Rivero-Calle leads UGA Skidaway Institute’s efforts in the Sustained Ocean Color Observations from Nanosatellites (SOCON) program, funded by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.

Subsistence farming is common in countries including Kenya and Malawi, but according to the study, climate change has had a major impact on farming in these sub-Saharan Africa countries.

The team’s findings, published in the recent journal of Ichthyology & Herpetology, report that rat snakes are an effective bioindicator of residual radioactivity.

Leaders will use research, programming and advocacy to drive efforts