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Mines to Forests? Analyzing Long-Term Recovery Trends for Surface Coal Mines in Central Appalachia

Thomas, C.J., Shriver, R.K., Nippgen, F., Hepler, M. and Ross, M.R. (2022) Restor Ecol. Accepted Author Manuscript e13827. https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.13827

Linking Mountaintop Removal Mining to Water Quality for Imperiled Species Using Satellite Data

Evans MJ, Kay K, Proctor C, Thomas CJ, Malcom JW (2021) PLoS ONE 16(11): e0239691. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0239691. Read paper

Mountaintop Mining Legacies Constrain Ecological, Hydrological and Biogeochemical Recovery Trajectories

Matthew R V Ross, Fabian Nippgen, Brian L McGlynn, Christian J Thomas, Alexander C Brooks, Robert K Shriver, Eric M Moore and Emily S Bernhardt. 2021 Environmental Research Letters 16 075004. Read Paper

Illuminating Dark Fishing Fleets in North Korea

Park J, Lee J, Seto K, Hochberg T, Wong B, Miller N, Takasaki K, Kubota H, Oozeki Y, Doshi S, Midzik M, Hanich Q, Sullivan B, Woods P and Kroodsma DA. SCIENCE ADVANCES
: EABB1197. Read Paper

Automating Offshore Infrastructure Extractions using Synthetic Aperture Radar & Google Earth Engine

Wong BA, Thomas C, Halpin P. Remote Sensing of Environment Nov. 2019 (223). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2019.111412. Read Paper

Mapping the Yearly Extent of Surface Coal Mining in Central Appalachia using Landsat and Google Earth Engine

Pericak AA, Thomas CJ, Kroodsma DA, Wasson MF, Ross MRV, Clinton NE, Campagna, DJ, Franklin Y, Bernhardt ES, and Amos JF. (2018) Mapping the yearly extent of surface coal mining in Central Appalachia using Landsat and Google Earth Engine. PLoS ONE 13(7): e0197758. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0197758. Read paper • Blog post

Identifying Global Patterns of Transshipment Behavior

Miller NA, Roan A, Hochberg T, Amos J and Kroodsma DA (2018) Identifying Global Patterns of Transshipment Behavior. Front. Mar. Sci. 5:240. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2018.00240. Read paper • Blog post

Tracking the Global Footprint of Fisheries

Kroodsma DA, Mayorga J, Hochberg T, Miller NA, Boerder K, Ferretti F, Wilson A, Bergman B, White TD, Block BA, Woods P, Sullivan B, Costello C, and Worm B. SCIENCE  : 904-908 Read paper • Blog post

The Global View of Transshipment: Preliminary Findings

Kroodsma, DA, Miller NA, and Roan A 2017. “The Global View of Transshipment: Revised Preliminary Findings.” Global Fishing Watch and SkyTruth, July 2017. Available online at http://globalfishingwatch.org. Read paper • Blog post

Ending Hide and Seek at Sea – The Journal Science

McCauley DJ, Woods P, Sullivan B, Bergman B, Jablonicky C, Roan A, Hirshfield M, Boerder C, and Worm B. SCIENCE   : 1148-1150. Read paper • Blog post

Conservation Science and Policy Applications of the Marine Vessel Automatic Identification System (AIS)—a Review

Robards, MD; Silber, GK; Adams, JD; Arroyo, J; Lorenzini, D; Schwehr, K; Amos, J. Bulletin of Marine Science, Volume 92, Number 1, January 2016, pp. 75-103(29). DOI: https://doi.org/10.5343/bms.2015.1034. Read paper

How Many Mountains Can We Mine? Assessing the Regional Degradation of Central Appalachian Rivers by Surface Coal Mining

Bernhardt ES, Lutz BD, King RS, Fay JP, Carter CE, Helton AM, Campagna D, and Amos J. Environmental Science & Technology 2012 46 (15), 8115-8122. DOI: 10.1021/es301144q. Read paper