Tackling climate change with machine learning

D Rolnick, PL Donti, LH Kaack, K Kochanski… - ACM Computing …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
Climate change is one of the greatest challenges facing humanity, and we, as machine
learning (ML) experts, may wonder how we can help. Here we describe how ML can be a …

Fusing GEDI with earth observation data for large area aboveground biomass mapping

Y Shendryk - International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and …, 2022 - Elsevier
An accurate and spatially explicit estimation of biomass is required for sustainable forest
management, prevention of biodiversity loss, and carbon accounting for climate change …

A high-resolution canopy height model of the Earth

N Lang, W Jetz, K Schindler, JD Wegner - Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2023 - nature.com
The worldwide variation in vegetation height is fundamental to the global carbon cycle and
central to the functioning of ecosystems and their biodiversity. Geospatially explicit and …

[HTML][HTML] The global forest above-ground biomass pool for 2010 estimated from high-resolution satellite observations

M Santoro, O Cartus, N Carvalhais… - Earth System …, 2021 - essd.copernicus.org
The terrestrial forest carbon pool is poorly quantified, in particular in regions with low forest
inventory capacity. By combining multiple satellite observations of synthetic aperture radar …

[HTML][HTML] Integration of machine learning and remote sensing for above ground biomass estimation through Landsat-9 and field data in temperate forests of the …

SA Anees, K Mehmood, WR Khan, M Sajjad… - Ecological …, 2024 - Elsevier
Accurately estimating aboveground biomass (AGB) in forest ecosystems facilitates efficient
resource management, carbon accounting, and conservation efforts. This study examines …

Assessing and improving the transferability of current global spatial prediction models

M Ludwig, A Moreno‐Martinez, N Hölzel… - Global Ecology and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Global‐scale maps of the environment are an important source of information for
researchers and decision makers. Often, these maps are created by training machine …

Spatially continuous mapping of forest canopy height in Canada by combining GEDI and ICESat-2 with PALSAR and Sentinel

C Sothe, A Gonsamo, RB Lourenço, WA Kurz, J Snider - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
Continuous large-scale mapping of forest canopy height is crucial for estimating and
reporting forest carbon content, analyzing forest degradation and restoration, or to model …

Informing nature‐based climate solutions for the United States with the best‐available science

KA Novick, S Metzger, WRL Anderegg… - Global change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Nature‐based Climate Solutions (NbCS) are managed alterations to ecosystems
designed to increase carbon sequestration or reduce greenhouse gas emissions. While they …

Large soil carbon storage in terrestrial ecosystems of Canada

C Sothe, A Gonsamo, J Arabian… - Global …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Terrestrial ecosystems of Canada store a large amount of organic carbon (C) in soils, peats
and plant materials, yet little is known about the C stock size and distributions, both spatially …

Using ICESat-2 to estimate and map forest aboveground biomass: A first example

LL Narine, SC Popescu, L Malambo - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA's) Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation
Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) provides rich insights over the Earth's surface through elevation data …