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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
Kristina Pistone on what it’s like to work as a climate scientist
Kristina Pistone on what it’s like to work as a climate scientist
In this episode we hear from climate scientist Kristina Pistone about her research, her role on the sustainability commission for the city…
Erin Bregman
Oct 4, 2022
Solar flares and the mysteries of the Sun — A conversation with Vanessa Polito
Solar flares and the mysteries of the Sun — A conversation with Vanessa Polito
Vanessa Polito is a heliophysics researcher with the Bay Area Environmental Research Institute. Originally from Italy, her work focuses on…
Erin Bregman
Aug 19, 2022
The researchers ready for the James Webb Space Telescope
The researchers ready for the James Webb Space Telescope
Part II: An interview with Jesse Bregman
Erin Bregman
Jul 5, 2022
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The researchers ready for the James Webb Space Telescope
The researchers ready for the James Webb Space Telescope
Part I: An interview with Taylor Bell
Erin Bregman
Jul 5, 2022
What does science mean to you?
What does science mean to you?
For this bonus episode of For the Love of Science, 14 current and alumni researchers at the Bay Area Environmental Research Institute…
Erin Bregman
Feb 2, 2022
Alex Sehlke on the next generation of space exploration, collecting water on the Moon, and making…
Alex Sehlke on the next generation of space exploration, collecting water on the Moon, and making…
Dr. Alex Sehlke is a geologist working for BAERI at NASA Ames Research Center. He brings his background of volcanology and field work to…
Erin Bregman
Oct 13, 2021
Exoplanets! — Part 2
Exoplanets! — Part 2
This two-part series is all about exoplanets, planets outside of our solar system, and how they and the stars they orbit are a key part of…
Erin Bregman
Oct 12, 2021
Exoplanets! — Part 1
Exoplanets! — Part 1
This two-part series is all about exoplanets, planets outside of our solar system, and how they and the stars they orbit are a key part of…
Erin Bregman
Oct 12, 2021
The people helping make Earth Science research possible
The people helping make Earth Science research possible
In this episode we speak with two team members of NASA’s Earth Science Project Office (ESPO), and learn about the essential, behind the…
Erin Bregman
Jul 13, 2021
NASA’s Student Airborne Research Program: A unique NASA internship
NASA’s Student Airborne Research Program: A unique NASA internship
In this episode Dr. Emily Schaller talks about running SARP, a unique NASA internship that gives undergraduate students hands-on experience…
Erin Bregman
May 13, 2021
Accelerating Minority Representation in the Geosciences: A discussion with Dr. Susan Hoban
Accelerating Minority Representation in the Geosciences: A discussion with Dr. Susan Hoban
An introduction to SaSa (The Student Airborne Science Activation Program, or “now” in Kiswahili) was published last week on nasa.gov, in…
Erin Bregman
Apr 9, 2021
Connecting Tribal Lands with NASA Remote Sensing Data
Connecting Tribal Lands with NASA Remote Sensing Data
Remote sensing is a powerful tool — it can be used to map the topography of the ocean floor, track the ash plume of an erupting volcano…
Erin Bregman
Feb 26, 2021
In Conversation, Scientists at BAERI: Dr. Juan Torres-Perez
In Conversation, Scientists at BAERI: Dr. Juan Torres-Perez
Dr. Juan Torres-Perez is a coral reef biologist working for BAERI at NASA Ames Research Center. Originally from Puerto Rico, he works at…
Erin Bregman
Jan 14, 2021
Kepler’s Guest Observer Office made it possible for anyone to discover a planet
Kepler’s Guest Observer Office made it possible for anyone to discover a planet
For the Love of Science — Episode 1
Erin Bregman
Nov 9, 2020
Climate scientist Samuel LeBlanc is working to reduce of the biggest uncertainties in climate…
Climate scientist Samuel LeBlanc is working to reduce of the biggest uncertainties in climate…
As complex as they are, climate models do an impressively good job at modeling the Earth’s past, present, and future climate. The first…
Erin Bregman
Oct 5, 2020
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