US district judge Stanwood Duval has ruled that negligence by the US Army Corps of Engineers led to massive floods in parts of New Orleans as Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005.
Education Around Earth – Andros Island, Bahamas Coral Reef Ecosystem is Living Laboratory for Students
For over 25 years, Dr. Larry Wiedman has led teams of high school and college students in documenting changes in the land and sea environments of Andros Island in the Bahamas. They are particularly interested in studying coral reefs but are intent on not influencing the very changes they are trying to study. Dr. Wiedman is a professor in the biology department at the University of Saint Francis in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Dr. David Mullins, Earthzine‘s Associate Editor for Education, interviewed Dr. Wiedman about the project and his thoughts about educating future generations of Earth observers.
Announcement – NOAA: David Johnson Award for Outstanding Innovative Use of Earth Observation Satellite Data
The NOAA – David Johnson Award is presented by the National Space Club in honor of the first Administrator of what was to become the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS). Nominations may be submitted for individuals or groups. If nominating a group, all members of the group should have been actively involved in the design and/or implementation of the application, and each must be a United States citizen, national, or permanent resident.
From Satellite to Solar Walls: A Look at GEO Energy
Hundreds of kilometers above the earth’s surface, satellites orbit overhead, their cameras and sensors trained back on the Earth. Aside from a few scientists on the ground, not many people are aware of these satellites or the innovative ways they are helping provide energy to the world. Meanwhile, children in northern Canada exercise in a gym heated with the help of a solar wall, women in Africa fill containers with potable water from a solar-powered well, and a farmer in Minnesota looks up at the whirling blades of a new wind turbine in his corn field.
DMCii satellite imaging monitors Indonesian forests
DMC International Imaging Ltd (DMCii), which has just won a €100,000 contract from the European Space Agency (ESA), will demonstrate the value of its coordinated multi-satellite optical imagery for tropical forest monitoring in Indonesia.
Army Corps issues tree chopping orders
The Army Corps of Engineers is on a mission to chop down every tree in the country that grows within 15 feet of a levee so as to avoid another catastrophe like Hurricane Katrina.
Global Footprint Mapping & Micro-Simulation: A Tool for Risk Management
In Global Footprint Mapping and Micro-Simulation:A Tool for Risk Management, Lezlie Morinière and her co-authors make the case for including human migration as an ongoing consequence of climate change, and a risk that needs official acknowledgement as well as management.
Global Footprint Mapping & Micro-Simulation: A Tool for Risk Management
In Global Footprint Mapping and Micro-Simulation:A Tool for Risk Management, Lezlie Morini̬re and her co-authors make the case for including human migration as an ongoing consequence of climate change, and a risk that needs official acknowledgement as well as management.
Geospatial Web Services and Cross-Boundary Information Sharing During Disasters
In the future, every stage of disaster management will benefit from widespread implementation of service oriented architectures designed mainly for non-disaster uses and based on open standards.
Population Reallocation Methods to Support Emergency Evacuation Planning
The U.S. Census, first conducted in 1790, was devised to count the residential population for the purpose of Congressional representation. Today the census data are being used for disaster management planning. It wasn’t until the 2000 census that night-time and daytime populations were reported. In this article David Haynes and Marc P. Armstrong explain their method for creating time-based population distribution.