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 Protecting Amazonia Forests by Mapping Forest Degradation Using Cloud-Penetrating Satellite Imagery One of the major challenges in monitoring forests is identifying forest degradation processes. Recent years have seen advancements in satellite remote sensing technology, which has in turn revealed changed patterns of illegal deforestation activity in the Amazon rainforest. August 4, 2020
Articles & Stories Applied Sciences Team project informs decision makers with fire season forecast SERVIR AST member Doug Morton discusses the upcoming fire season in Amazonia in a new NASA article. July 11, 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 Reducing illegal gold mining in the tropical forests of Ghana and Peru A forthcoming collaboration across the Atlantic At the recent global knowledge exchange of SERVIR staff from SERVIR-Amazonia and SERVIR-West Africa exchanged ideas and experiences on services for illegal mining detection. April 10, 2020