Principal Investigator

Dr. Daniel Carrion

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...

Principal Investigator

Dr. Hannah Kerner

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...

Principal Investigator

Wenwen Cheng

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...

Principal Investigator

Dr. Caitlin Mothes

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...

Principal Investigator

Dr. Kibri Everett

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...

Principal Investigator

Dr. Nathan Morrow

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)...

Principal Investigator

Carli Merrick

Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP

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...

Principal Investigator

Caroline Williams

Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP

Shoshone River Water Resources II (2023 Spring)

Team: Robyn Holmes (Project Lead), Christian Bitzas, Jillian Greene, Isabella St. John 

Summary: The Willwood Dam, an irrigation diversion dam located on the Shoshone River (Wyoming, USA), has faced ongoing issues with sediment accumulation and needs frequent sediment...

Principal Investigator

Caroline Williams

Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP

InVEST Urban Development (2023 Spring)

Team: Son Do & Jessica Besnier 

Summary

Urban flooding poses as one of the biggest issues for cities today as its impacts are amplified by both climate change and urbanization. The Natural Capital Project’s Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services...

Principal Investigator

Kathryn Caruso

Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP

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 rate, with temperatures increasing twice as fast as the national average. The resulting changes to the landscape and ecosystems are...