South Africa’s Greater Cape Floristic Region is a biodiversity hotspot. 🌿 NASA satellites and airborne tools are being used in an international effort, known as BioSCape, to better understand the region’s unique ecosystems. go.nasa.gov/487aYKp

Happy Valentine’s Day from these love birds and everyone at BioSCape! African Penguins (Spheniscus demersus) are monogamous meaning they breed with the same partner for their whole life. The parents take turns incubating the eggs and feeding the chicks once they are hatched.

Do you want to bring together a local community of space & science enthusiasts? Then join NASA International Space Apps Challenge as a Local Lead! Local Leads organize a collaborative Local Event for a city or town to participate in the NASA #SpaceApps Challenge. Are you in? Apply: bit.ly/42DHEK

Check out the Stories of How Women Have Been Empowered Through the Use of Earth Observations webinar hosted by GEO EDI. During the webinar, Nasiphi Ngcoliso, a BioSCape collaborator, will share her story and work with SANSA. Visit blb.as/geo-edi-webina… to learn more!

Celebrating all the extraordinary women involved with BioSCape today and every day! #InternationalWomensDay

Just in – data from our newest Earth-observing satellite, PACE! With PACE data, scientists can study microscopic life in the ocean and particles in the air, allowing us to monitor ocean health, air pollution, and impacts of climate change. More: go.nasa.gov/4aNNGe2

Everything's better with friends — including selfies! NASA’s Orion spacecraft captured this photo Nov. 2022. It shows off our Blue Marble’s precious water. 💧 Celebrate #EarthDay by sharing a #GlobalSelfie with us – and bonus points if it’s near water!

Happy #EarthDay! Check out this #GlobalSelfie of Algoa Bay in South Africa taken from the NASA GIII. Last fall, BioSCape utilized the AVIRIS-NG and PRISM instruments to study aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems of the bay. Learn more about the project at bioscape.io

Jasper Slingsby, BioSCape co-I and South African Lead based at UCT, took part in the CapeNature #ConservationReview a couple weeks ago. He presented an update on BioSCape and participated in panel discussions on fire and invasive species management.

And our second partner event for #BlackMammalogists week! Join us on Friday 9/20 (12pm PT/3pm ET) to learn how to get involved in NASA PANGEA, an int'l effort to scope a field campaign about tropical forests on a changing planet. 🌍 🛰️ Register here: tinyurl.com/BMW2024pangea