US Satellites to Help Mekong River Region Deal with Climate Change

U.S. satellite imagery from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is expected to soon begin helping the roughly 60 million people living in the Lower Mekong River Basin of Southeast Asia to deal with natural disasters and the challenges of climate change. The project adds to NASA’s existing programs that already help communities in South America, Africa and South Asia.   The five-year U.S.-led project brings together the Lower Mekong nations of Myanmar, Laos,...

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