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Wildfires: A Rapidly Growing Problem Earthlab

WebThe intensity of wildfires in the western US has been increasing both in terms of acres burned and economic impact. This situation means different things to different people: …

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Colleen Reid Earthlab

WebI completed my Ph.D. in Environmental Health Sciences at the University of California, Berkeley in 2014 where I received doctoral research funding from the U.S. …

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Ellen Considine Earthlab

WebEllen Considine is a senior majoring in applied math and minoring in statistics, economics and geography (emphasizing GIS/remote sensing and global public health). She is …

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How Do NOx Emissions Affect You

WebWhile CO2 indirectly affects us through warming the Earth, NOx directly affects human health in a measurable way. According to the European Respiratory …

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Multi-Hazard Risk across the U.S. Earthlab

WebWe mapped “hotspots” of occurrence and magnitude of the most damaging hazards -flood, earthquake, hurricane, tornado, and wildfire- over the contiguous U.S. (CONUS) at 250m …

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Our Work Earthlab

WebEarth Lab researchers and themes span the natural and social sciences including Ecology, Geology, Geography, Atmospheric Science, Human Health, and Behavioral Science and …

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Ecosystem health prediction from forest three …

WebHere, we present a workflow to estimate ecosystem water use efficiency (ECOSTRESS thermal data) from 3-D forest structure measurements (GEDI lidar data) …

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Jane Wolken Earthlab

[email protected]. Jane (she/her) is a boreal forest ecologist that is passionate about collaborative solutions-focused research, knowledge sharing, and improving …

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Caroline Gezon Earthlab

WebCaroline Gezon is a Senior Consultant with Deloitte Consulting’s Global Public Sector, Customer Strategy and Applied Design Practice. She acts as a design lead for the …

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How do prescribed burns provide value to people

WebThe USDA Forest Service’s 10-year strategy to confront the wildfire crisis aims to scale up prescribed burning and other fuels reduction treatments that help to …

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Air Quality Data and Transportation-Related Emissions

WebParticulate Matter (PM 2.5 & 10) Carbon Monoxide (CO) Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) AQI tells us on a scale of 0 - 500 the level of air pollution and the …

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Evaluating Vegetation Health & Land Management in Brighton, CO

WebEvaluating Vegetation Health & Land Management in Brighton, CO. NDVI Analysis as a Tool for Evaluating Vegetation Health and Land Management in Brighton, CO

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What is Scientific Programming (And Why It Rocks) Earthlab

WebTechnically, scientific programming is any time a computer program is used for science research. Caption: Scientific programming is any time programming is used …

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Biodiversity across scales: Mapping functional diversity with …

WebFigure 4: The reflectance of a pixel across wavelengths, or its “reflectance signature” (here, colored lines), indicates something about the functional traits of plants …

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Crop Yield Forecasting with Landsat Imagery Earthlab

WebDryland winter cropping refers to the cultivation of crops such as wheat, barley, canola, lupins, and pulses which are not irrigated and are dependent on rainfall …

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A Big Dam Problem Earthlab

WebAlthough society benefits greatly from dams, they come at an often significant cost to ecosystems. Dams have dramatic impacts both upstream and downstream. …

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Calibrating Low-Cost Air Pollution Sensors Using Machine Learning

WebTo help make the air pollution data collected by the low-cost DDPHE sensors more useful in applications including research, policy-making, public warnings, and …

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