Climate Change

The goal of this study was to assess baseline ecosystem services in the Than Hoa and Nghe An provinces of Vietnam. The general methodological approach utilized a first‐pass, rapid assessment [...]

In coordination with the El Dorado County Resource Conservation District, CAL FIRE proposes to undertake fuels treatments in an area of El Dorado County lying generally between Sly Park and [...]

Dr. Charles Kerchner and Tadashi Moody of Spatial Informatics worked with Dr. Richard Harris and other experts to present a webinar on methods for calculating greenhouse gas (GHG) emission [...]

Wildfire is the most influential factor in determining the carbon-payback period for forest biomass energy projects. Research in the past five years has shown that forest biomass energy projects [...]

SIG has been part of a two year partnership between the USAID LEAF project, and 12 separate universities across SE Asia, working to develop a series of training materials for university [...]

Dr. Saah has been broadly trained as an environmental scientist with expertise in a number of areas including: landscape ecology, ecosystem ecology, hydrology, geomorphology, ecosystem modeling, [...]

SERVIR is a global program that provides scientific and technical know-how to help developing countries use geospatial information and technologies to achieve sustainable development. [...]

Urban heat islands are metropolitan areas that are notably warmer than the areas surrounding them. This extra heat comes from the activity of cities: more cars expelling exhaust, decreased green [...]

SIG developed an urban forest analysis approach that can be used to track avoided pollutant emissions, carbon sequestration and other benefits at the tree or property scales as part of an [...]

Karis Tenneson, Director of the Environmental Mapping Domain at Spatial Informatics Group, leads a team of remote sensing and sustainability scientists. With a diverse background in ecology, [...]