NASA Acres

Our September Newsletter is out! ? Highlights: ?? University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is leading research on using #AI to calculate greenhouse gas emissions at the individual farm level ?? Southeast farmers are among those grappling with the aftermath of Hurricane Helene’s devastating floods ?? NASA's Earth Science Division has released a new funding solicitation: ROSES24 A.60 Earth Action – Ecological Conservation. ?? Find us at AGU 2024 this December & more! Read the newsletter ? https://conta.cc/3ZTBDd6 Subscribe ? https://lnkd.in/gNbrPpQd

Calling all high school and college students! Get ready to launch your career with NASA! ?? Join NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration OSTEM for their upcoming Internships Virtual Webinar on Thursday, October 17, 2024, from 4–5 pm EST to learn more about the exciting opportunities. Please share the opportunity with your networks! NASA’s Office of STEM Engagement (OSTEM) paid internships allow high school and college-level students to contribute to the agency’s mission to advance science, technology, aeronautics, and space exploration. OSTEM internships offer students an opportunity to gain practical work experience while working side-by-side with mentors who are research scientists, engineers, and individuals from many other professions. Internships may be full time or part time; and, they may be on a NASA center or facility, or even working from your home or dorm. Join the NASA team and gain valuable on-the-job experience, build your resume, and strengthen your career readiness. They offer three sessions annually, so visit the website linked below for opportunities. 2025 Internship Application Deadlines: Summer 2025: Feb. 28, 2025 Fall 2025: May 16, 2025 ?? Link to webinar: https://lnkd.in/gbgfYy4h ?? Learn more about the internship program: https://lnkd.in/dR2nc57U

NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration and IBM release open-source #AI model for #weather and #climate applications Developed with contributions from Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the model is available in open source to the scientific, developer and business communities, and offers a flexible, scalable way to address a variety of challenges related to short-term weather as well as long-term climate projection. ? "Advancing NASA's Earth science for the benefit of humanity means delivering actionable science in ways that are useful to people, organizations and communities. The rapid changes we're witnessing on our home planet demand this strategy to meet the urgency of the moment," said Karen St. Germain, director of the Earth Science Division of #NASA's Science Mission Directorate. "This space has seen the emergence of large AI models that focus on a fixed data set and single use case – primarily forecasting. We have designed our weather and climate foundation model to go beyond such limitations so that it can be tuned to a variety of inputs and uses," said Dr. Juan Bernabe Moreno, director of IBM Research Europe (UK and Ireland) and IBM's accelerated discovery lead for climate and sustainability. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/ezMWTmp4 #Meteorology #Climate #ClimateChange #Science #Weather #Data #Forecasts #Environment #Technology #MetTechWorldExpo #MetTechExpoNA #ukimediaevents

NASA Acres and NASA Harvest challenge YOU to leverage Earth observation (#EO) data to help farmers manage water-related concerns, like flooding and droughts. ?? ?? ?? NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration's International Space Apps Challenge invites participants to use their ingenuity and skills to propose new technologies, find actionable use for data, and inspire learning and innovation through storytelling, software development, and more. Think you have what it takes? Check out this video to more about our challenge statement and how to participate ? https://lnkd.in/gHQEpG_M

"While policy leaders around the world are pushing to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions at an unprecedented speed, the science is still working to catch up, at least when it comes to measuring carbon sequestration rates and emissions at the farm level. The conventional way of measuring carbon is to look at what is currently stored in the soil, but Dr. Kaiyu Guan of the University of Illinois and his team, with funding provided by the Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research (FFAR), FoodShot Global, the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. National Science Foundation, are working on a project to approach carbon movement from a whole system approach." Read the full article by RealAgriculture here: ?? https://lnkd.in/gSAU97Sy

It was a joy to have our Exec. Director, Dr. Alyssa Whitcraft, kick off the WiA - Women in Agribusiness Summit today! The summit brings together people from across the #ag sector to learn from, grow with, and celebrate women leaders in the field. What a great start to the event; the future of ag is looking bright!?? #WIAS24

We are ? so proud ? to celebrate Dr. Alyssa Whitcraft, who was awarded the University of Maryland's prestigious Provost’s Excellence Award for Professional Track Faculty. This honor recognizes her outstanding contributions to research in satellite remote sensing for agriculture, both domestically and worldwide. ?? ?? As the former Deputy Director of NASA Harvest, a consortium that advances the adoption of Earth observations (EO) to benefit global food security, Dr. Whitcraft played a key role in the development of the Consortium from the ground up. Building on her success, Alyssa continues to lead in her role with NASA Acres, focusing on bridging cutting-edge #space technology with practical applications in U.S. #agriculture. ?She is also recognized for founding and directing the Harvest Sustainable and Regenerative Agriculture Initiative (SARA), which unites key stakeholders to build a robust evidence base for #SARA practices through the innovative use of EO data. Tatiana Loboda, Professor and Chair of the , praised Alyssa’s achievements, stating: "Her commitment to fostering interdisciplinary collaborations and mentoring the next generation of scientists has had a profound impact on our department, the university community, and the field of geographical sciences." We extend our sincere gratitude to the University of Maryland, President Darryll Pines, and Provost Jennifer Rice for recognizing Dr. Whitcraft with this well-deserved honor! ?? Photo Credit: University of Maryland

Have you checked out the GEOGLAM Crop Monitor's latest report? GEOGLAM (Group on Earth Observations Global Agricultural Monitoring)'s Crop Monitor provides a monthly, science-driven, comprehensive global overview of consensus crop conditions for all monitored regions and crops. Check out their newest report (and more than a decade of archived reports!) at https://lnkd.in/egPSK9Zh!

We are so excited to collaborate with Mathematica! By combining their deep evaluation & policy analysis expertise with our Earth observation-based evidence of climate impacts on agriculture, we can better understand effective intervention strategies & strengthen climate adaptation evidence. https://t.co/voiuv5ajwz

Save the date for USDA's 101st Annual Agricultural Outlook Forum February 27-28, 2025 in Arlington, VA! For more information about USDA’s Agricultural Outlook Forum and to view past programs, visit the Forum's website ?? https://lnkd.in/eS2bt8z