The global bimonthly 30m GPP product (2000-2024) is now ready for use (landcarbonlab.org/insights/glo...); available on GEE, STAC... so proud of the @opengeohub.bsky.social and @worldresources.bsky.social & colleagues! 📝 doi.org/10.7717/peer... 🖥️ stac.openlandmap.org/gpw_ugpp.dai...

Tracking the Health of Earth’s Ecosystems with New Global Productivity Data

Gross primary productivity (GPP) is a key indicator of ecosystem health. New data from Land & Carbon Lab provides the first global, higher resolution GPP data.

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White et al. Enhanced forest inventories in Canada: implementation, status, and research needs. #EFI ➡️ Airborne Laser Scanning (ALS) is operational for forest inventory in Canada enabling EFIs. ➡️ Coverage exceeds 66% of Canada’s managed forest area (~230 million ha). #lidar 🔗 doi.org/10.1139/cjfr...

NEW PAPER 📣 Temporally Consistent Forest Stand Segmentation using Landsat Imagery dx.doi.org/10.1109/LGRS... 📖: Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters ✍️: Ye, Coops, Hermosilla @txominhermos.bsky.social, Wulder @mikewulder.bsky.social, Gergel #Segmentation #ChangeDetection #Landsat #ubcforestry

We have a #Tansley review out today @newphyt.bsky.social led by Becky Banbury Morgan in which we put forward a new framework that aims to explain how and why edge effects on forest structure vary across ecosystems and through time 📜 doi.org/10.1111/nph....

#Silvilaser2025 schedule & program are now online! 🥳 Check out the line up of workshops, speakers, field tour & social events! 👉 www.silvilaser2025.com/program Which plenary session are you most looking forward to?! Registration for extra activities closes Sep 10 📍 Quebec City Convention Centre

Congratulations again and again and again to Dr. Ramon Melser! (@ramonmelser.bsky.social) He joins the wall after successfully defending his thesis: “Enhanced assessment of boreal vegetation productivity using integrated satellite-derived datasets and analysis approaches.” #IRSSLab #UBCForestry

NEW PAPER 📣 𝑅𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟 𝑏𝑦 𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑒 𝑠𝑖𝑧𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝐷𝑜𝑢𝑔𝑙𝑎𝑠-𝑓𝑖𝑟 #OpenAccess 🔓 doi.org/10.1016/j.sr... 📖: Science of Remote Sensing ✍️: Waite, Coops, Grubinger, Isaac-Renton, Degner, King and Liu #remotesensing #ubcforestry #irsslab #LiDAR #multispectral #drought

Check out this innovative work in Forestry: Yrttimaa et al. Quantifying architectural uniqueness of Scots pine trees using terrestrial laser scanning: toward individual tree fingerprinting. #lidar #tls academic.oup.com/forestry/art...

Quantifying architectural uniqueness of Scots pine trees using terrestrial laser scanning: toward individual tree fingerprinting

Abstract. Tree architecture reflects a hierarchical growth pattern shaped by the interplay between genetics and the environment. Environmental variation le

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Forestry - An Int. Journal of Forest Research@forestryoup.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Have you seen our collection of high-impact articles? Take a look at the most read and cited papers of the last two years at Forestry with topics ranging from: 🌳 Forest monitoring 💻 Deep learning 🍂 Ash dieback and more! academic.oup.com/forestry/pag...

Fantastic! Our paper made the list! Development and implementation of a stand-level satellite-based forest inventory for Canada. #SBFI academic.oup.com/forestry/art... Check out the link below for collection of High-Impact Research from Forestry 👇👇

Forestry - An Int. Journal of Forest Research@forestryoup.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Have you seen our collection of high-impact articles? Take a look at the most read and cited papers of the last two years at Forestry with topics ranging from: 🌳 Forest monitoring 💻 Deep learning 🍂 Ash dieback and more! academic.oup.com/forestry/pag...

Work hard, play hard! 🌲✨ The #IRSSLab just wrapped up our annual summer retreat. This week away gave lab members the chance to share research updates, pick up new skills from colleagues and guests, and, of course, enjoy some much-needed R&R! #UBCForestry #remotesensing

Happy to be part of the team led by Martin Schwartz (@lsce-ipsl.bsky.social) behind our new publication: “Retrieving yearly forest growth from satellite data: A deep learning based approach.” 📖 Published in Remote Sensing of Environment: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 1/4

Retrieving yearly forest growth from satellite data: A deep learning based approach

High-resolution mapping of forest attributes is crucial for ecosystem monitoring and carbon budget assessments. Recent advancements have leveraged sat…

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Our new paper is out in Forest Ecology and Management! Utilizing data from multiple forest inventory programs, we created 35 spatially complete estimates of forest structure and composition across the coastal regions of Alaska and British Columbia. 🌍🌐 authors.elsevier.com/a/1kgiv1L%7E...

Canada's Satellite-Based Forest Inventory uses image segmentation to create stand-level maps for forest science & monitoring, including tree species & biomass. #SBFI Paper: doi.org/10.1093/fore... Download data opendata.nfis.org/mapserver/nf... Data on #GEE: gee-community-catalog.org/projects/ca_...

NEW PAPER 📣 Estimating 3D individual tree crown growth using multi-temporal LiDAR doi.org/10.1080/2150... 📖: Remote Sensing Letters ✍️: McGlade (jamesmcglade.bsky.social‬) & Coops @forestry.ubc.ca #remotesensing #ubcforestry #irsslab #LiDAR #ALS #randomforest #alphashape

treecbh: a new R package for crown base height (CBH) detection using aerial laser-scanned data in broad leaved forests 🌳 Diószegi et al. develop a workflow that automates and optimises CBH detection in already segmented individual trees. 🗞️ doi.org/10.1093/fore... 🔧 github.com/DijoG/treecbh

A good story about current and historical fire activity in Canada (and the US) though I may be biased thetradeoff.substack.com/p/north-amer...

North America’s forests used to burn a lot more than present…

So, is climate change really making wildfires worse today?

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"AI is not replacing the geographer; it is super-charging the geographer. Geographers are poised to have the biggest impact on communities, businesses, and the planet in decades." Insight from Prof Trisalyn Nelson, Jack & Laura Dangermond Chair of Geography, UCSB. www.independent.com/2025/08/20/g...

Geographers Aren't Going Anywhere

Why Microsoft is wrong about my profession when it comes to AI.

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Excited to share that I successfully defended my PhD dissertation in Remote Sensing (Forestry) at @forestry.ubc.ca. Thank you to all of my fantastic labmates in the @irssubc.bsky.social, as well as my supervisor, Nicholas Coops, and my research committee for all their support.

I am excited to share that I am a Guest Editor for this Special Issue of Forestry @forestryoup.bsky.social for #Silvilaser2025! Be sure to get your submissions in and feel free to DM me if you have any questions. 👋 Please share to let your colleagues know about this great publishing opportunity!

Forestry - An Int. Journal of Forest Research@forestryoup.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Reminder: We have a call for papers for a new Special Issue with @silvilaser2025.bsky.social SilviLaser 2025: Laser scanning applications in forest management ⏰ Submission deadline: 30th November 2025 More information here👇 academic.oup.com/forestry/pag...

Having a great time at the #IRSSlab retreat 2025 @ Cowichan Lake!🫶 Thanks to all who demo’d the Outdoors Tips & Tricks!🔨 @la-stack.bsky.social with the #Trimble, @jamesmcglade.bsky.social with the the #GeoSlam & Liam with PostEx👏 @irssubc.bsky.social @forestry.ubc.ca @metafor-ulaval.bsky.social

Members from the IRSS attended the #WIRED2025 symposium to present their research on overhead power lines across forested landscapes, as well as engage with industry and project participants. Wonderful work from James (@jamesmcglade.bsky.social), Eliceo and Celine! #IRSSlab #ubcforestry

We tested ways to improve Canada’s National Forest Inventory (#NFI) estimates by integrating #Landsat derived #landcover data. Combining sample-based plots with wall-to-wall maps boosted estimation efficiency and helped track tree cover change. #OpenAccess #NTEMS Baral et al. doi.org/10.1139/cjfr...

Reminder: We have a call for papers for a new Special Issue with @silvilaser2025.bsky.social SilviLaser 2025: Laser scanning applications in forest management ⏰ Submission deadline: 30th November 2025 More information here👇 academic.oup.com/forestry/pag...

Call for Papers

SilviLaser 2025: Laser scanning applications in forest management Guest editors: Dr. Alexis Achim, Université Laval, Canada; Dr. Nicholas Coops, University of

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🌳🔥Out now: Our review on compound droughts and forest responses - from leaf to ecosystem. Featuring a stunning 20-yr map of canopy temperatures variation across European forests. @chriswernerlab.bsky.social @simonhaber.bsky.social @vallicrosah.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Impact of emerging compound droughts on forests: A water supply and demand perspective

This review examines the physiological and ecological responses of trees to emerging compound droughts from a water demand and supply perspective, as well as the role of acclimation and consequences ...

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Really excited to share our new paper on #causalinference & #climatechange attribution out in #EcologyLetters today! Are you asking "how much" or "if" climate change has impacted your system, then this paper is for you! 🧪🌏🌐🍁🌺🌱🌿 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

A Causal Inference Framework for Climate Change Attribution in Ecology

Accurately attributing ecological shifts to climate change remains a significant challenge. Here, we present an accessible causal inference framework designed for climate change attribution in observ...

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New publishing options in @canjforestres.bsky.social! Submit a Data Paper to share your dataset—or a Methods Paper to explain a new technique. For more information ▶️ buff.ly/FBRmkG6 #ForestResearch #AcademicSky #SciComm 🧪

We showed how #lidar based #biomass models can be calibrated between leaf-on and leaf-off conditions using an empirical ratio estimator: doi.org/10.1080/2279...

The transferability and cross-use of airborne laser scanning-based leaf-off and leaf-on biomass models

Airborne laser scanning data (ALS) can be acquired during leaf-on or leaf-off conditions. Thus, the relationship between ALS metrics and vegetation is different, especially in forests dominated by ...

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Farewell #Landsat 7, our use of 5TB of Landsat 5&7 & AI algos a few yrs back for surface #water and #flooding dynamics at subcontinental scale was a highlight: landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/article/thir... earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/88292... landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/article/a-fi...

Thrilled to see this paper - helmed by @lucaskjohnson03.bsky.social - out in Remote Sensing of Environment! Lucas walks through methods for quantifying uncertainty in aboveground biomass estimates for small areas, relevant to the scales management happens over www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

From pixels to parcels: Flexible, practical small-area uncertainty estimation for spatial averages obtained from aboveground biomass maps

Fine-resolution maps of forest carbon and aboveground biomass (AGB) effectively represent spatial patterns and can be flexibly aggregated to map subre…

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Me and Nicholas Coops! 😎 Invited to participate in @irssubc.bsky.social lab retreat at Cowichan Lake Research Station. Forests and remote sensing, so much great science in IRSS!