Demystifying wildfires with the help of community observers. Project Ashfall is a research initiative that asks community members to photograph wildfire ash in order to improve analyses of wildfires’ behaviors. This project is a way for those who are not at risk from current fires to contribute to the scientific knowledge that aims to strengthen our communities’ defenses and protect our natural spaces.
Project Description In 2011 the USGS developed the ARkStorm scenario for the state of California. ARkStorm is a hypothetical 23-day extreme winter atmospheric river (AR) storm sequence that was created by splicing together two historical storm events from 1986 and...
Project Description Wetland Map of Nevada As part of a grant from the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the Desert Research Institute has compiled existing geospatial and remote sensing data for Nevada into a statewide map of wetlands. This map...
Project Objective To identify the Pal producing gene cluster (an antimelanoma gene product) in the microbial metagenome of the Antarctic ascidian, Synoicum adareanum. This entails assembling, annotating and mining the S. adareanum microbial metagenome. Then, a...
Project Description Native Waters on Arid Lands is a five-year (2015-2020) project that partners researchers and extension experts with tribal communities in the Great Basin and American Southwest to collaboratively understand the impacts of climate change, and to...
Project Description The Map of Riparian Vegetation in Nevada (MRVN) identifies the distribution of riparian vegetation across the entire state of Nevada. Despite variations in climate and plant species composition across the state, the enhanced vigor of plants in...