LA JOLLA, California, Feb. 26 -- The University of California San Diego campus posted the following news: * * * Ask a Scientist: How Do the Polar Regions Impact You? * In 2024, Fricker was selected as a finalist, along with another Scripps-led mission concept, in the NASA Earth System Explorers Program. Selected by NASA in February 2026, her mission is the Earth Dynamics Geodetic Explorer (EDGE) satellite, which will observe the three-dimensional structure of terrestrial ecosystems, like for  more