STRATEGY 4.2.2: Causes & Impacts

Identify and model causes and impacts of changes to the Earth and ocean systems.

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The Department is actively engaged in developing and employing many tools and datasets to better understand the causes and consequences of land cover change, and to analyze and visualize the changes taking place. In particular, the USGS uses satellite observations at local, regional, and continental scales to detect, analyze, and monitor changes on the land, study the connections between people and the land, and provide society with relevant science information to inform public decisions. These data are necessary to provide a baseline composite of the characteristics and geographic variability of land cover to understand the dynamic relationships of biologic, geologic, oceanographic structure, and processes of coastal and marine environments.

Stakeholder(s):

• USGS

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