Browsing Posts of 'Liza Lester'
Weighing the costs and benefits of plastic vegetable greenhouses over conventional vegetable production. By Liza Lester, ESA communications officer The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service offers “seasonal high tunnel” kits as part of a three year trial to assess the potential of the plastic houses for conserving water and soil, reducing pesticide use, and improving [...]
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Great day for a launch: all indications positive for Landsat 8. By Liza Lester, ESA communications officer. AT 10:02am local time on Monday, February 11, 2013, the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, into a clear blue sky atop an Atlas V rocket. The latest USGS earth observatory satellite [...]
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Contemporary recreational fishing combines with old WPA project to hasten marsh die-off By Liza Lester, ESA communications officer CAPE Cod, Massachusetts has a problem. The iconic salt marshes of the famous summer retreat are melting away at the edges, dying back from the most popular recreational areas. The erosion is a consequence of an [...]
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by Liza Lester, ESA communications officer The urban density of Baltimore, MD, acquired by Landsat 7, January 1 – December 31, 2001. NASA images by Robert Simmon, based on data from the National Land Cover Database. Caption by Holli Riebeek. Yellow highlight outlines the general location of Watershed 263.______________________________________________ IN the first summer after my [...]
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Big fish, little fish, hump-shaped foraging curves, and the landscape of fear. by Liza Lester, ESA communications officer IN LIFE, much depends on context. The benefits accruing from the pursuit of liberty, lunch, and other forms of happiness, are tempered by the presence of risk. This is as true for small fishes as for anyone. [...]
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