Articles & Stories SERVIR Applied Sciences Team helping African countries track and protect forests With a growing population, increased demand for agricultural land and fuel wood are depleting Africa's forests. April 29, 2016
Blog SERVIR "SWAAT" team helping water resource managers in Africa With floods and droughts as two of the most catastrophic natural disasters in the regions it serves, SERVIR strives to be on the cutting edge in addressing challenges related to water. April 8, 2016
Articles & Stories Using NASA data to fight vector-borne disease where it starts SERVIR Applied Sciences Team members Pietro Ceccato and Erika Podest are proving that space is a good vantage point for fighting deadly diseases. April 2, 2016
Articles & Stories Protecting Kenya's Tea Crop and Livelihoods Kenya ranks third in the world in yearly tea production. Susan Malaso Kotikot, a native of Kenya who came to the U.S. a year and a half ago to accept a graduate research assistantship and work with SERVIR, wants to help mitigate crop damage by frost – and protect the livelihoods of many Kenyans. February 20, 2016
Articles & Stories Investigating Lemthang Tsho (Lake) outburst in Bhutan On 28 June 2015, around 7 pm local time, a yak herder in Bhutan witnessed an alarming spectacle: a glacial lake outburst flood, or GLOF. He looked on as water from Lemthang Tsho (Memari) Lake, which had filled beyond capacity, burst over its embankment. August 26, 2015