This week's lab marks the finale in ENVS 220's study of land use and cover change. In the first 4 labs, my lab group established a research site in Riverview Natural Area and brought the data we collected at our site together with the data collected by 10 other lab groups at their sites nearby.… Continue reading Story Mapping Change in the Anthropocene
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ArcGIS—Land Use & Cover Change Lab 4
Background Over the past few weeks, our lab group has been studying Land Use and Cover Change in the Anthropocene through four separate labs. We established a GLOBE site, took intensive measurements, and compared our data to those collected by other groups in our class. This has given us a picture of land use and… Continue reading ArcGIS—Land Use & Cover Change Lab 4
Spreadsheet Fun—Land Use & Cover Change Lab 3
Background In the labs my lab group executed in the past weeks, we sought to better understand Earth’s changing environment through data collection about land use and cover change in the Anthropocene. In this week’s lab, we took the next step in the process by making conclusions about land use and cover change on a… Continue reading Spreadsheet Fun—Land Use & Cover Change Lab 3
Observation, Classification—Land Use & Cover Change Lab 2
Background As the world continues to grow and change under a dynamic human influence, environmental studies must change with it. Doing environmental studies in our changing world means taking part in current, relevant, and global conversations. As budding environmental scientists of 2018 who aim to participate in some of these global conversations, we looked to… Continue reading Observation, Classification—Land Use & Cover Change Lab 2
A Walk in the Woods—Land Use & Cover Change Lab 1
Background As humans become the dominant source of influence on the planet’s climate and environment, humans have a responsibility to understand that influence. One way to understand and measure human influence on environments is to study land use and cover change across the globe. In order to feasibly participate in this type of study, we… Continue reading A Walk in the Woods—Land Use & Cover Change Lab 1
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