Tag - childhood

Nasa

Childhood Snow Days Transformed Linette Boisvert into a Sea Ice Scientist

Linette Boisvert turned a childhood love of snow into a career as a sea ice scientist studying climate change. Name: Linette BoisvertTitle: Assistant Lab Chief, Cryospheric Sciences Branch, and Deputy Project Scientist for the Aqua SatelliteFormal Job Classification: Sea Ice ScientistOrganization: Cryospheric Science Branch, Science Directorate (Code 615) What do you...

Scalawag

How Mississippians are reducing childhood lead exposure – Scalawag

This piece was published in partnership with Southerly. This is the second story of a two-part series investigating childhood lead poisoning in Jackson, Mississippi. Read part one: Tap water could be linked to dangerous lead levels in Jackson’s kids. Mississippi isn’t keeping track. Lead hides in Mississippi. It lurks in old peeling paint that chips off...