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Sophie Krautmann smiles, wearing her grey National Park Ranger buttoned shirt and brown hat. She stands in a high place with the red rock formations visible in the canyon behind her.
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Wildfires
Climate
Capacity Building
Ecological Conservation
Health & Air Quality
Water Resources

Getting Satellite Data into the Hands of Park Rangers

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Kernel density distributions of census tract-level cooling degree days from May through September 2013 in Fahrenheit by race/ethnicity across the climate regions of New York State. Cooling degree days are calculated with a threshold of 65°. White = Non-Hispanic White, Hispanic = Hispanic/Latino of any race, Black = Non-Hispanic Black, Asian = Non-Hispanic Asian.

Identifying temperature disparities, energy insecurity, and social vulnerability for energy justice in New York State

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Climate
Equity and Environmental Justice
Capacity Building
Health & Air Quality
Identifying temperature disparities, energy insecurity, and social vulnerability for energy justice in New York State Team: Daniel Carrión (Yale School of Public Health), Anna Stouffer...
Normalized Difference Water Index (NDWI) to visualize drainage networks around the Unalakleet River in Alaska, calculated from an August 2021 Landsat 8 OLI image. Yellow represents standing or flowing water and potential flood zones, while the dark blue represents drier, upland regions. Unalakleet's climate resilience planning prioritizes relocation to upland regions while avoiding areas that have experienced significant permafrost degradation.

Analyzing Permafrost Degradation and Drainage Networks in Unalakleet, Alaska

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DEVELOP
Climate
Unalakleet Climate (Summer 2023) Team: Ian Lee (Project Lead), Clara Maxwell, Daniel J. Marsden, M. Jaweed Nazary Summary: The coastal community of Unalakleet is currently...
Austin Multi-hazard Risk Index (flood + wildfire + heat + social vulnerability). The multi-hazard index previously computed utilized non-remote sensing, City-based data. An objective of the current project is to produce a similar index integrating remote sensing and socio-economic data. The current index shows there are clear spatial patterns with higher multi-hazard risk located in environmental justice communities in Austin.

ATX CA3TCH UP: Climate Atlas for Accountability and Advocacy Strategies through Co-production with Historically Underserved Community Partners in Austin, TX

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Climate
Equity and Environmental Justice
Disasters
Health & Air Quality
Team Members: Dev Niyogi (University of Texas at Austin), Carmen Llanes Pulido (Go Austin, Vamos Austin), Marc Coudert (City of Austin), Sergio Castellanos (University of...
This example map from Hang’s project indicates MODIS land surface temperature over selected underserved communities in Atlanta in early 2005. This map was co-designed by residents from those communities that are concerned about the seasonal change of extreme weather, air pollution, accessibility to green space such as parks and Atlanta BeltLine. (Credits: Ethan Li and Yun Hang, Emory University)

Using NASA Earth Observations to Support Environmental Justice Communities in Atlanta, Georgia

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Applied Sciences
Climate
Equity and Environmental Justice
Health & Air Quality
Team: Melanie Pearson (Emory University), Christine Ekenga (Emory University), Yang Liu (Emory University), Ethan Li (Emory University), Erin Lebow-Skelley (Emory University), Alina Merceron (Emory University)...

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