Dr. Tracy Fanara, known as Inspector Planet (@InspectorPlanet), is a dynamic environmental engineer and research scientist dedicated to ensuring humanity’s sustainable future on Earth. As the Coastal Modeling Manager at NOAA, she plays a pivotal role in developing advanced predictive systems that contribute to a Unified Earth Systems Model. Her work tackles some of the planet’s most pressing challenges—enhancing biodiversity conservation, assessing climate change impacts, and refining hurricane tracking—to safeguard communities, ecosystems, and the global environment.