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Bright Lights, Big Cities: An Intern Takes on the World of Remote Sensing
Intern Dorothee Grant is using daytime and nighttime lights satellite data to help map urban areas at large spatial scales.
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Bright Lights, Big City?
Researchers using nighttime lights data to ask questions about economic development in sub-Saharan Africa have findings counter to expectation.

AGU25, the premier Earth and space science conference, takes place December 15-19, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana. This year’s theme—Where Science Connects Us—puts in focus how science depends on connection, from the lab to the field to the ballot box. Once again, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and Columbia Climate School scientists, experts, students, and educators are playing an active role, sharing our research and helping shape the future of our planet. #AGU25 Learn More
