For the first time in its history, the human being has the ability to manipulate the environment on a global scale. These global changes pose tremendous challenges for the integration of science and scientists in decision-making. When dealing with uncertainty and high risks, such as natural disasters, such integration is particularly difficult, but necessary.
Oysters are vital to the environmental health of the Mississippi Sound and a critical part of Mississippi’s economy.
Experts agree the Pacific Northwest is likely to experience a Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake at any point in the next 50 years. The event will be catastrophic, directly impacting the lives of 13 million people from British Columbia to Northern California. On one particular crisp autumn morning in October, nothing happened. There were no announcements; there was no hoopla and … Read More
Using free and open source GIS programs and data platforms can eliminate costs associated with data processing, making Earth Observation data more profitable for all. Clyde A. Brooke purchased 140 acres of land in Hancock, Mississippi, in 1952 to begin a timber operation, and what began as a humble operation has grown to more than 4,000 acres today. The Brookewood … Read More
Frustrated by a proposal to log in her neighborhood, a Google engineer and her team used emerging mapping technology to design a powerful processing platform, which now aids conservation efforts and strengthens the preservation of indigenous lands around the world.
Until recently, no systematic, dynamic, and cost-effective data collection strategy has been available for use in the study of post-disaster neighborhoods. In order to address this concern, we employed a geospatial approach, ÛÏspatial video,Û which links video with coordinates acquired by a Global Positioning System receiver. This advance enables new study of the dynamic spatial and temporal scales of post-wildfire recovery.
This Best of Syndication post looks back at India’s major power outage, some amazing photos of the degradation of a rural Mexican town’s water resources, and the tracking of European earthquake risks.
Coastal forests in southeast Louisiana have been steadily degraded over the last century due to a combination of natural and anthropogenic factors such as subsidence, saltwater intrusion, and logging/timber production. While many nonprofits and municipal agencies are involved in coastal restoration efforts, they often rely on different and sometimes contradictory data sets to guide their decision-making processes. Using NASA EOS and a variety of supplemental data, a comprehensive GIS including elevation, access to transportation infrastructure, existing land cover, as well as many other parameters has been created to identify suitable planting locations to help unify these organizations, who share a common goal, under one plan.
The Landsat satellite series has provided the world with comprehensive, Earth-observing imagery for the past 40 years.
– A new app Called Fragile Earth for iPhone and iPad shows more than 70 sites such the receding Muir Glacier in Alaska, the impact of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans and the draining of the Mesopotamia Marshes in Iraq.
