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Dr. Kyla Dahlin

Data from NASA’s ORNL DAAC help Dr. Kyla Dahlin better understand how remote sensing can improve predictive ecological models.

Data User Story

Feb. 28, 2023

Image of forest biomass

Mapping Carbon Beyond Forests: New Harmonized Global Maps of Above and Belowground Biomass Carbon

New maps combine remotely sensed biomass data for different land cover types into harmonized global maps of above and belowground biomass.

Feature Article

Feb. 25, 2021

Non-Forest Trees

Counting Trees in Africa's Drylands

Using commercial satellite data and machine learning, scientists discovered a surprisingly large number of trees in Africa's drylands.

Feature Article

Nov. 19, 2020

Logging for the purpose of clearing land for agriculture continues to threaten the Brazilian rainforest. (Image courtesy of the United Nations Environment Programme, USGS, and NASA).

The Road to Recovery

According to a recent report in Science, the Amazon rain forest has lost nearly two million acres to logging each year since 1996.

Feature Article

July 28, 2020

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