A Steep Climb to Cleaner Air in South Asia
NASA atmospheric scientists and the SERVIR program are working to help keep communities breathing easy in the Hindu Kush and Himalayan mountain ranges.
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NASA atmospheric scientists and the SERVIR program are working to help keep communities breathing easy in the Hindu Kush and Himalayan mountain ranges.
This service improves air quality monitoring through a web-based dashboard that was developed that utilizes publicly available observation data, satellite-based remote sensing products, and atmospheric models.
The 53rd annual Earth Day was on April 22, 2023. To mark the occasion SERVIR colleagues across the globe shared their reflections on caring for the Earth, climate change and other environmental issues.
The Agro-met Advisory Service for National/Local level Planning in Nepal and Bangladesh integrates weather and climate data with information about agriculture practices to provide data analysis support to the professionals responsible for developing agro-met advisory services for government structures and farmers.
The Resilient Forest Management in Nepal is designed to assess the current state of forest ecosystems, identify the drivers of change, and explore suitable adaptation and mitigation measures.
Nestled in between soaring green mountains, Guatemala’s Lake Atitlán is renowned as one of the most beautiful lakes in the world. It has also been under threat by massive blooms of algae clotting its pristine waters. In 2009 and 2015, massive “blooms” of algae threatened to cause severe ecological damage.
|Jacob Ramthun, SERVIR Science Coordination Office
In the low-lying Terai region of Nepal, fields of emerald green rice sweep across the landscape as far as the eye can see. Villages dot the region, which produces the majority of Nepal’s rice.
|Meryl Kruskopf and Jacob Ramthun, SERVIR Science Coordination Office
Between January 1st and June 16, 2023, Nepal experienced 118% more forest fires than it had in all of 2022.
Learn how the SERVIR program is harnessing the power of science and technology for development in this two minute video narrated by NASA Astronaut Mae Jemison.
SERIR uses a "service" approach to identifying and addressing climate challenges.