The rapid expansion of purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) and reed canarygrass (Phalaris arundinacea L.) into aquatic and wetland systems has reduced native plant abundance, decreased species diversity, and degraded wildlife habitats for birds and amphibians throughout North America.
A Step Ahead: Analyzing Cyclone Vulnerability to Coordinate Disaster Relief Efforts in the Philippines
The United States Virgin Islands (USVI) are home to an array of diverse and stunning habitats.
Chaco Canyon Cross-Cutting: Identifying Community Signatures with NASA Earth Observations
This article is a part of the NASA DEVELOP’s Spring 2017 Article Session. For more articles like these, click here This project identifies areas within the San Juan basin that have a high probability of containing an environment suitable to Chacoan sites and generates a risk map of sites at risk of disturbance from expanding infrastructure. Authors: Dashiell Cruz Sydney … Read More
Assessing Southern Pine Beetle Epidemics in Alabama Using NASA Earth Observations
Southern pine beetles are known to have caused several hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages in Alabama due to their widespread destruction of pine trees. This project aimed to model areas in Alabama that are susceptible to outbreaks using NASA Earth observations.
Woolly Bully: Monitoring the Impending Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Infestation
A NASA DEVELOP team uses Earth observations to provide conservationists with tools to combat invasive hemlock wooly adelgid in the pristine ecosystems of upstate New York.
Mapping Quaking Aspen in the Laramie Mountain Range, Wyoming
This study used remote sensing and distribution modeling techniques to map aspen cover in a remote mountain range in Southeast Wyoming to support elk and mule deer habitat management.
Calamity in Kalimantan: Palm Oil Growth at the Expense of Diversity
Indonesia is the world’s leading producer of palm oil. To keep pace with the continued worldwide expansion of palm oil demand, the government of Indonesia formulated an agricultural policy with the express purpose of doubling palm oil production by 2020. Unfortunately, palm oil plantation expansion comes at the cost of natural rainforest and biodiversity loss in the Central Kalimantan region.
Bogged Down in Phragmites: Assessing Risk in the Great Lakes Basin
Phragmites australis is an invasive species that threatens wetland habitats in the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River basin. Governments in both Canada and the United States recognize that Phragmites detection is a first line of defense in limiting the spread of this species.
Here, There, and Everywhere: Assessing SPB Outbreaks in Alabama
The Southern Pine Beetle (SPB), Dendroctonus frontalis, is an opportunistic species that attacks stressed trees weakened by drought, storm damage, or fire.
Days of Our Ocelot: Finding an Elusive Cat’s Habitat in North Mexico
This is a part of the 2015 Fall VPS. For more VPS articles, click here Category: Forecasting Wetland Cover and Species Habitat Project Team: North Mexico Ecological Forecasting Team Location: NASA Marshall Space Flight Center – Huntsville, Alabama Authors: Ryan Schick Padraic Conner Maggi Klug Leigh Sinclair Mentors/Advisors: Dr. Jeffrey Luvall (NASA at the National Space Science Technology Center) Dr. Robert … Read More