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NASA satellite-based remote sensing data complements field data with environmental variables such as temperature and precipitation for species distribution and habitat suitability; vegetative data such as canopy height, forest structure, and evaporative stress; human impacts to biological diversity, such as deforestation or nighttime lights on predator/prey interactions; and spectroscopy information for direct detection of species.
Published Oct 8, 2021 03:10 PM
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Life on Earth would not be possible without the help of phytoplankton. Dr. Priscila Kienteca Lange uses NASA ocean biology data to study the biomass and distribution of these microscopic organisms.
Published Nov 21, 2019 03:04 PM
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Satellite sensing of summer plants and winter snow helps biologists predict mule deer populations.
Published Nov 16, 2018 01:35 PM
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Published May 19, 2015 02:37 PM
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IMPACTS—the first campaign to study intense East Coast snowstorms in the past 30 years—aims to give scientists a better understanding of what drives the processes that generate snowfall in the snowbands of intense storms.
Published Oct 26, 2021 02:16 PM
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NASA Earth science data are vital components of investigations into biological diversity, species distribution, and ecological conservation.
Published Apr 1, 2020 03:25 PM
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