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Eastern region of the Baa Atoll in the Republic of Maldives. The red indicates areas that would likely be flooded by 2100 according to the most extreme IPCC AR6 Shared Socioeconomic Pathway scenario, as identified through the NASA Sea Level Projection Tool. CoastalDEM, derived from NASA's SRTM sensor, provided elevation data. The base map image was taken in January 2023 by Planet Labs. Shades of yellow and green indicate shallow water and land surfaces. Includes copyrighted material of Planet Labs PBC. All

Evaluating the Potential Impacts of Sea Level Rise on Human Development and Coastal Infrastructure   

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Climate
Capacity Building
Maldives Climate II (Spring 2023) Team: Ben Dahan (Project Lead), Evan Barrett, Tiffany Hsu, Gabriel Halaweh Summary: The Republic of the Maldives is a low-lying...
Image of fires in California as seen from space
Wildfires
Disasters
Ecological Conservation
Water Resources

ARSET - Assessing the Impacts of Fires on Watershed Health

Training Type
Online Instructor-Led
Level
Advanced
Date
July 06, 2023 - July 13, 2023
The image was collected by Landsat 9 on January 26 of 2023 showing Skidaway Island and waterways on the Georgia coast. The data shows areas of healthy vegetation and urban areas using a Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI). The darker orange represents grass and urban areas. Yellow and purple represents forested and densely vegetated areas. The black represents open water.

Evaluating the Impact of Hurricane Irma on Georgia Heirs Property Owners Using NASA Earth Observations

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DEVELOP
Disasters
Georgia Disasters II (2023 Spring) Team: Shakirah Rogers (Project Lead), Nathan Tesfayi, Matthew Murray, Clarence Jackson Summary: Heirs property owners are especially vulnerable to natural...
Soil organic carbon (SOC) is measured here for a depth of 0-5cm from Soil Moisture Active Passive from January 1, 2021 over Peru and Bolivia. SOC is visualized against combined MODIS landcover data for the year 2000 from Aqua and Terra. Shades of lighter pink indicate lower SOC content and darker shades of pink and purple indicate higher SOC content. Conservation International is interested in mapping areas of high SOC content for their conservation efforts.

Estimating Soil Organic Carbon using NASA Earth Observations to Inform Irrecoverable Carbon Reserve Management in Peru and Bolivia

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Climate
Peru & Bolivia Climate (2023 Spring) Team: Aarti Arora (Project Lead), Aaron Carr, Arina Fuqua, Haydee Portillo Summary: Irrecoverable carbon (IC) reserves contain large stores...
The green areas show stable forest in NW Alabama classified by both National Land Cover Dataset (2016-2019) and Landscape Change Monitoring System(2016-2021), and the pink areas are areas where forest cover loss was sensed by NLCD, LCMS, LandTrendr (2016-2021), and Global Forest Watch (2016-2021). These datasets and the basemap were made with Landsat 5 Thematic Mapper, Landsat 7 Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus, and Landsat 8 Operational Land Imager.

Leveraging Earth Observations to Estimate Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Forest Cover Loss in Alabama and Tennessee

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Climate
Southeast US Climate II (2023 Spring) Team: Cassie Ferrante (Project Lead), Katherine Scott, James Karroum, Cate Lull Summary: The balancing of atmospheric CO2 sources and...
Normalized Difference Snow Index (NDSI) Image calculated from a May 2021 Landsat 8 top-of-atmosphere (TOA) reflectance image. The purple area depicts areas without snow and the yellow area represents areas with snow cover. This information can be used by refuge managers to monitor snow conditions and prepare for the ecological, cultural, and landscape impacts caused by snow.

Using Earth Observations to Evaluate Snow Variability through a Climatological Analysis to Support Ecological Monitoring in Northeast Alaska

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DEVELOP
Climate
Northeast Alaska Climate (2023 Spring) Team: Kristin Anderson (Project Lead), Omeed Arooji, Isabella Chittumuri, Tom Germann Summary: Alaska is experiencing climate change at an unprecedented...
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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Wildfires
Disasters

Mapping Erosion Risks After Fire

By
Megan Gannon, Applied Sciences Program Writer
Wildfires
Disasters

Facebook Data Shows Evacuation Patterns

By
Megan Gannon, Applied Sciences Program Writer
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

Topic
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...

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