Environment & Sustainability

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NASA’s IMAP Mission Captures ‘First Light,’ Looks Back at Earth 

3 min read NASA’s IMAP Mission Captures ‘First Light,’ Looks Back at Earth  All 10 instruments aboard NASA’s newly launched IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe) mission have successfully recorded their first measurements in space. With these “first light” observations,…

Marilé Colón Robles

Marilé Colón Robles Project Scientist for NASA GLOBE Clouds, Contractor, Lidar Sciences Branch, Science Directorate, NASA Langley Research Center Follow Marilé About Marilé Colón Robles is the project scientist for NASA GLOBE Clouds and an education outreach coordinator at NASA…

NASA, Partners Share First Data From New US-European Sea Satellite

5 min read NASA, Partners Share First Data From New US-European Sea Satellite Sentinel-6B and Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich captured data on Nov. 26 of sea levels across a vast stretch of the Atlantic. Within the crisscrossing bands, red indicates higher…

Michigan Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Repeal Data Center Tax Incentives

The tax breaks, passed in late 2024, have produced both a flurry of data center projects and surging opposition across the political spectrum as communities fear skyrocketing electric and water bills, pollution and hulking complexes on former farmland. By Tom…

West and Central Africa tackle coastal erosion

Across many parts of Africa’s Atlantic coastline, the sea is advancing several metres inland each year, destroying homes, infrastructure, farmland and heritage sites. Many coastal communities have already been erased from the map. Several factors combine to explain the threatening…