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NPS | 2020
The Everglades National Park (EVER) and Big Cypress National Preserve (BICY) vegetation mapping project is part of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan, a cooperative effort between the…
NPS | 2020
Physical scientists at Kenai Fjords National Park in Alaska have been using remote sensing methods to monitor an unnamed glacial ice-dammed lake (IDL) and the subsequent glacial lake outburst floods…
NPS | 2020
Dramatic warming in the Arctic is accelerating the melting of snow and ice. The NPS Arctic Inventory and Monitoring Network (ARCN) is using Landsat satellite images to monitor the area of lakes and…
NPS | 2020
The NPS Arctic Inventory and Monitoring Network (ARCN) is using high-resolution satellite images and historical color infrared aerial photographs to monitor the abundance of small landslides…
NPS | 2020
Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) are an iconic species of the north and an integral component of the natural ecosystem and socioeconomic wellbeing of local communities. Alaska is home to 32 different…
NPS | 2020
Many prehistoric sites located throughout Alaska are surface scatters of lithic (rock) debris, either remaining exposed since occupation or re-exposed due to erosion. Due to their open nature, these…
NPS | 2016
In the summer of 2015 Crater Lake National Park (CRLA) hosted a research fellow with the George Melendez Wright Young Leaders in Climate Change program; Donal O’Leary, then a Masters student in…
NPS | 2016
The length and warmth of the growing season is changing in arctic Alaska, with important implications for wildlife and overall ecosystem productivity. The NPS in Alaska is using eMODIS (EROS MODIS)…
NPS | 2016
Water clarity is a key water-quality property in salmon-bearing lakes. Decreases in water clarity due to increases in glacial runoff have been shown to reduce salmon production by lowering the…
NPS | 2016
The current rapid retreat of glaciers in Kenai Fjords National Park (KEFJ) results in dramatic landscape change on a shorter time scale than is observed in many other parts of the country. Park…
NPS | 2016
Reductions in the duration of annual lake ice cover in Alaska are expected to produce profound environmental changes. These include biological productivity changes in aquatic and terrestrial…
NPS | 2016
A heavy rain event on August 18, 2015, triggered two landslides in the southeastern Alaska community of Sitka. The slides claimed three lives and caused substantial damage to property and…