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    Driving forces of grassland vegetation changes in Chen Barag Banner, Inner Mo...

    Inner Mongolia is an important ecological zone of northern China and 67% of its land area is grassland. This ecologically fragile region has experienced significant vegetation...
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    Combining European Earth Observation products with Dynamic Global Vegetation ...

    Global, fast and accessible monitoring of biodiversity is one of the main pillars of the efforts undertaken in order to revert it loss. The Group on Earth Observations...
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    Improved GDP spatialization approach by combining land-use data and night-tim...

    Gross domestic product (GDP) reflects a nation or region’s economic growth as a whole, and is the sum of product in the primary, secondary, and tertiary sectors of the economy...
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    Tropical peat swamp forest is rapidly being converted into industrial-scale oil palm agriculture across South-east Asia. This has global and local environmental implications...
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    Probing the National Geoscience Faculty Survey for reported use of practices ...

    What is the extent to which college and university geoscience faculty report using education practices that contribute to more inclusive learning environments and engage a...
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    Using Expert Elicitation to Determine the Relative Impact of Coastal Modifica...

    Marine turtles utilize sandy beaches as nesting grounds, which can be impacted by a variety of coastal modifications. In the context of limited resources, managers need to...
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    Spatial patterns of the United States National Land Cover Dataset (NLCD) land...

    Research on spatial non-stationarity of land-cover classification accuracy has been ongoing for over two decades with most of the work focusing on single date maps. We extend...
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    Remote sensing of invasive plants: incorporating functional traits into the p...

    Invasive plant species spread presents a challenge, requiring better mapping and monitoring for control. Remote sensing (RS) provides an efficient tool to map invasive plants in...
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    Experiential learning and close mentoring improve recruitment and retention i...

    The Training in Environmental Research and Academic Success (TIERA) program was created to increase recruitment and retention of environmental science majors at the University...
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    The Role of Indigenous Resurgence in Marine Conservation

    Indigenous peoples’ efforts toward environmental conservation are indivisible from their cultural identity and their social and political organizations. Indigenous resurgence,...
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    Carbon stock assessment of date palm using remote sensing coupled with field-...

    This study aims at developing a remote sensing based model to estimate carbon stock (CS) in date palm plantations in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Data from Landsat 8 OLI were...
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    The impact of deforestation on the hydrological cycle in Amazonia as observed...

    Given widespread Amazonian deforestation, numerous studies have focused on how the regional hydrological cycle – in terms of precipitation (P) recycling from evapotranspiration...
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    Connecting chemistry concepts with environmental context using student-built ...

    Educational research supports incorporating active engagement into K-12 education using authentic STEM experiences. While there are discipline-specific resources to provide...
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    Re-appraisal of published nitrogen aggregation results in diamonds from Copet...

    Re-appraisal of published nitrogen aggregation results in diamonds from Copeton, New South Wales
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    Effect of fading scaffolds on the mastery of scientific abilities in inquiry-...

    Inquiry-based instruction facilitates students’ acquisition of scientific abilities, but little is known about how rapidly college students master these skills, particularly...
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    Investigating small unoccupied aerial systems (sUAS) multispectral imagery fo...

    Small unoccupied aerial systems (sUAS) are increasingly used for field data collection and remote sensing purposes. Their ease of use, ability to carry sensors, low cost,...