Save The Earth Foundation
Save the Earth funds NOAA for a research project on the Davidson Seamount in the Pacific Ocean
The Davidson Seamount is a spectacular geologic feature on which recent explorations have documented dramatic biological discoveries (some featured on the BBC production "Planet Earth").The exploration of Seamounts is relatively novel, because we only recently have the technology to access these deep areas. This project would fund a postdoctoral researcher to compare the biology on Davidson Seamount to other seamounts as well as non-seamount surrounding areas in the Pacific Ocean. This work may help finalize decisions on whether to protect Davidson Seamount by including it as part of the National Marine Sanctuary.
Letter from Dennis J. Long, Exec. Director of Monterey Bay Sanctuary Foundation
PROJECTS
W. M. Keck Remote Sensing Lab, University of Washington.
Environmental studies at the W. M. Keck Remote Sensing Lab, Department of Earth & Space Sciences University of Washington, Prof. Alan GillespieThe Remote Sensing lab has been conducting geological & environmental studies for more than twenty years. Major areas of focus have been:ForestryAnalysis of forest re-growth and structural stage using spectral mixture analysis of satellite imagesEcology Infrared stream temperature monitoring for fish health in the Pacific NorthwestDesert Landform Evolution Estimation of soil characteristics and environmental risks such as dust production from relative dating of surfacesArchaeology Improved survey methods for artifacts such as pottery shards and obsidian flakes using low-altitude thermal-infrared imagingPaleoclimate Reconstruction of climatic history of the past 100,000 years in Central Asia, from analysis and dating of glacial and lake deposits.Previous Save The Earth SupportSave The Earth Foundation supported the Remote Sensing Lab to study forest mapping and re-growth in a heavily logged area of northern California on the Klamath River. This support led to a publication explaining the approach and to two Master’s theses. Save The Earthresearch also identified key areas in image processing that required further attention for remote forest monitoringSabol, D.E., Gillespie, A.R., Adams, J.B., Smith, M.O., and Tucker, C.T., 2002. Structural stage in Pacific Northwest forests estimated using simple mixing models of multispectral images. Remote Sensing of Environment 80/1, 1-16.
Global Warming Project at University Of Washington:
Department of Earth and Space ScienceUniversity Of Washington: Department of Earth and Space Science Save The Earth is funding research to understand the natural baseline from which climate change occurs:Climate change occurs in response to natural forces, but also in response to some of mankind's activities, but all we can observe is the resultant of changes from both sources. If we are ever to address some of the climate problems we are facing, it is necessary to understand the causes. What we are doing in Central Asia helps establish how the natural climate system behaved before there was any question of anthropogenic forcing.
UCLA Environmental Science and Engineering (ESE) Program
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"The multidisciplinary and applied nature of the ESE program teaches students to understand and analyze environmental issues from a technical level, and to apply the results of the analysis to real-world situations in order to address some of the most pressing environmental issues facing society today." Eric Stein, ESE Alumni
General Information
The Environmental Science and Engineering (ESE) Program focuses on the critical environmental questions of the day: problems that transcend state and national borders, yet also have local relevance. ESE Program research and training activities are both experimental and analytical in nature, often involving laboratory or field studies but also modeling and policy analysis. Both the research and instruction recognize the interconnections between soil, air, water and biota, as well as the interdependence of human and ecological health. Equally important, the Program emphasizes the interactions and interdependencies between science, engineering, public policy economics and law in the protection of the environment and public health.
Students and Alumni
To date, the ESE Program has awarded the Doctor of Environmental Science and Engineering (D.Env.) degree to approximately 200 students. Many ESE graduates occupy leadership positions in organizations dealing with environmental problems.
A Summit on the Public Health Effects of Climate Change
October 17, 2007
Preparedness was a recurrent theme during a panel discussion hosted by the UCLA School of Public Health on the potential impact changes in climate could have on people's health. More than 300 people attended the Climate Change Summit, where climate change and environmental health experts provided insight on ways climate change such as rising temperatures and severe weather-related events could increase the rates of water- and food-borne illness, infectious diseases, illnesses caused by air pollution, and heat-related illness and death. The panelists discussed what individuals, the public health community, and state and local government can do to put in place preparedness plans to prevent weather-related illness and mortality.
Save The Earth is now funding research on Shipping Containers lost at sea. Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary is researching the effects these containers have on the eco-systems of the sea floor.
