NASA Earth’s Applied Sciences Program Continues Its Commitment to Public Health on One Health Day 2018
On One Health Day, and every day, NASA Earth is committed to collaborative projects that apply Earth science satellite imagery and data to encourage community engagement in environmental and public health issues. The international campaign, celebrated annually on November 3rd, gives us special reason to celebrate our commitment to the One Health concept and rally support for this type of critical problem-solving. By encouraging public engagement from a wide range of disciplines, we support the One Health Day campaign in promoting the development of transdisciplinary projects that address health threats to humans, animals, and the environment. Here are a few recent examples of public health projects from NASA Earth’s Applied Sciences Program that highlight how we are Making Space for Earth. Preventing Heat-Related Illnesses in New York Heat-related illnesses and deaths result from the body’s inability to cool itself during extreme temperatures. Scientists used the NASA-sponsored North American Land Data Assimilation System (NLDAS)...