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USGS | 2020
Microbial biofilm communities (comprised of bacteria, diatoms, protozoa, and fungi) inhabit the surface of intertidal mudflats and comprise a large proportion of shorebirds’ diets. Given their major…
USGS | 2020
Migratory birds are highly dependent on major moist soil seed (MSS) as a food resource in the Central Valley of California, a major North American flyway. Using Landsat satellite data, researchers…
USGS | 2020
How bad can these drought conditions get? How much hay should I buy? How many animals should I sell or relocate to another area with a forage surplus? Land managers face these questions during a…
USGS | 2020
Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) in Indiana hosts a variety of habitat types, including extensive grassland complexes and intact forests. Grassland habitats, which are increasingly rare…
USGS | 2020
In the early 2000s, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Michigan, was infested by Beech Bark Disease (BBD). The disease kills the American beech tree (Fagus grandidentata), one of the dominant tree…
USGS | 2020
Sagebrush ecosystems provide valuable services to society, including recreational and economic opportunities like hunting and fishing, energy development, and livestock grazing. Sagebrush ecosystems…
USGS | 2020
The primary objectives of the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument (KAWW),Maine, mapping project were to provide the following: an accurate, tested, and up-to-date vegetation map; a vegetation…
USGS | 2020
The Delaware River Basin was chosen as a test bed for integrating USGS water and land use research to advance understanding on the interactions and feedbacks among climate, water availability, and…
USGS | 2020
From May to September 2018, Kīlauea volcano experienced its largest eruption in more than 200 years. The eruption drained the summit lava lake and shallow magma reservoir, covering the volcano’s…
USGS | 2020
The USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory utilizes a multi-rotor unmanned aircraft system (UAS) outfitted with a miniature USGS-developed MultiGAS sensor to measure quiescent gas emissions above the 2004…
USGS | 2020
Optical satellite observations were used to quantify ground-surface displacements resulting from the 2019 Ridgecrest, California, earthquakes. Specifically, optical images from WorldView-1, WorldView…
USGS | 2020
Burn severity mapping is commonly informed by changes in vegetation spectral response; the Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity program, for instance, relies on pre- and post-fire Landsat image pairs…