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The Science of Landscape Change...


The Eastern Geographic Science Center (EGSC) informs decision-makers of the impact 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 had and could have on natural resources and environmental health and well-being.

News

Science at a Glance

Thumbnail of new Phenology Home page. Conveying Phenology and Other Scientific Concepts to Non-Scientists

The change of seasons affects everyone and most have some personal sense of the effect that changes in temperature and rainfall have on the flowers, grasses and trees they see every day. Each spring and fall over the last several years the EGSC has been approached by members of the press and public regarding its research on climate change impacts on landscape phenology. Based on this experience, the EGSC created a series of web pages to more effectively explain complex landscape phenology concepts in simple, yet exciting ways. More....
With a focus east of the Mississippi River, our research staff applies expertise in geography, remote sensing, geology, biology, and computer science to better understand our land.
Small map showing eastern United States.  The Dots represent the various research locations where EGSC conducts reasearch.
Research Locations
bullet Chesapeake Bay Watershed
bullet Clarksburg, MD
bullet Shenandoah National Park
bullet South Florida
bullet Pennsylvania
bullet Virginia

 Features

camera   Live view of Reston!!
USGS Phenology WebCam

View of a Reston, Virginia, area. This webcam is updated every 30 minutes 10am to 4:30pm.
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Learn about the reasearch at the New Phenology Web Site!


Global Fiducials Program

Screen capture of the GFP home page. The Global Fiducials Program (GFP) is an interagency activity, coordinated by the Civil Applications Committee. It was created to provide systematic monitoring of dynamic and environmentally critical areas of the Earth with extremely high-resolution imagery. More....
Live view of the Shenandoah!!
USGS Phenology WebCam

View of a portion of the Shenandoah Valley area at the Pinnacles Research site. This webcam is updated every 30 minutes 10am to 4:30pm.

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Learn about the reasearch at the New Phenology Web Site!

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