Articles & Stories SERVIR Applied Sciences Team project in Science News article on sub-seasonal forecasts SERVIR Applied Sciences Team (AST) PI Shraddhanand Shukla was interviewed in a recent online feature posted by Science News. September 1, 2020
Articles & Stories How the SERVIR program connects space to village The SERVIR program, launched in 2005, connects NASA, U.S. researchers, a network of development partners around the world, and companies like Google to harness the power of satellite observations — helping countries see, with greater clarity, how their environments affect well-being and safety. June 24, 2020
Articles & Stories SERVIR-Mekong promotes satellite technology to track fire hotspots and monitor air pollution Forest fires have been raging across Northern Thailand for the past month, endangering the lives of animals and people. During the second half of March 2020, a considerable number of fire hotspots were detected within protected forest areas across eight provinces, with the highest concentration in Chiang Mai and Mae Hong Son provinces. June 3, 2020
Articles & Stories Youth tackle air pollution using satellite data As Thailand's second largest city, Chiang Mai has been facing the problem of haze pollution over the past decade, due to agricultural practices and rapid industrial growth associated with tourism. April 9, 2020
Articles & Stories Enhancing Forest Monitoring Across the Lower Mekong and South Asia Using Synthetic Aperture Radar Applications Forests cover approximately 30 percent of Earth's land surface and play a vital role in the global carbon cycle: forests account for around 72 percent of Earth's terrestrial carbon storage, making vegetation biomass a larger carbon store than the atmosphere. March 12, 2020