Surf and Turf: Studying Land to Help Protect Reefs
As farmland increases in Belize, more and more sediment and agricultural runoff is making its way into the country's rivers and eventually into the sea — where it reaches the Belize Barrier Reef.
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As farmland increases in Belize, more and more sediment and agricultural runoff is making its way into the country's rivers and eventually into the sea — where it reaches the Belize Barrier Reef.
Nestled in between soaring green mountains, Guatemala’s Lake Atitlán is renowned as one of the most beautiful lakes in the world. It has also been under threat by massive blooms of algae clotting its pristine waters. In 2009 and 2015, massive “blooms” of algae threatened to cause severe ecological damage.
|Jacob Ramthun, SERVIR Science Coordination Office
This service is the outcome of a discussion held during the 2018 West Africa Regional Conference on Land Cover Land Use, at which SERVIR West Africa established the West Africa Land Cover Task Force.
The Flash Flood Vulnerability Mapping service focuses on improving flash flood vulnerability mapping and early assessments of the potential socioeconomic impacts of anticipated floods.
This fact sheet provides and overview SERVIR West Africa phase 2 implementation, which includes a consortium of seven regional institutions in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Niger, Nigeria, Mali and Senegal.
Disaster preparedness and the water resource management require reliable and timely information. In many regions of the world, ground observation data is scarce. Here are three ways that SERVIR's innovative services and tools enable decision-makers and authorities to address water challenges.
|Chinmay Deval, NASA SCO Water Security Lead
The primary objective of the P-Locust service is to enhance the monitoring and prevention efforts against locust population growth.
Results of an in-depth, independent evaluation of the SERVIR project were shared at an Adaptation Community Meeting held June 28 at The Wilson Center in Washington, D.C. The evaluation included case studies of nine tools and services from throughout the SERVIR network. This featured article highlights some results and includes a link to the recorded webcast of the event.
Meet Africa Flores, Land Cover Land Use Change & Ecosystems Theme Lead / SERVIR-Amazonia Science Coordination Lead for the NASA SERVIR Science Coordination Office.
This fact sheet highlights how SERVIR is using satellite data to pinpoint breeding locations for locusts so that the pests can be eradicated before they take flight.