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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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	With a focus east of the Mississippi River, our research staff applies expertise in geography, remote sensing, geology, biology, and computer science to understand:
Status and Trends in Land Cover Change and Understanding the Causes and Consequencing Land Cover Dynamics and Environmental Processes, and Partner-driven Decision Support Tools for Investigating Land Cover Change and Hazards-related Risk and Vulnerabilities.

Recent accomplishments and events for the EGSC Team

EGSC Scientist participates in the Great American Teach-In: Barbara Poore of the EGSC will participate in the Great American Teach-In at Davidsen Middle School in Hillsborough County Florida. This event will occur on Wednesday, November 18, 2009. The teach-in coincides with Geography Awareness week and Barbara will be discussing maps and GIS applications with sixth seventh and eighth-grade students. More news...

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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