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Supporting Restoration of the “Garden of Eden”: Mesopotamian Wetlands
Contributor: Jeff Masek The United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) has undertaken an assessment of the recent dramatic decline in some unique Mesopotamian marshes, and has relied heavily on Landsat data for
Planning for Restoration of Chesapeake Bay
Contributor: Scott Goetz After years of scientific research, policy analysis, public education, and substantial sums of money spent, restoration of Chesapeake Bay remains a challenge. Few of the indicators of habitat,
Quantifying Burn Severity
Contributors: TK, Jeannie Allen Through the Joint National Park Service (NPS)-USGS National Burn Severity Mapping Project, researchers use Landsat imagery to quantify fire effects over large, often remote regions and
Collaboration for Cancer Research
Contributor: Susan Maxwell Human health scientists have associated cancer, neurological disorders, and adverse reproductive outcomes with exposure to agricultural chemicals. Lack of information on historical environmental exposure to these chemicals, for
Saving Millions in Government Dollars: Landsat Helps Fight Crop Insurance Fraud
Contributor: Laura Rocchio Farming is a risky business. A farmer must deal with the precarious nature of the weather, the volatility of commodity prices, the perils of insects and disease,
Mapping Rift Valley Fever Outbreak Risk Areas
Contributors: Assaf Anyamba with Kenneth J. Linthicum, Compton J. Tucker, Robert Mahoney, and Randall During the period of August to September 2000, the Yemen Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation, and the Ministry
Mapping Coral Reefs
Not long ago, people searching for coral reefs traveled by boat or plane, and relied on notes from captains who spotted them on voyages in the 1800s. Knowing the location
Assessing Carbon Stocks: The Australia National Carbon Accounting System (NCAS)
Carbon dioxide and methane are both greenhouse gases that trap solar energy within the Earth’s atmosphere. Increases in the concentration of these gases since the industrial revolution have been linked
