In a positive display of bipartisanship, U.S. senators from across the country have come together in support of AGI’s 19th annual Earth Science Week celebration. The coalition, which consists of members of Congress from Alaska to Florida, formally introduced a Senate resolution officially designating the week of October 9-15, 2016, as “Earth Science Week.”
GEO Partners with WHO to Support Global Health
A new partnership between the Group on Earth Observations and the World Health Organization seeks to leverage their areas of expertise to promote use of Earth observing technologies in addressing global health challenges. In our complex and ever-changing world, satellite data provides life-saving information on tornadoes, landslides, and other atmospheric events. A new partnership seeks to expand how this information … Read More
Elkhorn Slough: Detecting Eutrophication through Geospatial Modeling
Category: Land Cover Change and Disturbances Project Team: Elkhorn Slough: Detecting Eutrophication through Geospatial Modeling Team Location: Elkhorn Slough Ecological Forecasting Authors: Irma Caraballo Álvarez Abigail Childs Kirsten Jurich Mentors/Advisors: Dr. Juan L. Torres-Pérez (Bay Area Environmental Research Institute) Dr. Sherry L. Palacios (Bay Area Environmental Research Institute) Past/Other Contributors: Chippie Kislik (Center Lead) Martha Sayre Abstract: Elkhorn Slough in Monterey, … Read More
Hydrilla Hype: Mapping an Invasive Weed in Two Georgia Reservoirs
Category: Identifying Invasive Species Extent & Critical Species Habitat Project Team: Southeast U.S. Ecological Forecasting III Team Location: University of Georgia – Athens, Georgia Authors: Shuvankar Ghosh Austin Haney Frank Braun Zachary Conner Christopher Cooper Abhishek Kumar Mentors/Advisors: Dr. Deepak Mishra (University of Georgia, Department of Geography) Dr. Susan Wilde (University of Georgia, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources) … Read More
Geochemists show experimental verification of principle of detailed balance
Geochemists at Indiana University and Virginia Tech have developed and demonstrated a technique for assessing the validity of a principle that has long been important in thermodynamics and chemical kinetics but has proven resistant to experimental verification.
Georgia Water Resources: Groundwater Storage Change and Contamination Risks
The southeastern U.S. is experiencing groundwater decline, and the local geology in southeast Georgia has increased the risk of groundwater contamination, according to research from a NASA DEVELOP team. At the University of Georgia, a team of young scientists discovered that their region’s geology and contamination patterns can predict where pollution may affect groundwater, holding clues for the future of … Read More
Looking Ahead: GEOGLAM in 2016
GEOGLAM looks to expand data sharing, refine and evolve the Crop Monitor, and grow community in the developing world during the next year.
New glimpse of geology under Antarctica’s ice
Antarctica has a diverse geological landscape that includes volcanos, rifts, and basins, but much of it remains hidden beneath the ice sheet. With new technology built to withstand the harsh winters, scientists have managed to map the underground geological structures of West Antarctica by measuring the speed of seismic waves passing through the Earth. Their new research was published in … Read More
Data to Decisions: GEO Value Plans Workshop for 2016
GEO Value seeks to build a case-based framework for transforming data to action at its March 2016 workshop.
From Space to Subsurface: A Groundwater Story in Southwest Georgia
This is a part of the 2015 Fall VPS. For more VPS articles, click here Category: Assessing Human Risk Project Team: Georgia Water Resources Team Location: University of Georgia ÛÒ Athens, Georgia Authors: Wenjing Xu Jason Reynolds Linli Zhu Mingshu Wang Doori Oh Mentors/Advisors: Dr. Adam Milewski (Department of Geology, University of Georgia) Matthew Cahalan (Department of Geology, University of … Read More