Ecosystems

New ISS Eyes See Rio San Pablo

satellite imagery of the Rio San Pablo river. Credit: NASA Earth Observatory.Originally Published by NASA Earth Observatory - ISERV Pathfinder camera system may eventually provide needed Earth observations to developing countries.

Posted on March 3rd, 2013
Earth Observation, Ecosystems

NASA Eyes Declining Vegetation in the Eastern United States from 2000 to 2010

Satellite imagery showing declining vegetation. Credit: NASAOriginally Published by Earth Today - NASA scientists report that warmer temperatures and changes in precipitation locally and regionally have altered the growth of large forest areas in the eastern United States over the past 10 years.

Posted on February 27th, 2013
Earth Observation, Ecosystems

Community and Conservation in Bolivia’s Yacuma Pampas

A magnificant Rufescent Tiger-heronOriginally Published by The Ecologist - Community-based land conservation is a valuable implement in the conservation tool-box, but not a magic bullet, says David Shaw.

Posted on January 25th, 2013
Biodiversity, Ecosystems

FORSAT to Develop Satellite Platform for Forest Assessment

Figure 1: FORSAT logoA new project co-funded under the EUROSTARS program aspires to develop a software platform for forest assessment from temporal Very High Resolution (VHR) satellite images.

Stratos Stylianidis, posted on January 14th, 2013
Earth Observation, Ecosystems, Quick Look

IUFRO: the International Union of Forest Research Organizations

Photograph of Liesjärvi National Park in Finland. Image Credit: A. Stenberg.The International Union of Forest Research Organizations continues to foster collaborative, international research in all aspects of forest science.

Laszlo Bela Szendrodi, posted on January 8th, 2013
Ecosystems, Quick Look

Who deforested Central Africa: Humans or climate?

- It is a much debated question: why did Central African forests become partially fragmented between 2,500 and 2,000 years ago, leaving room for more open forest landscapes and savannah?

Posted on January 8th, 2013
Climate, Ecosystems

Deer numbers changing woodlands

- The increasing abundance of native roe deer appears to be having an impact on woodlands, a study suggests.

Posted on January 2nd, 2013
Biodiversity, Ecosystems

What’s Damaging Marshes on U.S. Coast and Why It Matters

- A nine-year study led by researcher Linda Deegan points to the damage that human-caused nutrients inflict on salt marshes along the U.S. East Coast.

Posted on December 29th, 2012
Ecosystems

Forests Near Colorado’s Flat Top Mountain

Satellite Imagery of Colorado's flat top mountain. Credit: NASA Earth ObservatoryOriginally Published by NASA Earth Observatory - The Colorado Rockies bring jagged ridges and pyramid-shaped peaks to mind, but not all of the state’s mountains fit that description.

Posted on December 22nd, 2012
Earth Observation, Ecosystems

Ambrym’s Lava Lakes

satellite image of ambrym's lava flow. Credit: NASA Earth ObservatoryOriginally Published by NASA Earth Observatory - The Earth Observing-1 satellite captured this view of twin lava lakes in Vanuatu. One glowed brightly; the other was capped with a thin gray crust of partially-solid rock.

Posted on December 19th, 2012
Earth Observation, Ecosystems