Pivotal Moments: Drought Response in the West

EarthzineMonitoring Drought

Category: Monitoring Drought Project Team: Western U.S. Water Resources Team Location: NASA Langley Research Center – Hampton, Virginia Authors: Kelly Meehan Molly Spater Teresa Fenn Thomas Smith Kaylie Taliaferro Grant Jaccoud Mentors/Advisors: Dr. Kenton Ross (NASA Langley Research Center) Past/Other Contributors: Emily Gotschalk (Center Lead) Tyler Rhodes (Center Lead) Abstract: A changing climate has been an issue of growing concern … Read More

Bad Bromes in the Badlands: Monitoring Invasives in the Great Plains

EarthzineDEVELOP 2016 Summer VPS, DEVELOP Virtual Poster Session, Identifying Invasive Species Extent & Critical Species Habitat

Category: Identifying Invasive Species Extent & Critical Species Habitat Project Team: Northern Great Plains Ecological Forecasting Team Location:åÊNASA Goddard Space Flight Center ‰ÛÒ Greenbelt, Maryland Authors: Amanda Clayton Jessica Fayne Carl Green Jared Tomlin Mentors/Advisors: Dr. Kenton Ross (NASA Langley Research Center) Past/Other Contributors: Sean McCartney (Center Lead) Abstract: Cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) and Japanese brome (Bromus japonicus) are widespread invasive … Read More

Weeding the West: Monitoring Invasives using NASA Earth Observations

EarthzineDEVELOP 2016 Summer VPS, DEVELOP Virtual Poster Session, Identifying Invasive Species Extent & Critical Species Habitat

Category: Identifying Invasive Species Extent & Critical Species Habitat Project Team: Southwest U.S. Ecological Forecasting Team Location: NASA Langley Research Center ‰ÛÒ Hampton, Virginia Authors: Ryan Avery Katherine Landesman Jordan Vaa Timmera Whaley Dakoyta Greenman Mentors/Advisors: Dr. Kenton Ross (NASA Langley Research Center) Past/Other Contributors: Emily Gotschalk (Center Lead) Tyler Rhodes (Center Lead) Abstract: The southwestern United States spans six … Read More

Wildfire Destruction: A Changing Fire Regime Threatens Local Fauna

EarthzineDEVELOP 2016 Summer VPS, DEVELOP Virtual Poster Session, Identifying Invasive Species Extent & Critical Species Habitat

Category: Identifying Invasive Species Extent & Critical Species Habitat Project Team: Eastern Idaho Disasters Team Location:åÊBLM at Idaho State University Geographic Information Systems Training and Research Center ‰ÛÒ Pocatello, Idaho Authors: Courtney Ohr Jenna Williams Priscilla Addison Mentors/Advisors: Keith Weber (GIS Training and Research Center at Idaho State University) Dr. John Schnase (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center) Mark Carroll (NASA … Read More

National Park Service Seeks Interns for Summer 2016

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George Mason University, in conjunction with the National Park Service, is offering paid summer internships for university students to promote a greater understanding of climate change in local national parks. George Mason University’s Center for Climate Change Communication (4C) and the National Park Service (NPS) are offering up to eight paid student positions for summer 2016, open to rising juniors … Read More

Tapping Groundwater Resources—Literally! A Hypersaline Laguna Madre

EarthzineDEVELOP 2015 Fall VPS, Forecasting Wetland Cover and Species Habitat, Original

This is a part of the 2015 Fall VPS. For more VPS articles, click here Category: Mapping Water Quality Project Team: Coastal Texas Water Resources II Team Location: Mobile County Health Department – Mobile, Alabama Authors: Elaina Gonsoroski Vishal Arya Jennifer Boyd Mentors/Advisors: Joe Spruce (NASA Stennis Space Center) Bernard Eichold, M.D., Dr.PH (Mobile County Health Department) Abstract: This project … Read More