This phenomenon is nothing new, but the threat is exacerbated by #climatechange making Sudan's land more arid and sandstorms more frequent. #archaeology #desertification #sanddunes themandarin.com.au/160170-sudans-…

Sudan's 'forgotten' pyramids risk being buried by shifting sand dunes theconversation.com/sudans-forgott… via The Conversation

.Ahmed Mutasim Abdalla Mahmoud shows that Formby beach, near Liverpool, has had up to *12 metres* of beach elevation loss over the last 20 years! Most of this material has moved inland resulting in increased beach dune heights with the dunes also migrating 50 metres inland. #UKEO2022

Our Bijan Rouhani, Michael Fradley and Ahmed Mutasim Abdalla Mahmoud talk to WIRED about how #ClimateChange and #desertification are affecting the long-term preservation of #heritage sites and how the #EAMENA #Database can keep track of where sites are buried. 👇👇👇 wired.co.uk/article/drough…

The #GEE resource you have been waiting for! #GoogleEarthEngine Cardille et al. 2022. Cloud-Based Remote Sensing with Google Earth Engine: Fundamentals and Applications. >100 authors (well done all!) >55 chapters, labs, >10,000 lines of code #OpenAccess: eefabook.org

Great #GEE resource!

Delighted to announce continuation of our work to protect #heritage in MENA region with a new grant from #CulturalProtectionFund supported by British Council Department for Culture, Media and Sport to embed digital heritage in #Algeria, #Iraq, #Jordan, #Libya, #Palestine & #Syria 👇👇👇 eamena.web.ox.ac.uk/cultural-prote…

If you’re at #CAA2023Ams, make sure to check out Nichole Sheldrick & Ahmed Mutasim Abdalla Mahmoud’s paper on the latest developments in EAMENA’s Automated Change Detection workflows, today at 4:30 in Session 34: Computational Approaches & Remote Sensing Applications in Desertic Areas CAA 2023 Amsterdam

In the context of collaborations with Sudan's National Corporation for Antiquities and Museums & other bodies, we have made two maps showing the approximate location of Sudanese heritage institutions/sites in relation to recent conflict areas. Read more at maeasam.org/mapping_herita…

Since 1920, the Sahara Desert has expanded by 10%. This was the motivation behind the Great Green Wall in Africa to halt the spread of the Sahara by growing 8,000 km of trees and shrubs across the width of Africa. 🌍🌿 [Image: Tuareg Man in the Sahara Desert]

Visualizing and comparing pre- and post-event satellite images of #Libya floods 🌊. Credits to Maxar Open Data 🛰️ GitHub: github.com/opengeos/maxar… Web App: huggingface.co/spaces/giswqs/… GeoJSON: github.com/opengeos/maxar… CSV: github.com/opengeos/maxar… #geospatial #opendata #LibyaFlood

This week our University of Leicester team is excited to be in Tunis with 6 colleagues from Dept. of Antiquities of #Libya to start our British Council #CulturalProtectionFund workshop on advanced training in Automatic Change Detection methods using #GoogleEarthEngine. School of Archaeology & Ancient History

Our CPF Training with our amazing Libyan colleagues has continued this week with tutorials on the #EAMENA database, #GoogleEarthEngine, machine learning & really interesting discussions about the effects of #ClimateChange on #Heritage and how we can identify and record them.

Yesterday, CEAH was very pleased to host members of the EAMENA team from Oxford School of Archaeology, Durham Archaeology & School of Archaeology & Ancient History for a training workshop on a new Automated Change Detection method for monitoring heritage. Big thanks to Ahmed Mutasim Abdalla Mahmoud for leading this fantastic day!

Our 2nd presentation of the day is from Dr Ahmed Mahmoud from University of Leicester

Ahmed Mahmoud on ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPACT OFTHE RECENT STORM DANIEL ON DERNA, EAST LIBYA, USING REMOTE SENSING European Association of Archaeologists EAMENA S#745

Ahmed Mahmoud introduces the EAMENA Machine Learning ACD, which can detect area changes of user-defined classifications, e.g. vegetation, via graphs detailing sq km change or visualised maps illustrating these changes over time. The Egypt Exploration Society #ClimateChange and #HeritageAdaptation

Yesterday, our Ahmed Buzaian & Ahmed Mutasim Abdalla Mahmoud, w/ Muftah Ahmed, presented at The Egypt Exploration Society conference on #ClimateChange & #HeritageAdaptation showcasing the EAMENA Machine Learning Automated Change Detection tool for heritage monitoring & the results of fieldwork in Libya.