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USGS | 2021
USGS is co-producing research on the science and adaptive management of recovering burned areas in sagebrush steppe and the response of those areas to restoration interventions. Landsat,…
USGS | 2021
The Department of Interior’s Office of Wildland Fire (OWF), in partnership with the USGS, is conducting evaluations to determine best practices and methodology for data collection of post-fire events…
USGS | 2021
Tens of millions of trees reportedly died in California during the 2012–2016 drought, resulting in marked increases in heavy fuel loads on the landscape. In conjunction with warming temperatures,…
USGS | 2021
A 2021 high-resolution image collection is the most recent in a rich archive of aerial imagery used to track changes of the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon. The imagery was acquired from an…
USGS | 2021
Barrier islands are dynamic environments that can evolve with currents, waves, and tides. These systems help with storm surge reduction and wave attenuation but accelerated sea-level rise and more…
USGS | 2021
The western U.S., including California, has experienced extreme weather events that have resulted in catastrophic and deadly fires. These destructive fires have resulted in loss of life and…
USGS | 2021
Accelerating glacier change in the early 21st century is impacting sea level, water resources, and ecosystems across North America and globally. Yet, direct field measurements of glacier change are…
USGS | 2021
Global trends in wetland degradation and loss have created an urgency to monitor wetland extent as well as track the distribution and causes of wetland loss. Satellite imagery can be used to monitor…
USGS | 2021
The USGS Land Change, Monitoring, Assessment, and Projection (LCMAP) project recently released an updated suite of land surface change science products based on the Landsat archive. The most recent…
USGS | 2021
Phragmites australis is a tall, perennial reed that forms dense stands in wetland habitats. Although it is an introduced species, it is a critical erosion control mechanism in many southeastern…
USGS | 2021
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Upper Mississippi River Restoration (UMRR) program, through its Long Term Resource Monitoring (UMRR-LTRM) element, collected systematic imagery of the entire…
USGS | 2021
USGS has acquired an updated statewide satellite imagery mosaic for Alaska. The 4-band (red, green, blue, and near-infrared) 0.5-meter ground resolution mosaic was orthorectified using recently…