Safely landing a human on the moon in 1969 and launching the Hubble Space Telescope in 1990 are only a few of the accomplishments that have established NASA as one of the leading space agencies of the world.  Now, over 80 science missions and countless other projects are under development at NASA, some led by teams of faculty and students at Boston University. 

Boston University professor of earth and environment Pontus Olofsson was awarded two grants from NASA on Friday to research forest degradation using satellite data.

Since BU released its Climate Action Plan in December 2017, several BU organizations have being working to keep the university on track to meet its goal of becoming carbon-neutral by 2040.

Scientists are increasingly omitting the term “climate change” in public grant proposals to avoid funding cuts from the Trump administration, according to a recent NPR analysis — a trend some...