Abstract submission is now open (12 Jul – 12 Sep) for the upcoming online workshop on Earth Observation for Ecosystem Accounting 2022, to take place in the afternoons (13:00 – 17:00 CET Rome time, 07:00 – 11:00 NY time) from 28 Nov to 1 Dec. The workshop will feature invited talks, open sessions with oral …
Kristin is a senior researcher in remote sensing at the Geoinformatics Research Unit of the Finnish Environment Institute, Helsinki (Finland). She has studied geoecology at Potsdam University (Germany) and obtained her PhD from the Martin Luther University Halle Wittenberg (Germany) on remote sensing of boreal forest phenology. Before joining the Finnish Environment Institute, she worked …
POSEIDON aims to understand the response of ocean ecosystems to climate warming and extreme events (e.g., marine heatwaves). Long-term trends (> 23 years) in phytoplankton ecological indicators (biomass, size structure and phenology) will be analysed in different regions, encompassing a range of conditions found in the global oceans. POSEIDON will further investigate the spatiotemporal variability …
John studied Marine Biology and Oceanography at the University of Plymouth (United Kingdom) (2011 – 2015). During his time in Plymouth, he completed a one-year internship as a research assistant at Plymouth Marine Laboratory, where he developed a keen interest in ocean colour remote sensing and its applications for biological oceanography. Between 2015 and 2021, …
“The fellowship offered me the opportunity to focus on my own research work. The experience of managing a small research project is a valuable learning step towards managing larger projects.” After the end of the Living Planet Fellowship, Anna continued working as the Research Infrastructure PI of Arctic Space Centre, Finnish Meteorological Institute, in …
Climate warming in the northern high latitudes is twice as strong as the global average. Increasing surface temperatures drive significant changes in the cryosphere, reducing the snow mass and extent, seasonal frost and permafrost. Changes in the cryosphere are interconnected with changes in the biosphere, e.g. carbon uptake and release by vegetation and soil. These …
How does taking into account vertical variability of Soil Moisture impact on predicting vegetation productivity? Does this impact depend on climatic areas and vegetation types? These are the main questions addressed by a recently published paper, outcome of Living Planet Fellow Sophia Walther research. The study demonstrates how, at the global scale, semi-arid areas and …
This event will take place online. The workshops will be held on the following dates: 10th POLINSAR Workshop: 26-30 April 2021 The event will be accompanied by two side events: – 6th Advanced Course on Radar Polarimetry (dates to be confirmed) – Second Biomass Retrieval Inter-comparison eXperiment – BRIX-2 (dates to be confirmed) The Workshops …
High-resolution images collected over a mixed forest ecosystem with the HyPlant sensor, deployed as an airborne demonstrator of the forthcoming ESA-FLEX satellite have been exploited in this study to explore the potential of a novel metric based on far-red sun-induced chlorophyll fluorescence (F760) to map the functional diversity of terrestrial ecosystems. Plant functional diversity, defined …
“I felt that scientific exchange was fostered both directly through collaboration with external partners on the project and through invitation to and participation in ESA meetings, which I found both very valuable and enjoyable. I also appreciated any chance to exchange with other fellows on their experiences and professional choices.” After the end of …
