Barry Lefer
@barrylefer.bsky.social
Happy to show off NISAR first light images. Congratulations to all the NISAR team members!
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NASA-ISRO Satellite Sends First Radar Images of Earth’s Surface - NASA
The NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) Earth-observing radar satellite’s first images of our planet’s surface are in, and they offer a glimpse of
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September 25, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Happy to show off NISAR first light images. Congratulations to all the NISAR team members!
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🚨🚨 New tenure track position in #ConservationBiology @oberlincollege.bsky.social in the #Biology department--come join us, and contribute to our brand new Environmental Science major too! #biologyjobs #ecologyjobs
jobs.oberlin.edu/postings/16671
jobs.oberlin.edu/postings/16671
Assistant Professor of Biology
The Biology Department at Oberlin College invites applications for a full-time tenure track faculty position in the College of Arts and Sciences in conservation ecology. Initial appointment to this po...
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August 5, 2025 at 4:24 PM
🚨🚨 New tenure track position in #ConservationBiology @oberlincollege.bsky.social in the #Biology department--come join us, and contribute to our brand new Environmental Science major too! #biologyjobs #ecologyjobs
jobs.oberlin.edu/postings/16671
jobs.oberlin.edu/postings/16671
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Bill McKibben's new book HERE COMES THE SUN will be in stores on 8/19. You can read an excerpt from it now in the New Yorker.
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Among all the big bad things happening on our planet, there's one Big Good Thing, the sudden, startling rise of solar energy.
It changes the power dynamic, in every sense of the word 'power.'
www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
It changes the power dynamic, in every sense of the word 'power.'
www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
4.6 Billion Years On, the Sun Is Having a Moment
In the past two years, without much notice, solar power has begun to truly transform the world’s energy system.
www.newyorker.com
July 10, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Bill McKibben's new book HERE COMES THE SUN will be in stores on 8/19. You can read an excerpt from it now in the New Yorker.
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Some very cool work led by @ncas-uk.bsky.social looking at emissions from sustainable aviation fuel with lots of collaborators mentioned in the article.
Our scientists are conducting a first-of-its-kind UK experiment by flying our research aircraft just 60m behind another aircraft to measure emissions from sustainable aviation fuel.
Read the story:
ncas.ac.uk/scientists-l...
Read the story:
ncas.ac.uk/scientists-l...
UK’s first sustainable aviation fuel emissions “chase” experiment - NCAS
Scientists are measuring pollutants from different aviation fuels, by conducting a chase experiment with two aircraft.
ncas.ac.uk
May 15, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Some very cool work led by @ncas-uk.bsky.social looking at emissions from sustainable aviation fuel with lots of collaborators mentioned in the article.
From NASA Earth Data: A new NASA Multi-Angle Imager for Aerosols (MAIA) Surface Monitor dataset provides ground-based measurements of total PM2.5, total PM10, and chemically speciated PM2.5 at various locations within MAIA's globally distributed set of Primary Target Areas.
go.nasa.gov/4jgvoaz
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ASDC | MAIA Surface Monitor Data Product Announcement
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January 5, 2025 at 12:16 PM
From NASA Earth Data: A new NASA Multi-Angle Imager for Aerosols (MAIA) Surface Monitor dataset provides ground-based measurements of total PM2.5, total PM10, and chemically speciated PM2.5 at various locations within MAIA's globally distributed set of Primary Target Areas.
go.nasa.gov/4jgvoaz
go.nasa.gov/4jgvoaz
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Feasibility test of per-flight contrail avoidance in commercial aviation
Feasibility test of per-flight contrail avoidance in commercial aviation - Communications Engineering
Vapour trails (contrails) from aircraft make a substantial contribution to aviation’s climate impact. Here we execute a per-flight contrail avoidance feasibility test through altitude adjustments base...
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December 21, 2024 at 1:35 PM
Feasibility test of per-flight contrail avoidance in commercial aviation
U.S. GHG emissions from coal scheduled to decline www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
The U.S. just took its biggest step yet to end coal mining
The Biden administration’s decision ends new leasing in the Powder River Basin in Wyoming and Montana, the nation’s biggest coal-producing region.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 17, 2024 at 12:25 PM
U.S. GHG emissions from coal scheduled to decline www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
The NASA Airborne and Satellite Investigation of Asian Air Quality (ASIA-AQ) is finishing up flights in Thailand over the next serval days. Excited to be working with our international partners and begin to analyze this amazing dataset. thethaiger.com/hot-news/env...
NASA and GISTDA team up to clear the air with ASIA-AQ project
NASA has joined forces with Thailand's GISTDA to tackle the pervasive issue of air pollution through the ASIA-AQ project
thethaiger.com
March 21, 2024 at 12:19 PM
The NASA Airborne and Satellite Investigation of Asian Air Quality (ASIA-AQ) is finishing up flights in Thailand over the next serval days. Excited to be working with our international partners and begin to analyze this amazing dataset. thethaiger.com/hot-news/env...
PM2.5 Impacts Brain Health www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
Air pollution tied to signs of Alzheimer’s in brain tissue, study finds
It’s the latest in a growing body of research that shows a link between air pollution and cognitive decline.
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February 24, 2024 at 7:30 PM
PM2.5 Impacts Brain Health www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
Potential health benefits of EV shift grist.org/transportati...
The EV shift could prevent millions of childhood asthma attacks
For children living near U.S. highways, a transition to zero-emission electric vehicles will mean reduced exposure to dangerous exhaust.
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February 21, 2024 at 10:46 PM
Potential health benefits of EV shift grist.org/transportati...
Solar being added to federal buildings.
www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2024/01/pent...
www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2024/01/pent...
Pentagon and more federal buildings are adding solar to their campuses
The Dept. of Energy recently announced $104 million for energy conservation and clean energy projects at 31 federal facilities, including a new solar
www.solarpowerworldonline.com
January 25, 2024 at 2:44 AM
Solar being added to federal buildings.
www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2024/01/pent...
www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2024/01/pent...
EVs make sense for USPS electrek.co/2024/01/23/u...
US Postal Service rolls out first EV charging stations
The US Postal Service just unveiled one of many EV charging stations that will power up its new electric fleet of 66K vehicles.
electrek.co
January 24, 2024 at 12:06 AM
EVs make sense for USPS electrek.co/2024/01/23/u...
New EPA PM2.5 rule.
New EPA rule could save 4,200 lives a year. Industry warns it could cost Biden his reelection.
Business groups say the stricter standard on particulate pollution could hurt manufacturing jobs in states key to President Biden’s reelection chances.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 19, 2024 at 10:48 PM
New EPA PM2.5 rule.
Greenhouse Gas Graduate Students and Postdocs, see this summer school opportunity (applications due 31 January) www.cira.colostate.edu/conferences/...
CIRA - Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere » Summer School for Inverse Modeling of...
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January 18, 2024 at 12:04 AM
Greenhouse Gas Graduate Students and Postdocs, see this summer school opportunity (applications due 31 January) www.cira.colostate.edu/conferences/...
Applications are due 31 January!
NASA Student Airborne Research Program (SARP), an 8-week summer undergraduate internship program. With a NASA flying science laboratory, students acquire hands-on research experience in all aspects of a scientific campaign. science.nasa.gov/earth-scienc...
NASA Student Airborne Research Program (SARP), an 8-week summer undergraduate internship program. With a NASA flying science laboratory, students acquire hands-on research experience in all aspects of a scientific campaign. science.nasa.gov/earth-scienc...
Student Airborne Research Program - NASA Science
An eight-week immersive summer internship for undergraduates to gain hands-on research experience.
science.nasa.gov
January 12, 2024 at 12:53 PM
Applications are due 31 January!
NASA Student Airborne Research Program (SARP), an 8-week summer undergraduate internship program. With a NASA flying science laboratory, students acquire hands-on research experience in all aspects of a scientific campaign. science.nasa.gov/earth-scienc...
NASA Student Airborne Research Program (SARP), an 8-week summer undergraduate internship program. With a NASA flying science laboratory, students acquire hands-on research experience in all aspects of a scientific campaign. science.nasa.gov/earth-scienc...
NASA Funding Opportunity: Community Action for Equity and Environmental Justice.
NASA seeks to advance EEJ the creation of tools that integrate Earth science and socio-economic information to address environmental justice issues. Look here for more information: nspires.nasaprs.com/external/sol...
NASA seeks to advance EEJ the creation of tools that integrate Earth science and socio-economic information to address environmental justice issues. Look here for more information: nspires.nasaprs.com/external/sol...
NSPIRES - Solicitations Summary
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January 11, 2024 at 9:10 PM
NASA Funding Opportunity: Community Action for Equity and Environmental Justice.
NASA seeks to advance EEJ the creation of tools that integrate Earth science and socio-economic information to address environmental justice issues. Look here for more information: nspires.nasaprs.com/external/sol...
NASA seeks to advance EEJ the creation of tools that integrate Earth science and socio-economic information to address environmental justice issues. Look here for more information: nspires.nasaprs.com/external/sol...
Hawaii shutdown their last coal power plant and replaced it with a large battery. bit.ly/48r663D
A huge battery has replaced Hawaii's last coal plant
Plus Power’s Kapolei battery is officially online. The pioneering project is a leading example of how to shift crucial grid functions from fossil-fueled plants to clean energy.
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January 10, 2024 at 11:11 PM
Hawaii shutdown their last coal power plant and replaced it with a large battery. bit.ly/48r663D
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Some NASA Air Quality stories (and resources) can be found here: science.nasa.gov/earth/explor...
Air Quality - NASA Science
NASA satellites, along with airborne and ground-based sensors, are constantly collecting data on major pollutants in our atmosphere.
science.nasa.gov
January 4, 2024 at 1:16 PM
Some NASA Air Quality stories (and resources) can be found here: science.nasa.gov/earth/explor...
Shorter corn could reduce Nitrogen pollution www.science.org/content/arti...
How shrinking corn could help farmers—and the environment
Plants bred or engineered to be shorter resist windstorms and may bring higher yields and reduce pesticide use
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January 4, 2024 at 1:14 PM
Shorter corn could reduce Nitrogen pollution www.science.org/content/arti...
Benzene from petrochemical industry is still a problem for those living along the Gulf Coast wapo.st/3NR8OHb
Many on Gulf Coast say time is running out for EPA to act on toxic air
The Biden administration vowed to protect Gulf Coast communities from dangerous pollution. But refineries continue to exceed safe levels.
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January 4, 2024 at 1:13 PM
Benzene from petrochemical industry is still a problem for those living along the Gulf Coast wapo.st/3NR8OHb