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.
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.
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.
Through SERVIR, USAID and NASA play a key role in supporting the President’s Emergency Plan for Adaptation and Resilience (PREPARE). Our work was recently highlighted in the new White House publication “Helping the World PREPARE: A Primer on U.S. International Adaptation and Resilience.”
Community-based Flood Early Warning Systems (CBFEWS) demonstrate the power of demand-driven climate adaptation and its ability to deliver real impacts that save lives and protect livelihoods.
|Erica Kriner, Dorah Nesoba
Learn more about how the SERVIR network works to make geospatial information technologies and professions more gender responsive and inclusive.