Posts by geogadmin

The following is NASA news article posted November 19, 2015, with the title above: Wildfires can wreak havoc on human health, property and communities, so it’s imperative to detect them as early as possible. That’s why NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, is working on a concept for a network of space-based sensors called FireSat in collaboration with Quadra Pi R2E, San Francisco. FireSat would be...

The following is a ClimateCentral.org article posted November 19th, 2015, with the title above: Climate change will continue to impact locations globally and locally for years and decades to come, but not every location will need to manage the same risks. States at Risk: America’s Preparedness Report Card is a comprehensive analysis by the States at Risk Project, a collaboration of Climate Central and ICF International which...

Principal Investigators Krzysztof Janowicz (Jano) and Grant McKenzie recently received a grant from the “Chancellor’s Coordinating Committee on Isla Vista” in response to a “call for pilot projects that will strengthen the academic and cultural environment in Isla Vista, or advance our understanding of the Isla Vista community, through civic engagement, public programming, research, creative activity, and teaching...