Dr. Amy Pickens and Dr. Matthew Hansen of UMD GLAD Department of Geographical Sciences presenting global vegetation disturbance alerts (OPERA DIST alerts) at the NASA Land-Cover & Land-Use Change (LCLUC) Program meeting in Gaithersburg, MD Download DIST alerts: lpdaac.usgs.gov/products/opera… Interactive map: glad.earthengine.app/view/dist-alert

“Ephemeral victories or ephemeral progress in slowing deforestation may not be progress at all,” - Prof. Matthew Hansen of UMD GLAD Department of Geographical Sciences for the The New York Times article covering the 2023 forest loss map update nytimes.com/2024/04/04/cli… Explore the data: glad.earthengine.app/view/global-fo…

Drum roll please... #GEDI was successfully reinstalled into its original location on the #ISS last night! 🛰️ GPS powered on and heaters warming up. System detector tests are underway, but lasers will not be fired until late this week or early next week. Stay tuned!

Congratulations to UMD GLAD founder Prof. Matthew Hansen for receiving the most prestigious career award in the field of Earth Observation🌍via remote sensing 🛰️! We are proud to be working alongside Matt on the challenges of global land cover monitoring geog.umd.edu/feature/excell…

Taking a rare break out of 13-hour driving days in Brazil. Collecting field data over a probability sample across a country is a daunting task, but field data are extremely valuable for validating remote sensing-based crop maps. Waiting for the ferry to start to cross Rio Grande.

With forest data from UMD GLAD ⤵️ #RestoreNature #EU2024BE

✨Job alert: We are looking for an associate professor in #RemoteSensing! This kind of opportunity doesn't come every day. If you know anyone qualified, send it their way: ejobs.umd.edu/postings/120364 #gis #tenure

Climate change is fueling wildfires in Canada🌲🔥 The 2023 Canada wildfires accounted for more than a 1/4 of all #TreeCoverLoss globally and were largely driven by unusually hot temperatures and low precipitation. Read the new analysis from Global Forest Watch about the effect these

Join the 3rd International Quantitative Remote Sensing Summer School from July 10-17. Hosted virtually, it features global experts discussing the latest in remote sensing. Free to attend! #IntGeoCenter go.umd.edu/1p8h

2023 analysis reveals that progress towards halting #deforestation is possible, but it needs to happen everywhere. 🌎 Take a look at some of our top takeaways from 2023 #TreeCoverLoss data.   More here: gfw.global/4cVViNF

🌴 Majority of cleared lands in Indonesia are unused and at risk of becoming palm oil plantations, according to a new study led by Asst Researh Prof Diana Parker in PNASNews. Read here: go.umd.edu/1p8j

Insights from the latest UMD GLAD study on 30-years of Indonesian old-growth #forest clearing and post-#deforestation land use transitions #Indonesia apnews.com/article/indone…

Learn what happened with old-growth #forest in #Indonesia in the past 30 years doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2… #remotesensing #forestmonitoring #oilpalm #deforestation

Indonesia has lost 25% of its old-growth forests since 1990. 44% of deforested land stays idle for over 5 years before converting to oil palm plantations. LCLUC-funded UMD GLAD team highlights the environmental impact of land banking for palm oil. More: pnas.org/doi/full/10.10…

🔥#Forests are one of the world’s best lines of defense against #climatechange as they remove and store CO2 from the atmosphere. Their loss has long-term consequences on countries’ ability to meet climate commitments🌲 Global Forest Watch explains the latest data from UMD GLAD ➡️

Professors Matthew Hansen, Xiaopeng Song Xiao-Peng Song, Alexandra Tyukavina and Zhen Song of UMD GLAD presenting at the ForestSAT 2024 conference in Rotorua, New Zealand, in the special session dedicated to the results from the 10 years of the Global Forest Watch Global Forest Watch