The NASA Geostationary Coastal and Air Pollution Events satellite mission plans to keep an eye on short-term processes that affect coastal communities and ecosystems.
Science Updates
Predicting a Great Lake's Response to a Warm Winter
The Superior Challenge Summit: Forecasting El Niño's Impact on the World's Largest Lake; Ann Arbor, Michigan, 17–19 May 2016
How Did Climate and Humans Respond to Past Volcanic Eruptions?
First workshop of the Volcanic Impacts on Climate and Society Working Group; Palisades, New York, 6–8 June 2016
Bringing Biogeochemistry into the Argo Age
Plans are underway to integrate and augment a collection of regional programs to form a global biogeochemical monitoring network.
Challenges of Climate Change Adaptation
Practical and Methodological Challenges of Climate Change Adaptation; Oslo, Norway, 25–26 April 2016
An Early Warning System for Landslide Danger
Advances in satellite imaging, mapping, and rainfall estimations have made it possible to implement a regional real-time assessment of landslide hazard threats across Central America.
Improving Carbon Cycle Projections for Better Carbon Management
Workshop on Development of Predictive Carbon Cycle Science; College Park, Maryland, 7–9 March 2016
Space Weather from a Southern Point of View
A recently completed instrument array in Antarctica provides a more complete understanding of the near-Earth space environment.
Developing a Remote Sensing System to Track Marine Debris
Workshop on Mission Concepts for Marine Debris Sensing; Honolulu, Hawaii, 19–21 January 2016
Upscaling Peatland Science Through Collaborative Big Data
PeatDataHub launch meeting; Leeds, United Kingdom, 23–24 May 2016
