National Aeronautics and Space Administration

News and Announcements Archive

• Fall American Geophysical Union
  Date: Dec. 14-18, 2015       Location: San Francisco, CA
  View Carbon Monitoring System and Applications Session Posters
  Monday, Dec. 14, 08:00 - 12:20: Moscone South - Poster Hall View
  View Carbon Monitoring System and Applications Session Talks
  Monday, Dec. 14, 13:40-15:40: Moscone West - 3008 
  View 2015 Fall AGU sessions relevant to Carbon Cycle Science
• NASA’s Carbon Mapper – Live Demo/Feedback Opportunity for Stakeholder
  Date: Thursday, December 10, 2015
  Time: 1:00 pm Pacific (4:00 pm Eastern)
  NASA’s Carbon Mapper web tool was developed as part of the “Understanding User Needs” project for NASA’s Carbon Monitoring System program. This beta version highlights several exemplar CMS data sets spanning the earth’s atmosphere, land and oceans. These data sets range from global to local scales and offer insight into natural and anthropogenic CO2 and methane emission sources, CO2 sinks, and carbon associated with forest biomass. More >>
• NASA Holds Media Briefing on Carbon’s Role in Earth’s Future Climate: Noon EST Nov. 12 >>
• CMS Applications Policy Speaker Lunch Series #17 ANNOUNCEMENT
  Speaker: Amy Holm, Director of Programs & Operations at The Climate Registry
  NASA GSFC H114, Tuesday, November 10th at Noon ET
  View Past Policy Speaker Series
• NASA’s Carbon Mapper Web Tool has been released!
  Date: November 9, 2015 
  Developed as part of the “Understanding User Needs” project, this beta version highlights several exemplar CMS data sets spanning the Earth’s atmosphere, land and oceans. These data sets range from global to local scales and offer insight into natural and anthropogenic CO2 and methane emission sources, CO2 sinks, and carbon associated with forest biomass. More Information
• New Terrestrial Ecology Program Manager: Hank Margolis
• Upcoming Atmospheric Validation WG Telecons
  Please contact Heather Graven for call-in details
  All telecons: 10am Pacific Time
  October 28, 2015: CANCELLED
• CMS Applications Policy Speaker Lunch Series #16 RECORDING AND SLIDES
  Speaker: Tom Wirth GHG Inventory Coordinator—AFOLU at US EPA Climate Change Division
  NASA GSFC H114, Tuesday, October 21st at Noon ET
• 2015 NASA/ISRO SAR (NISAR) Mission Applications Workshop: Linking The Applied Science Community to Mission Data
  Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at 8:00 AM - Thursday, October 15, 2015 at 5:00 PM (PDT) at NASA AMES
  NASA Civil Servants, Contractors, and JPL employees note the NCTS tracking number is 23364-16.
• CMS Applications Policy Speaker Lunch Series #15 RECORDING AND SLIDES
  Speaker: Ben Ratner, Senior Manager at Environmental Defense Fund
  NASA GSFC H114, Tuesday, September 22nd at Noon ET
• Atmospheric Validation WG Telecon
  "Comparing uncertainty estimates in global CO2 inversions"
  David Baker and Junjie Liu
  June 24, 10am Pacific
  Please contact h.graven@imperial.ac.uk for call-in details
• CMS Applications Policy Speaker Lunch Series #14 RECORDING AND SLIDES
  The 20x20 Land Restoration Initiative in Latin America: Opportunity for Cooperation with NASA
  Speakers: Walter Vergara, Senior Fellow at World Resources Institute
  NASA GSFC H114, Tuesday, June 16th at Noon ET
  View Past Policy Speaker Series
• CMS Applications Policy Speaker Lunch Series #13 RECORDING AND SLIDES
  Ocean Acidification Effects in Maryland Waters: Assessment, Findings and Recommendations
  Speaker: Eric Schwaab, Senior VP/Chief Conservation Officer of the National Aquarium
  NASA GSFC H114, Tuesday, May 26th at Noon ET
  View Past Policy Speaker Series
• CMS Applications Policy Speaker Lunch Series #12 RECORDING AND SLIDES
  When New Carbon Markets and New Technologies Meet
  Speakers: Kevin Townsend, Chief Commercial Officer and Jeff Cole, Vice President of Portfolio Development of Blue Source
  NASA GSFC H114, Wednesday, April 15 at Noon ET
• CMS Applications Policy Speaker Lunch Series #11 RECORDING AND SLIDES
  Using Remotely Sensed Data to Inform Chesapeake Bay Restoration Policy Decisions
  Speaker: Peter Claggett of U.S. Geographical Survey & Chesapeake Bay Program Office
  NASA GSFC H114, Tuesday, March 24 at Noon ET
• CMS Applications Policy Speaker Lunch Series #10 RECORDING AND SLIDES
  "The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative: A Transparent, Simplistic, and Cost-Effective Approach to Reducing Power Sector Greenhouse Gas Emissions"
  Speaker: Marissa Paslick of Maryland Public Service Commission
  NASA GSFC H114, Wednesday, December 3, Noon EST
• 2014 CMS Progress Report: NASA Carbon Monitoring System: Prototype Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification, Progress Report and Future Plans, October 2014 [PDF]
• CMS Applications Policy Speaker Lunch Series #9 RECORDING AND SLIDES
  "Climate and Conservation: Tools and data at the scale of land use decision-making"
  Speakers: Tom Robinson & Karen Gaffney, Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation and Open Space District
  NASA GSFC H114, Thursday, November 20th, at 12pm EST (Live webcast from Sonoma County, California)
• USDA GHG Methods Report: USDA’s report on scientific methods for entity-scale GHG inventory details
• 2014 Proposal Selections Announced for NASA ROSES-2014: Carbon Monitoring System: Continuing Prototype Product Development, Research, and Scoping
• Solving the Mysteries of Carbon Dioxide from The Earth Institute at Columbia University
• CMS Applications Policy Speaker Series #8 RECORDING AND SLIDES
  "Blue Carbon: A transformational tool for marine management and conservation globally"
  Speakers: Emily Pidgeon, Senior Director of Conservation International’s Strategic Marine Initiatives
  NASA GSFC, October 14th, 2014
  
• CMS Data & Products Fact Sheet [updated 03/20/14, version 2]
  The Fact Sheet, which provides an overview of the planned outcomes of 35 projects that were funded in 2012 and 2013 (Phase 2), is now available. Check back regularly for updated versions.
• CMS Applications Policy Speaker Series #7 RECORDING AND SLIDES
  "Maryland Department of Natural Resources Applications Using LiDAR Data: The Big Picture" & "Better Forest Management Decisions Using LiDAR Products"
  Speakers: Christine Conn, Director of Integrated Policy and Review, & Rob Feldt, Forester MD Dept. of Natural Resources NASA GSFC, September 25th, 2014
• ROSES-14 Amendment 23 changes the name and reduces the scope of  A.19, Science Team for the OCO Missions
  
• CMS Applications Policy Speaker Lunch Series #6
  "Protection in the Tropics: Reference Levels and MRV – Remote Sensing, In-Situ or Both?"
  Jeremy Freund, Vice President of Carbon Development Wildlife Works Carbon
  NASA GSFC, July 8, 2014  RECORDING AND SLIDES
• CMS Applications Policy Speaker Lunch Series #5
  "Boundary Processes in the Development of Phoenix's Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory for Operations" Nalini Chhetri, Climate Change Science Manager, Senior Sustainability Manager
  Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability
  NASA GSFC, June 18, 2014 RECORDING AND SLIDES
• CMS Applications Policy Speaker Lunch Series #4
  "Methane in the Inventory of the U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks"
  Speaker: Melissa Weitz, Environmental Protection Specialist, Climate Change Division, U.S. EPA
  NASA GSFC, May 27, 2014 RECORDING AND SLIDES
  
• The Third National Climate Assessment is out! http://nca2014.globalchange.gov
• ROSES-14 Amendment 14 releases the final text for
  A.7 Carbon Monitoring System: Continuing Prototype Product Development, Research, and Scoping
  
• Belmont Forum Call for Proposals: Arctic Observing and Research for Sustainability
• CMS Applications Policy Speaker Lunch Series #3 
  "Ocean Acidification: Connecting Science with Those Who Need It"
  Speaker: Jeff Watters, Ocean Conservancy
  NASA GSFC, April 16, 2014  RECORDING AND SLIDES
• CMS Applications Policy Speaker Lunch Series #2
  "Representation of the terrestrial system in Integrated Assessment Models"
  Speaker: Katherine V. Calvin, Joint Global Change Research Institute
  NASA GSFC, March 27, 2014   RECORDING AND SLIDES
• CMS Applications Policy Speaker Lunch Series #1
  "Uncertainty is Political!"
  Speakers: Daniel Sarewitz and Mahmud Farooque, Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes
  NASA GSFC, January 27, 2014  RECORDING AND SLIDES
• SilvaCarbon Call for Proposals see details
• CMS Timeline added with links to Phase One Components see webpage
• ROSES 2014 Released: NASA's Science Mission Directorate announces the release of its annual omnibus solicitation, Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Science (ROSES) for 2014 on February 18, 2014. ROSES A.7 Carbon Monitoring System: Continuing Prototype Product Development, Research and Scoping. NOTICE: NASA intends to solicit research proposals under the Carbon Monitoring System element under ROSES-2014. The final text for this Appendix will be released as an amendment to ROSES-2014. Proposals will be due no earlier than 90 days after the release of the amendment.
• A Perspective on Carbon Monitoring: “Definition, Capabilities and Components of a Terrestrial Carbon Monitoring System”. publication
  
• The National Research Council will hold two workshops on risks and risk governance in shale gas development on May 30 – 31 and August 15 – 16. website
• The Global Carbon Budget 1959–2011 is published and all data archived.
• USGCRP Our Changing Planet Report Released: Research to benefit the Nation. website
• The 9th International Carbon Dioxide Conference, June 3-7, 2013, Beijing, China. website
• National Climate Assessment Report Draft released for public review. website
• NASA CMS Workshop Nov. 7-9, 2012, NASA GSFC. Contact Peter Griffith
• National Geographic September 2012 features WHRC's U.S. Forest Biomass Map produced by Kellndorfer-01, an NACP Project. website
• Report Warns of Rapid Decline in U.S. Earth Observation Capabilities; Next-Generation Missions Hindered by Budget Shortfalls, Launch Failures. website