Team: Ben Dahan (Project Lead), Evan Barrett, Tiffany Hsu, Gabriel Halaweh
Summary: The Republic of the Maldives is a low-lying island nation in the Indian Ocean which has experienced… Read More
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Team: Ben Dahan (Project Lead), Evan Barrett, Tiffany Hsu, Gabriel Halaweh
Summary: The Republic of the Maldives is a low-lying island nation in the Indian Ocean which has experienced… Read More
The Osa Peninsula, located in the southern region of Costa Rica’s Pacific coast, is one of the most biologically diverse places on Earth. NASA DEVELOP partnered with Osa Conservation to analyze the impact of human activity on… Read More
Water resources in developing countries are under a constant state of stress. There are pressures of a growing population and diverse needs – agricultural, industrial, personal uses and power generation. This is coupled with degradation of water quality due… Read More
Team: Anne Britton (Project Lead), Deirdre An, Seamus Geraty, Charles Nixon
Summary: Ephemeral freshwater rock pools, known as tinajas, have great biologic and cultural… Read More
Team: Kelli Roberts (Project Lead), William Hadley, Daniel Littleton
Summary: Wildfire potential monitoring, which is increasingly vital under climate change-induced droughts… Read More
Team: Kindrea Gibbons (Project Lead), Michaela Gooch, Quinton Deppert, Casey Mills
Summary: A flash drought refers to the rapid onset or intensification of drought-like conditions… Read More
Team: Kelli Roberts (Project Lead), Justin Meyer, Rajneesh Sharma, Monique Howlett
Summary: The Caribbean country of Haiti has an extensive history of deforestation and environmental… Read More
This project utilized satellite Earth observations to assess locations in Mobile County, Alabama, that are vulnerable to the urban heat island effect (UHI) and flood impacts. Our partner, Groundwork Mobile County (GWMC), and… Read More
Team: Suhani Dalal (Project Lead), Katera Lee, Chandler Ross, Gabriel Rosenstein
Summary: Heightened occurrence of severe wildfires in the Western United States is increasing the… Read More
Tick-borne diseases are a public health issue in southern Maine, and recent estimates completed by the State of Maine suggest that as little as 1 in 10 cases of Lyme disease are actually reported. There are three tick-borne… Read More
Effective policy responses to changes in biodiversity are only possible with adaptable analytic tools that leverage the influx of data from biodiversity observation systems. The analytic tools must be streamlined and readily mastered by researchers making scientific… Read More
Team: Dr. Jacelyn Rice Boayue (North Caroline State University), Dr. Laurie Garo (Lifting Inspirations), graduate… Read More
Machine Learning (ML… Read More
the Monongahela National Forest (MNF), situated in the Allegheny Highlands of West Virginia, extensive logging and mining practices have significantly altered the structure and composition of flora and fauna over the past two… Read More
Team: Bill Curtiss (Project Lead), Aliza White, Sam Majumder, Rhea Martinez
Summary: Disturbances and landcover change in pinyon-juniper and sagebrush ecosystems are… Read More
This proposal seeks to continue an effort that exploits the combination of two key data sets, the Landsat historical record and plot records from the US Forest Service (USFS) Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program, for the purpose of developing a quantitative understanding of… Read More
Gold mining is a central component of Ghana’s economy. An increased amount of illegal artisanal mining in recent years has led to accelerated deforestation, destruction of protected areas, and human health issues due to Mercury used during the mining process. This project… Read More