Summary: Dense populations of some microscopic algae (phytoplankton) in ocean waters can contaminate seafood, resulting in serious health problems for humans. Satellite data displayed in an online tool help fishermen monitor and avoid these harmful algal blooms.

Summary: Find quantified estimates of the inputs and outputs associated with phases of agricultural products’ life cycles.

Summary: Access daily, weekly, or bi-weekly maps of satellite imagery indicating the health of crops and natural vegetation.

Summary: View the USDA Cropland Data Layer to check the type of crop grown in each field across the contiguous U.S. from 1997 to the present. View a sequence of regional views to see how the distribution of specific crops has shifted over time.

Visualization from CropScape showing corn (yellow) and soy (green) data in North Dakota in 1997 and 2013. Corn and soy have expanded across the state since 1997, tracking longer growing seasons. ...

Summary: To manage their businesses successfully, farmers and food production companies need to know what crops are in the ground and how well they are growing. A pair of easy-to-use online mapping tools provides this information for growing seasons in the past and present.

Summary: Farmers and ranchers use this carbon accounting tool to estimate their operation’s greenhouse gas emissions and capacity for carbon sequestration, and to evaluate the impacts of alternative management strategies on their net emissions.

In 2013 the Marin (California) Carbon Project launched a year-long carbon farming program on three farms in West Marin: Stemple Creek Ranch (700 acres), Straus Dairy (500 acres), and Corda Ranch (in t ...

Summary: Ranchers are participating in a pilot project to improve carbon storage and reduce net greenhouse gas emissions. After quantifying their baseline emissions and carbon storage, they implement conservation practices that may let them tap into revenue from voluntary carbon markets.

Where is El Niño?  How is this year different from 2012 when El Niño was predicted, but never arrived?