Explaining Beached Kelp
December 23, 2011
Have you ever walked along a California coast and wondered about all of the kelp washed-up on shore? In winter when storms are more frequent,
Have you ever walked along a California coast and wondered about all of the kelp washed-up on shore? In winter when storms are more frequent,
The Ecological Society of America bids farewell to Landsat 5 in its online blog Ecotone. Blogger Liza Lester shares some ways in which Landsat 5 data
USGS has just released a Fact Sheet providing information about their LandsatLook images. LandsatLook images are full resolution JPEG files derived from Landsat Level 1 data products.
The European Commission (the body that proposes European Union legislation) is planning to provide open access to all public data—geographical, statistical, meteorological, publicly-funded research data,
This week at the Eye on Earth Summit in Abu Dhabi an online environmental mapping service called “Eye on Earth” launched. The online service was
A new glacier inventory of the French Alps produced by Marie Gardent and colleagues at the University of Savoie has found that 100 square kilometers
Scientists have used satellite data from NASA-built Landsat missions to confirm that more than 20 years of warming temperatures in northern Quebec, Canada, have resulted
Kirtland’s warblers are an endangered species of lightweight little birds with bright yellow-bellies that summer in North America and winter in the Bahamas. But be
Permafrost—ground that remains frozen for at least two years—allows soil substrate to act like bedrock. So when permafrost thaws there can be major problems for
Trembling aspen are dying. No tree species in North America has a broader habitat and no other is as large (a single clone can be
Source: Global Forest Watch Canada At the International Society of Conservation Biology Conference in Auckland, New Zealand, representatives from the Grand Council of the Crees
