Waleed Abdalati

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Waleed Abdalati, director of the Cooperative Institute for Research In Environmental Sciences (CIRES), told The Hill that about 30 days before the institute was slated to run out of funds to pay the scientists in question, “we were informed that NOAA has put a pause on all grant actions.”

Waleed Abdalati, director of CIRES at ̽����Ƶ, testified on July 16 before the Environment Subcommittee of the U.S. House Science, Space, and Technology Committee. The hearing, titled “Protecting Lives and Property: Harnessing

My name is Waleed Abdalati. I study ice from space, in particular the Greenland ice sheet and its contributions to sea level by using satellites to observe gains and losses in the mass of the ice. I have been deeply involved with NASA satellites...

Figure: Professor Abdalati (4th from the right) in the lobby of the Capitol Building with other Cooperative Institute Directors On March 24-25, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES

On April 10, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) Director and Geography Professor Waleed Abdalati, along with Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) Director Dan Baker met with staff members of Colorado

On August 2, 2023, CIRES Director and Geography professor, Waleed Abdalati, hosted a discussion at the International Space Station Research and Development Conference (ISSRDC) with Dr. Susan Margules, Head of the National Science

Back in December, CIRES Director and Geography professor Waleed Abdalati testified before the Subcommittee on Space and Science in a hearing titled “Landsat at 50 & the Future of U.S. Satellite-based Earth Observation.” The subcommittee hearing

I was recently invited to take a river rafting trip on the Colorado River with Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO) and Mitt Romney (R-UT), among others, and to provide a scientific perspective on climate change and its impacts on the western United

Waleed Abdalati testified to Congress for the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis.  Waleed Abdalati On April 15, 2021, Professor Abdalati testified in a hearing held by the U.S. House of Representatives Select