Earth Observation: Snapshots → Continuity

NASA released a redesigned MODIS/VIIRS flood product with a 23-year archive (2003–2025), separating anomalous floods from recurrent wetlands. AccuWeather forecasts 5.5M+ acres burned in the 2026 US wildfire season, with 56% of the country in drought. New research finds Africa's forests have flipped from carbon sink to source since ~2010 — undermining the textbook "forest = sink" frame.

Locality, Translation, Authorship

Tokyo's spring slate centers on translation between local and metropolitan culture: the Photographic Art Museum's Lafcadio Hearn show (Apr 2 – Jun 21) and the National Museum's Maeda Ikutoku-kai centennial (Apr 14 – Jun 7). NAIAA (10,000+ creators, 30 countries) released the first cross-industry generative AI ethics framework: opt-in train ...