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The climate history, land cover and land surface data developed by the Land Change Science Program in the USGS Ecosystems Mission Area is vital to various types of research and management applications, including assessing the impacts of climate change, evaluating ecosystem status and health, understanding spatial patterns of biodiversity, and informing land use planning.
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Wetlands in the state of Arizona Wetlands in the state of Arizona
We created a single map of surface water presence by intersecting water classes from available land cover products (National Wetland Inventory, Gap Analysis Program, National Land Cover Database, and Dynamic Surface Water Extent) across the U.S. state of Arizona. We derived classified samples for four wetland classes from the harmonized map: water, herbaceous wetlands, wooded wetlands...
Estuarine vegetated wetland change scenarios for estuaries in the conterminous United States, 1996–2019 Estuarine vegetated wetland change scenarios for estuaries in the conterminous United States, 1996–2019
This data release contains land cover-derived statistics regarding estuarine vegetated wetland area change within estuary drainage areas along the conterminous U.S. This dataset includes net change in estuarine vegetated wetland area based on National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Coastal Change Assessment Program (C-CAP) 1996 and 2016 land cover data. Net change was...
Stable hydrogen and oxygen isotopic compositions of precipitation samples from selected Colorado and Utah National Atmospheric Deposition Program (NADP) sites Stable hydrogen and oxygen isotopic compositions of precipitation samples from selected Colorado and Utah National Atmospheric Deposition Program (NADP) sites
The stable hydrogen (delta 2H) and oxygen (delta 18O) isotopic compositions of more than 4,300 weekly composite samples of precipitation from thirteen National Atmospheric Deposition Program (NADP) sites (CO02, CO08, CO09, CO10, CO21, CO89, CO91, CO92, CO93, CO96, CO97, CO98, and UT09) in Colorado and Utah were analyzed on archived samples obtained from NADP over various time periods...
Data release for Late glacial-Younger Dryas climate in interior Alaska as inferred from the isotope values of land snail shells Data release for Late glacial-Younger Dryas climate in interior Alaska as inferred from the isotope values of land snail shells
The isotopic values of fossil snail shells can be important archives of past climate. Here we present the first carbon (δ13C) and oxygen (δ18O) isotope values of radiocarbon-dated and live-collected snails in interior Alaska to explore changes in vegetation and humidity through the late glacial period (14-11.7 ka). Snail shell δ13C values were relatively consistent through the late...
Pliocene Planktic Foraminiferal Census Data from the Northeast Indian Ocean and Southeast Virginia Pliocene Planktic Foraminiferal Census Data from the Northeast Indian Ocean and Southeast Virginia
Quantitative counts of individuals identified to the species level.
Data release for Independent age estimates resolve the controversy of ancient human footprints at White Sands Data release for Independent age estimates resolve the controversy of ancient human footprints at White Sands
Human footprints at White Sands National Park, New Mexico, USA, reportedly date to between ~23,000 and 21,000 years ago according to radiocarbon dating of seeds from the aquatic plant Ruppia cirrhosa. These ages remain controversial because of potential old carbon reservoir effects that could compromise their accuracy. We present new calibrated 14C ages of terrestrial pollen collected...
Panarctic permafrost microbial community and edaphic data collected from 2010-2020 Panarctic permafrost microbial community and edaphic data collected from 2010-2020
The datasets contained herein include permafrost microbial community taxanomic and functional information using metagenomics from 133 samples across the panarctic. Datasets also include soil edaphic and location data.
Pliocene Model Intercomparison Project Phase 3 (PlioMIP3) Data Distribution Pliocene Model Intercomparison Project Phase 3 (PlioMIP3) Data Distribution
These files provide global coverage data describing boundary conditions for various aspects of the physical world representing several chosen times in Earth's history to be used as input data for climate modeling experiments. The raster data sets are provided in NetCDF format which is standard for climate modelling.
Tree-ring widths of Picea engelmannii at Andrews Meadow, Rocky Mountain National Park Tree-ring widths of Picea engelmannii at Andrews Meadow, Rocky Mountain National Park
Andrews Meadow in the Loch Vale watershed, Rocky Mountain National Park. Sample Collection: Englemann spruce (Picea engelmannii) living on slopes surrounding and at the edge of Andrews meadow (Latitude 40˚ 17’ 24” N, Longitude 105˚ 40’ 01” W NAD83). At the time of collection, the climate-sensitive upland P. engelmannii trees were growing on well-drained slopes above the meadow. Seventeen...
Simulated net primary productivity and greenhouse gas emissions under various soil salinity and water table depth combinations in low salinity tidal wetlands Simulated net primary productivity and greenhouse gas emissions under various soil salinity and water table depth combinations in low salinity tidal wetlands
The dataset contains simulated net primary productivity (NPP) and greenhouse gas emissions (CH4, N2O, CO2) under a series of combinations of soil salinities (0.1, 0.5, 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 psu) and water table depth (WTDs) (-30, -20, -10, -5, 0, 5, 10, 20, 30 cm) for tidal forest and oligohaline marsh sites along the Savannah River and Waccamaw River, USA.
Biological N-cycling data from soils collected along an elevation gradient in the CO Front Range (2018-2019) (ver. 2.0, November 2024) Biological N-cycling data from soils collected along an elevation gradient in the CO Front Range (2018-2019) (ver. 2.0, November 2024)
Atmospheric deposition of reactive nitrogen (Nr) can impact the soil microbial community structure and function and thus ecosystem processing and export of nutrients. Ecosystem response to atmospheric inputs of nitrogen depends on several factors, including elevational climate conditions (freeze/thaw cycles, precipitation), geology, soil and vegetation type, N speciation and microbial...
Firn Density and Stratigraphy Observations collected by the U.S. Geological Survey Glacier Project Firn Density and Stratigraphy Observations collected by the U.S. Geological Survey Glacier Project
This dataset contains observations of snow and firn density and stratigraphy from sites on Wolverine, Gulkana, Kennicott, and Kahiltna Glaciers. These sites span a broad range of climates that support glacier accumulation zones in the Alaska Region. Firn cores were collected regularly starting in 2016. Initially firn cores were only collected at Wolverine Glacier site EC. More recently...