At the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Belém, Brazil, we sit down with Colombian environmentalist Susana Muhamad, who served as Colombia’s minister of environment and sustainable development from 2022 to 2025. Muhamad discusses the U.N.’s mandate to mitigate the acceleration of human-caused climate change and condemns the powerful, diverting influenceContinue Reading
2 min read SARP 2025 Closeout SARP students peer into the cockpit onboard NASA’s P-3 aircraft, during research flights for the 2025 Student Airborne Research Program (SARP) internship. NASA/Milan Loiacono In August 2025, 47 students from NASA’s Student Airborne Research Program (SARP) culminated a summer of science by presenting their research to anContinue Reading
9 min read SARP East 2025 Atmospheric Chemistry Group The 2025 SARP East Atmospheric Chemistry Group poses in front of the Dynamic Aviation B-200 aircraft, parked in a hangar at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. During the internship, students spend a week engaged in Earth science data collection andContinue Reading
10 min read SARP East 2025 Terrestrial Fluxes Group The 2025 SARP East Terrestrial Fluxes Group poses in front of the Dynamic Aviation B-200 aircraft, parked in a hangar at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. During the internship, students spend a week engaged in Earth science data collection andContinue Reading
10 min read SARP East 2025 Oceans Group The 2025 SARP East Oceans Group poses in front of the Dynamic Aviation B-200 aircraft, parked in a hangar at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. During the internship, students spend a week engaged in Earth science data collection and learning fromContinue Reading
9 min read SARP West 2025 Aerosols Group The 2025 SARP West Aerosols Group poses in front of the Dynamic Aviation B-200 aircraft, parked on the tarmac at Guardian Jet Center in Southern California. During the internship, students spend a week engaged in Earth science data collection and learning fromContinue Reading
Hundreds of millions of people face food shortages as conflict, climate change and economic crises take their toll., The World Food Programme is warning that 318 million people will face critical levels of hunger next year. The United Nations agency says that is double the number from 2019. What isContinue Reading
Terms of the US-drafted, 28-point framework to end the war closely track Russian demands, according to news reports., Terms of the US-drafted, 28-point framework to end the war closely track Russian demands, according to news reports. The United States has a new proposal to end Russia’s war on Ukraine thatContinue Reading
Sudanese climate diplomacy researcher Lina Yassin is supporting the Least Developed Countries Group at the U.N. climate summit in Belém, Brazil. The group is composed of 44 countries, including Sudan, whose cumulative emissions amount to less than 1% of total global emissions. “They are the countries that have the leastContinue Reading
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CPF Secondary Navigation Home Mission Mission Overview Reflected Solar Instrument Team Members Science Science Overview Calibration Inter-Calibration FAQ News & Resources Publications Current Status CPF Payload Complete and in Storage! The completed CLARREO Pathfinder payload is now in storage at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics in Boulder, CO.Continue Reading
CPF Secondary Navigation Home Mission Mission Overview Reflected Solar Instrument Team Members Science Science Overview Calibration Inter-Calibration FAQ News & Resources Publications What will CPF measure? CLARREO Pathfinder will measure reflected solar radiation at an unprecedented level of accuracy. Why is it different from previous science missions? CPF is differentContinue Reading
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