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Atticus Stovall @stovallatticus.bsky.social · Dec 5

👋 Introduction time for new faces/followers! 👋

I'm a 🌳 #ecologist exploring #forests in #3D trying to understand why #trees grow the way they do and why it matters. 🌍 I use #lasers and #remotesensing @ #NASA to study trees, #biodiversity, and #resilience 🌲📡

#Ecology #plantScience #nature #scicomm

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Atticus Stovall @stovallatticus.bsky.social · Jun 24

Amazing turnout in the session! Thank you all for attending! 👏👏👏

Atticus Stovall @stovallatticus.bsky.social · Jun 24

#Biodiversity #3D #lidar @esa.int #LPS25

Can we use 3D data to understand the structural component of tree biodiversity?

Please join us in the first Terrestrial and Freshwater Biodiversity session here at Living Planet 2025 🌳 to find out!

Room 0.96/0.97.

lps25.esa.int/programme/pr...

Very large 3D baobab tree with a scientist for scale.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · Feb 11

We got a message from the university to remove any use of the "DEI", "diversity", "equity", or "inclusion" from all public-facing documents. They said that even "biodiversity" is being flagged by the federal government. We live in the dumbest timeline.

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Atticus Stovall @stovallatticus.bsky.social · Feb 11

For anyone interested in #remotesensing of #biodiversity check out the live stream of the #BIOSPACE25 meeting.

Many interesting talks coming up, so tune in if you can!

biospace25.esa.int/live-stream/

biospace25.esa.int

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Atticus Stovall @stovallatticus.bsky.social · Feb 10

“BIOSPACE25 is the FIRST international conference dedicated entirely to space-based observation of biodiversity”

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Atticus Stovall @stovallatticus.bsky.social · Feb 10

Day 1 of the BIOSPACE25 Meeting at @esa.int. 🛰️

I’m so excited to spend this week focused on understanding 🌍 biodiversity and finding solutions to #biodiversity loss.

An amazing group of scientists and organizations represented here who can certainly make a difference!

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Atticus Stovall @stovallatticus.bsky.social · Feb 7

This one site had virtually ZERO canopy cover. Ash and Oak decline is deeply impacting the forest.

Atticus Stovall @stovallatticus.bsky.social · Feb 7

Coming back from a week of laser scanning fieldwork where I originally worked on my PhD and it was surreal.

I've not been back for 10 years and, while some areas of the forest seemed almost frozen in time - others are experiencing massive dieback.

A decade provides a lot of perspective.

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Atticus Stovall @stovallatticus.bsky.social · Jan 23

🚨 ‼️ NEW PAPER ALERT ‼️ 🚨

So honored to be included in this amazing effort led by Zoe Pierrat et al on proximal remote sensing. 👏👏👏

This work synthesizes loads of great info across the board - with keys discussions on synergies and a path forward for global proximal sensing networks!

Troy Magney @troymagney.bsky.social · Jan 23

New Tansley review paper from Zoe Pierrat & friends in @newphyt.bsky.social linking proximal remote sensing with ecosystem fluxes!

Synergies and best practices for hyperspectral reflectance, SIF, thermal, microwave and lidar 🌈🌲🗼🛰️🧪
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Overview of proximal remote sensing instruments at a flux tower site. Shown are three eddy-covariance towers with sonic anemometers collecting data to derive ecosystem fluxes. Shown for spectral reflectance and solar-induced fluorescence (SIF) is a hyperspectral sensor with a narrow field-of-view (FOV) and multi-directional scanning capabilities (Sections II.1 and II.2). We also show the direct emission of SIF from the forest canopy (Section II.2). For thermal infrared radiation, we show a fixed thermal camera and thermal radiation coming from the canopy (Section II.3). For microwave, we show two potential arrangements with antenna A receiving direct signals from under open-sky conditions as well as signals that are reflected from the underlying vegetated surface, and antenna B receiving a direct signal that is propagated downward through the vegetation canopy and attenuated by its moisture content (Section II.4). We also show a light detection and ranging (LiDAR) instrument emitting light to get a 3D representation of canopy structure (Section II.5). Above the forest are a drone, aircraft, and satellite to emphasize the potential of proximal remote sensing to complement observations across scales. In the inset plot, we show sample reflectance spectra for vegetation and wet soil and highlight key wavelength ranges for spectral reflectance. We also show typical SIF retrieval windows and LiDAR emission windows. Next to the reflectance spectra, we show sample radiance in the thermal infrared region, with example spectra for warm soil and cool vegetation. Finally, we show key measurement wavelength bands for microwave backscatter.

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Robbi Bishop-Taylor 🛰️🌏 @satellitesci.bsky.social · Nov 19

There's now so many awesome #geospatial people here it's hard to keep track! 🤩

Here's a thread of some of my favourite starter packs so far - let me know what I've missed!

🛰️ Earth Observation & remote sensing: go.bsky.app/4PMRhNL

🌏 GIS: go.bsky.app/TJ7qQF6 @milos-makes-maps.bsky.social

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Brian Woodward, PhD @woodcology.bsky.social · Dec 18

Registration for CA Tree School in Santa Cruz County is officially OPEN! Reg closes in March and the event is April 5th in Felton! Students get to choose from over 25 classes for a day of forestry education like no other. This event is SO COOL. ucanr.edu/sites/forest...

California Tree School

Forest Research and Outreach- California Tree School

ucanr.edu

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Atticus Stovall @stovallatticus.bsky.social · Dec 18

As you might expect, TanDEM-X height estimates improve across the board with a higher threshold of GEDI shots per calibrated grid cell - but the tradeoff is a reduced number of observations. Finding this balance can depend on the availability of GEDI data.

Atticus Stovall @stovallatticus.bsky.social · Dec 18

Download the TanDEM-X GEDI Fusion Canopy Height map and check it out! 🤩

daac.ornl.gov/VEGETATION/g...

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Atticus Stovall @stovallatticus.bsky.social · Dec 18

Compared to other optical products the TanDEM-X SAR canopy height is unaffected by clouds and was LESS biased and LESS prone to saturation in maximum canopy height estimates.

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Atticus Stovall @stovallatticus.bsky.social · Dec 18

🎉 New Paper Day! 🎉

A great collaboration between the GEDI team and DLR led by Wenlu Qi!

Integrating GEDI + TanDEM-X for pantropical mapping of canopy height, paving the way for better biomass maps.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Mapping large-scale pantropical forest canopy height by integrating GEDI lidar and TanDEM-X InSAR data

NASA's Global Ecosystem Dynamic Investigation (GEDI) mission provides billions of lidar samples of canopy structure over the Earth's temperate and pan…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Tommaso Jucker @tommaso-jucker.bsky.social · Dec 17

🚨We are recruiting one or more new Lecturers/Senior Lecturers in Biological Sciences (broadly defined, including ecology & global change) here in Bristol @bristolbiosci.bsky.social

Apply and spread the word - Bristol is a wonderful place to live and work! Feel free to get in touch with questions.

University of Bristol Life Sciences Building

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Atticus Stovall @stovallatticus.bsky.social · Dec 12

Biodiversity session starting now. 151A.

#AGU24

Atticus Stovall @stovallatticus.bsky.social · Dec 12

Super excited to present our #NASA work on #3D #biodiversity traits in #forest #ecosystems at #AGU24! 🌳

We are working to understand convergent and divergent structural traits (dry forests today).

Biodiversity + 3D visuals + global ecology? Stop by 151A at 11:00

agu.confex.com/agu/agu24/me...

Regular sized scientist standing near a huge baobab tree in 3D

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Atticus Stovall @stovallatticus.bsky.social · Dec 9

Glorious talk from Anthony Campbell mapping estuary biodiversity in South Africa. 👏👏👏

Atticus Stovall @stovallatticus.bsky.social · Dec 9

Excellent #NASA #Bioscape #biodiversity session happening right now! 149B.

Already packed, but room for more!

#AGU24

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Atticus Stovall @stovallatticus.bsky.social · Dec 9

#NASA exhibit hall #AGU24 is the BEST place to see #scicomm! 🤩

Atticus Stovall @stovallatticus.bsky.social · Dec 9

How does wildfire severity (and other factors!) affect pyrogenic organic matter? 🔥🔥🔥🌲🌲🌲

Super cool talk from @atkinsjeff.bsky.social #AGU24

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · Dec 7

Don’t forget Valencia, Spain.

Don’t forget those who insisted that actions needed to avoid the #ClimateCrisis were “too expensive.”

Don’t forget all the record-breaking, historic or “100 year” events we’ve seen lately.

They’re not the “new normal.

It’s going to keep getting exponentially worse.

A Valencia street filled with crumpled and piled cars left behind after the record-breaking flooding.

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Atticus Stovall @stovallatticus.bsky.social · Dec 5

yes Yes YES!

no.click @no.click · Dec 1

Bluesky feels like the first time we all tried Twitter, when real people were actually behind the accounts.

Atticus Stovall @stovallatticus.bsky.social · Dec 5

I....don't know how to see all of the cool #science stuff!!! 😅 #AGU24