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Health & Air Quality

In partnership with Communities for a Better Environment, a community-based organization leading the advancement of zero-emission technologies and green infrastructure in environmental justice communities, our...

Can remote data connect us to the land? A landscape analysis for braiding satellite-based information and Indigenous knowledge in California

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Wildland Fires

Water Resources

This project explores the potential of Remote Sensing (RS) and spatial data to advance Environmental Justice, with a focus on tribal land and water resources...

Historic map of the Harbor used in this study.

Understanding Contaminant Risk through Stories of 'Āina (Relationships between People and Places) in Ke Awa Lau o Pu'uloa (Pearl Harbor)

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Water Resources

Team: Sandy Ward (Mālama Puʻuloa) Donn Viviani (Leeward Community College) Mia Comeros-Raynal (Water Resources Research Center at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa) Dingyi Liu...

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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Climate

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)...

NDVI map calculated from an April 2023, Landsat-8 OLI image of Coronado National Memorial and the surrounding area. The shades of green represent current vegetation, while areas in bright yellow and dark orange represent areas with little to no vegetation. By selecting an image during the dry season, the map highlights the unique ecosystem of sky islands which is characterized by changing vegetation at different elevations.

Investigating Geohazards & Slope Failure Susceptibility Utilizing NASA Earth Observations

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DEVELOP

Disasters

Coronado Disasters (2024 Spring) Team: Andrea Slotke (Project Lead), Mikki Arimitsu, Alexander Behzadi, Madeline Drelichman Summary: The Coronado National Memorial (CORO), located in Hereford, Arizona...

NDVI-processed imagery from Landsat 8 OLI data. This image of Baltimore and surrounding cities is a composite of Summer 2013 to 2023. Shades of purple indicate vegetated land surface, while darker orange shades show the built landscape; meanwhile, shades of yellow indicate water bodies. Areas of low NDVI are at-risk of high temperatures and is an indicator for Maryland’s transit system to focus on communities most vulnerable of urban heat island impacts.

Assessing Urban Heat Vulnerability in Baltimore Neighborhoods to Inform Transportation Resiliency Planning Efforts

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DEVELOP

Baltimore Energy & infrastructure (2024 Spring) Team: Maya Clark (Project Lead), Brian Arruda, Karla Monroy, Lena Kufferman Summary: Across the world, climate change is altering...

Mean surface temperature of the Greater Bridgeport coast in Connecticut. Calculated from Landsat 8 TIRS and Landsat 9 TIRS-2 imagery from June to September for each year from 2013 to 2023. Dark red represents high land surface temperature and will inform the locations of cooling interventions for Groundwork Bridgeport’s Cool Corridors project. Yellow represents a more moderate land surface temperature, whereas dark and light blues represent high and moderate sea surface temperatures respectively.

Leveraging NASA Earth Observations and Sociodemographic Data to Assess Urban Heat Vulnerability and Inform Cool Corridors in Bridgeport, Connecticut

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Urban Development

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