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     Landscape Change...


The Eastern Geographic Science Center (EGSC) informs decision-makers of the potential environmental and societal consequences of landscape change.

EGSC scientists develop and apply the data, process understanding, and Web-based tools necessary to holistically evaluate and forecast impacts that land use and land cover changes have on individual, societal, and environmental health and well-being.

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Memphis Flint River South Florida Shenandoah National Park Leetown Leesburg and Fairfax Chesapeake Bay Watershed Clarksburg Image Map
With a focus east of the Mississippi River, our research staff applies expertise in geography, remote sensing, geology, biology, and computer science to understand:

   bullet Status and Trends in Land Cover Change and Understanding the Causes and Consequencing

   bullet Land Cover Dynamics and Environmental Processes, and

   bullet Partner-driven Decision Support Tools for Investigating Land Cover Change and Hazards-related Risk and Vulnerabilities.

Recent accomplishments and events for the EGSC Team


October 16-17, 2009, Workshop will be hosted by U.S. Geological Survey, Chesapeake Bay Program, James Madison University, and the Smithsonian Institute: Scientists from the USGS and the Chesapeake Bay Program are collaborating with James Madison University and the Smithsonian Institution Conservation and Research Center on planning for a workshop on the land use history of the Shenandoah Valley. More...

Also, please see EGSC's publications.
Detecting Evidence of Climate Change in the Forests of the Eastern United States
photos showing one area of the Shenandoah that change every 30 minutes taken with the project's webcam.Can evidence of climate change impacts on vegetation phenology be found in moderate-resolution satellite imagery? More....

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