Paria River Ecological Conservation (Summer 2023)

Team: Max VanArnam (Project Lead), Wesley Rancher, Truman Anarella, Annie Kowalski 

Summary: Invasive species within desert riparian environments significantly affect ecosystem function by overtaking native species and altering their fluvial geomorphology. The Paria River, a sediment-heavy river and...

South Slough Water Resources (Summer 2023)

Team: Maya Hall (Project Lead), Gabriel Halaweh, Sean McCollum, Zoë Siman-Tov 

Summary: The Coos estuary in Southern Oregon supports a variety of habitats, including eelgrass (Zostera marina) meadows. Eelgrass meadows provide habitat to local and migratory wildlife, including commercially...

Marin County Wildland Fires II (2023 Summer)

Team: Harrison Raine (Project Lead), Katherine Scott, Nikitha Shivakumar, Tiffany Mar, Anai Tene 

Summary: A future of increased wildfires requires greater integration of spatial analysis and local knowledge of emergency responders. We examine the application of a Potential...

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 (Yale School of Public Health), Weixi Wu (Yale School of Public Health/Yale School of the Environment), Ruth Ann Norton (Green...

EO-Enabled Food Security Dashboard to Close Critical Data Gaps in Highly Food Insecure Maui County

Team: Hannah Kerner (Arizona State University), Catherine Nakalembe (University of Maryland), Ivan Zvonkov (Arizona State University), Gabriel Tseng (McGill University)

Executive Summary: The Hawaiian islands are one of the...

A spatial decision support system for identifying heat vulnerability based on a comprehensive energy budget model and multi-criteria decision analysis in Oklahoma City, OK

Team: Anni Yang (Department of Geography and Sustainability, the University of Oklahoma); Changjie Cai (Hudson College of Public Health, the...

Leveraging Earth science data to heighten awareness of environmental injustices within the U.S. prison system ​

Team: Dr. Carrie Chennault (Colorado State University; Prison Agriculture Lab), Dan Carver (Colorado State University; Geospatial Centroid)

Executive Summary: 

Despite the numerous cases of environmental injustices documented...

Landscape Analysis of African American farmers in North Carolina and approaches for applying NASA’s data to help prevent their extinction

Team: Kibri Everett, PhD (RTI International), Erin Love (RTI International), Nick Kruskamp, PhD (RTI International), Chrystall Davis (RTI International)

Community Partners: Demetrius Hunter (The...

WORKING TOGETHER: A Landscape Analysis to Inform Practical, Innovative, and Beneficial Use of NASA Earth Science Data to Advance Equity and Environmental Justice in the Gulf Coast Region

Team: Dr. Beverly Wright (Deep South Center for Environmental Justice), Dr. David Padgett (Tennessee State University)...

Arizona Water Resources II (Fall 2022)

Team: Arina Morozova (Project Lead), Jamal Jeffer, Jessica Birk, Greg Peargin

Summary: Pinyon-juniper woodlands (PJW) provide critical and resilient habitat for the local mammal and small bird species of Arizona's northern xeric environment. Drought in Arizona has been persistent...