL). The CERES…
What’s next for the major pledge to halt & reverse Congo Basin deforestation?
Copince Ngoma, a member of the Bakouele Indigenous community, has relied on the lush green Congo Basin rainforest his whole life. His village’s forests, located in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Sangha region, are a wide repertoire for hunting, fishing…
Dr. Erik Weiser
Dr. Erik Weiser Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Strategic Infrastructure Dr. Erik Weiser is the acting deputy assistant administrator for NASA’s Office of Strategic Infrastructure (OSI). He supports the assistant administrator of OSI with operational management and oversight of the office, ensuring…