Laura E.P. Rocchio
@laura-rocchio.bsky.social
geographer, science writer, designer; always curious
co-author: Landsat's Enduring Legacy: Pioneering Global Land Observation from Space
co-author: Landsat's Enduring Legacy: Pioneering Global Land Observation from Space
Reposted by Laura E.P. Rocchio
Cutbacks have gutted the staff at NOAA’s Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, who work to protect the public from toxic algal blooms.
Severe spending limits have made it difficult to purchase ordinary equipment for processing samples, such as filters and containers.
Severe spending limits have made it difficult to purchase ordinary equipment for processing samples, such as filters and containers.
Millions of People Depend on the Great Lakes’ Water Supply. Trump Decimated the Lab Protecting It.
The Trump administration’s slashing of budgets and staff have Great Lakes scientists concerned that they have lost the ability to protect the public from toxic algal blooms, which can kill animals…
www.propublica.org
May 12, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Cutbacks have gutted the staff at NOAA’s Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, who work to protect the public from toxic algal blooms.
Severe spending limits have made it difficult to purchase ordinary equipment for processing samples, such as filters and containers.
Severe spending limits have made it difficult to purchase ordinary equipment for processing samples, such as filters and containers.
Reposted by Laura E.P. Rocchio
A coalition of organizations has assessed how locally produced maps stack up against global open-access data sets to evaluate deforestation in the context of cocoa production. The assessment will be useful for cocoa producers as they work toward compliance with the EUDR.
Hybrid mapping method key to EUDR cocoa compliance, study finds
A coalition of organizations has assessed how locally produced maps stack up against global open-access data sets to evaluate deforestation in the context of cocoa production. The assessment will be…
news.mongabay.com
May 8, 2025 at 3:40 AM
A coalition of organizations has assessed how locally produced maps stack up against global open-access data sets to evaluate deforestation in the context of cocoa production. The assessment will be useful for cocoa producers as they work toward compliance with the EUDR.
During my time as a #Landsat science writer, some of my favorite stories were Q&As with artists. Here are some highlights: landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/article/arti...
Artist Grayson Cooke Explores the Forces that Shape Earth with Landsat | Landsat Science
By Laura E.P. Rocchio Grayson Cooke Artist “Open Air” is a media project of Australia-based artist Grayson Cooke that features Landsat 8 imagery as it explores how time and elemental forces work toget...
landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov
April 25, 2025 at 6:53 AM
During my time as a #Landsat science writer, some of my favorite stories were Q&As with artists. Here are some highlights: landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/article/arti...
Reposted by Laura E.P. Rocchio
Have you found your name in #Landsat? 🤔🛰️ Check out a new Q&A to learn how the Landsat outreach team sourced the letters, developed the interactive, and now utilize the tool to highlight the mission’s important contributions to society.
go.nasa.gov/3CTYFXL
#GISchat
go.nasa.gov/3CTYFXL
#GISchat
December 3, 2024 at 6:25 PM
Have you found your name in #Landsat? 🤔🛰️ Check out a new Q&A to learn how the Landsat outreach team sourced the letters, developed the interactive, and now utilize the tool to highlight the mission’s important contributions to society.
go.nasa.gov/3CTYFXL
#GISchat
go.nasa.gov/3CTYFXL
#GISchat
Reposted by Laura E.P. Rocchio
Virginia Norwood, key Landsat pioneer, recognized by the National Inventors Hall of Fame this year: go.nasa.gov/4gbjX0Z
January 24, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Virginia Norwood, key Landsat pioneer, recognized by the National Inventors Hall of Fame this year: go.nasa.gov/4gbjX0Z
After 25 years of sharing #Landsat stories as a NASA contractor, I am now a freelance writer. My second-to-last story for the Landsat was a Q&A with longtime calibration scientist, Brian Markham—one of the first people I met at GSFC & an all-around good human: landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/article/data...
Data as Good as it Gets: A Discussion with Brian Markham | Landsat Science
Why do we calibrate Landsat data? We spoke with Brian Markham, a key figure of Landsat calibration science for four decades. He said that it all comes down to this: "If we're using a system to quantif...
landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov
April 25, 2025 at 5:45 AM
After 25 years of sharing #Landsat stories as a NASA contractor, I am now a freelance writer. My second-to-last story for the Landsat was a Q&A with longtime calibration scientist, Brian Markham—one of the first people I met at GSFC & an all-around good human: landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/article/data...