VIRTUAL -- How NASA Is Combating Climate Change

Friday, September 292:00—3:00 PMZoom

The missions of NASA’s Earth Science Division help us to understand our planet’s interconnected systems, from a global scale down to minute processes. The division delivers the technology, expertise, global observations, and applications that help us map the myriad connections between our planet’s vital processes and the climate effects of ongoing natural and human-caused changes. Learn about the efforts of teams of NASA researches who are currently examining Earth to understand climate change, storms, fires, and where people fit in to all of it, including an active mission studying climate change in northern regions of the world (e.g., Alaska and Canada). Led by Dr. Elizabeth Hoy, PhD, who has been a NASA scientist for over 10 years with the NASA Carbon Cycle and Ecosystems Office and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Studying Arctic systems since 2005, her research interests are in geography and disturbance mapping within the high northern latitude regions of North America where she utilizes GIS and remote sensing to understand aspects of environmental change.

RECORDING NOTE: This program will be recorded. All registrants will receive the recording via email within 48 hours of the program.

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This program is offered as part of the national Climate Preparedness Week. Massachusetts libraries have been partnering with CREW (Communities Responding to Extreme Weather) since 2019. This collaboration supports sustainability as a core value of librarianship.

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