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Happy 30th birthday, BAERI!
Happy 30th birthday, BAERI!
On March 26th, 1993, our founder Robert Bergstrom signed the official paperwork to create the Bay Area Environmental Research Institute…
Erin Bregman
Mar 27, 2023
Operation IceBridge: A Window Seat into Polar Observations
Operation IceBridge: A Window Seat into Polar Observations
Thirteen years, 15 aircraft, 968 flights, and nearly 5,000 flight hours: that’s the combined effort it took to monitor and collect data on…
Ian Watsky
Sep 11
How BAERI Alum Lucia Kleint Caught a Stellar Solar-Flare Observation
How BAERI Alum Lucia Kleint Caught a Stellar Solar-Flare Observation
No one could be certain that a flare would happen when and where it did. On March 29, 2014, BAERI alum Professor Lucia Kleint was…
Jane Berg
Jul 16
NASA’s Student Airborne Research Program Inspires the Next Generation of Scientists
NASA’s Student Airborne Research Program Inspires the Next Generation of Scientists
Despite my noise-canceling headset, the whirring engines are still very loud as NASA’s Airborne Science Program plane taxis away from the…
Jane Berg
Jun 20
Science Backstage: The Earth Science Project Office
Science Backstage: The Earth Science Project Office
Every Tuesday morning, members of the Earth Science Project Office gather around a conference room table at the NASA Ames Research Center…
Erin Bregman
Jun 18
Coral Reef Conservation through Fluid Lensing, Machine Learning, and Becoming a Sea Turtle
Coral Reef Conservation through Fluid Lensing, Machine Learning, and Becoming a Sea Turtle
A Daring Drone Delivery
Rachel Sender
Jun 18
In Memory of Sue Tolley (1942–2023)
In Memory of Sue Tolley (1942–2023)
In this year after Sue Tolley’s passing, we continue to remember and honor her nearly two decades with BAERI as a member of the NASA Earth…
Danielle Levin
Jun 7
Shadows & Greenness: Uncovering Satellite Biases in Viewing Earth’s Vegetation
Shadows & Greenness: Uncovering Satellite Biases in Viewing Earth’s Vegetation
For decades, scientists have used satellite data to assess the health and greenness of Earth’s vegetation. These data have influenced our…
BAER Institute
Dec 8, 2023
Sharing Earth Knowledge: The Indigenous Peoples Initiative
Sharing Earth Knowledge: The Indigenous Peoples Initiative
The first photo taken from space was captured by a rocket-borne camera launched from New Mexico in October 1946. It showed a grainy…
Jane Berg
Nov 29, 2023
Learning from the Dust: BAERI’s Courtney Batterson and Martian Research
Learning from the Dust: BAERI’s Courtney Batterson and Martian Research
When BAERI’s Courtney Batterson was a child growing up in Minnesota, she was fascinated by storms — not only the tornados for which the…
Jane Berg
Nov 8, 2023
What Can We Learn From Remote Sensing Data?
What Can We Learn From Remote Sensing Data?
Extreme and unpredictable weather patterns are quickly becoming the new normal — intense heat, flooding, tornadoes, and wildfires have…
Rachel Sender
Nov 3, 2023
Climate Projections Detail Future Risks for Many People Worldwide
Climate Projections Detail Future Risks for Many People Worldwide
A recent study, built to enable local action, illustrates the extreme climate effects of 2°C of warming
BAER Institute
Aug 10, 2023
How to Build a Research Institute, in 30 Short Years
How to Build a Research Institute, in 30 Short Years
By Erin Bregman and Danielle Levin
BAER Institute
Aug 3, 2023
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