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Job Vacancy- Remote Sensing Programme Officer (UNEP-WCMC)
Our partner orgnisation UNEP-WCMC (UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre) is currently recruiting the following position: Remote Sensing Programme Officer – Science Programme (AD1105) Please follow the link here for more information and apply by 5th July 2020.
Climate change will turn coastal Antarctica green
Scientists have created the first ever large-scale map of microscopic algae as they bloomed across the surface of snow along the Antarctic Peninsula coast. Results indicate that this ‘green snow’is likely to spread as global temperatures increase. The team, involving…
Imaging spectroscopy reveals the effects of topography and logging on the leaf chemistry of tropical forest canopy trees
In this study we show that logged tropical forests have reduced leaf nutrient concentrations compared with old-growth forests and this becomes more pronounced as forests recover in stature. Our findings suggest rock-derived nutrients, such as phosphorus, in short supply in…
Global land cover mapping: experiences and perspectives
Presentation by Professor Peng Gong from Tsinghua University at 12.00 Thursday 5th December, Tom Ap Rees Lecture Theatre, Department of Plant Sciences Abstract In this presentation, I will report our global land cover mapping efforts beginning in 2010. Initially, a…
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Drone images show Greenland Ice Sheet becoming more unstable as it cracks
This study led by Tom Chudley was published on PNAS (the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences) and was reported by University of Cambridge press release and Washington Post. Tom and co-authors presented combined UAV and in situ records…
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The giant trees of the Amazon basin
The tallest trees currently found on Earth have reached their great heights by persisting and growing for centuries in the face of multiple hazards (Lindenmayer and Laurance 2016). The tropical rainforests of South America are not traditionally thought to harbor trees…
Reconciling the contribution of environmental and stochastic structuring of tropical forest diversity through the lens of imaging spectroscopy
Both niche and stochastic dispersal processes structure the extraordinary diversity of tropical plants, but determining their relative contributions has proven challenging. We address this question using airborne imaging spectroscopy to estimate canopy β‐diversity for an extensive region of a Bornean…
