Scientist & farmer. Ecology, remote sensing, modelling, fencing, gardening, chasing bulls, talking to cows (order of importance varies)
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Deep into a Google Earth Engine coding session 🌐 @EarthOutreach @googleearth
☁ Highlight from day 1 of Global Dialogue: using cloud-based spatial frameworks for #OceanAccounting
During training, participants were introduced used cloud-based remote sensing and GIS tools to map and account for coastal ecosystems.
#GlobalOceanDialogue2024 #OceanAccounts
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Our new maps show coral reefs are more extensive than we thought, write @mitchest + @stuartphinn (@UQ_news).
theconversation.com/the-worl…
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"New global area estimates for coral reefs from high-resolution mapping" @mitchest
Read more in @CellRepSustain cell.com/cell-reports-sustai…
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UQ-led research has shown there's more coral reef area across the globe than previously thought, with satellite mapping helping to conserve these vital ecosystems 🌊🛰️
🔗brnw.ch/21wGWQq
@UQscience @mitchest @chrisroelfsema
ALT An underwater photo of a colourful coral reef in bright blue water, with tiny yellow fish swimming around.
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Finally the main @AllenCoralAtlas paper is out! The paper acts as a scientific reference and summary of the ACA, including global reef extent, and the distribution of benthic and geomorphic class. Congratulations to paper lead @mitchest and the ACA team. doi.org/10.1016/j.crsus.2024…
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#editorchoice
Automated Global #ShallowWaterBathymetry Mapping Using #GoogleEarthEngine by Jiwei Li, David E. Knapp, Mitchell Lyons, Chris Roelfsema, Stuart Phinn, Steven R. Schill and Gregory P. Asner
🔗mdpi.com/2072-4292/13/8/1469
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Just published: coastTrain is a free training library designed to support efforts to map and conserve coastal ecosystems. It contains >190,000 records for 7 coastal ecosystems from Global Mangrove Watch, Allen Coral Atlas and Global Intertidal Change. mdpi.com/2072-4292/14/22/576…
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Coral cover is high at Heron, 20 Years anniversary of #geolocated #photoquadrat benthic surveys for Heron Reef with help of @HIRS_UQ @HeronIsle @RSRC_UQ @UQ_News @UQ_sees @UQscience forming the basis of the @AllenCoralAtlas and @gbrmarinepark habitat mapping work
ALT Snorkelers collecting photo quadrates https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-021-00871-5
ALT 2022 team responsible for collecting the 20th data set since 2002
ALT https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-021-00871-5
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The first wave of our #CoralChampions list is here! Read up on the 16 inspiring people and teams working hard to protect, promote and propagate one of the world's most diverse ecosystems 🌊🪸💙 #LoveCoral
lewispughfoundation.org/cora…
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Check this @AllenCoralAtlas maps created by the @RSRC_UQ are on the list below @stuartphinn @mitchest @GBRFoundation @UQscience @UQ_sees great team work with @planet @coral_org @InsideNatGeo @ASU
The first wave of our #CoralChampions list is here! Read up on the 16 inspiring people and teams working hard to protect, promote and propagate one of the world's most diverse ecosystems 🌊🪸💙 #LoveCoral
lewispughfoundation.org/cora…
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@mitchest discusses the methods behind the development of the @AllenCoralAtlas including the fact that the team used over 2.25 million satellite images! 🛰🌏🪸🐠
Mind blown! 🤯 it’s incredible that we have sufficient compute to be able to achieve this! #AEO22
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As you might have gathered, I'm a little fired up about the Essendon FC situation right now. Here's a few more thoughts about THAT video the club released on Monday, another spectacular misreading of the mood of the fan base.
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Researchers analysed more than one-million satellite images to find 4,000km2 of tidal #wetlands have been lost globally over 20yrs
Co-author @WalthamNathan said loss on the GBR was a major concern & restoration was a big task.
🔗 science.org/doi/10.1126/scie…
📰 tropwater.com/news/dramatic-…
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New paper out today in @ScienceMagazine: we developed an EO monitoring system to detect the type and timing losses and gains of tidal wetlands globally - tidal marsh, tidal flats and mangroves @EarthOutreach @USGSLandsat @NASA_Landsat
science.org/doi/10.1126/scie…
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Update: it is.
Enrol to vote, Australia.
aec.gov.au
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Ahem . . .
After some requests, I wrote some more words for @shot_au including the invention of a new term for Scott Morrison's pressers and announcements - worderrhoea.
This one is about as snarked-out as I've ever been.
(feedback always welcome) 🙏🏽
theshot.net.au/general-news/…
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Which outline describing #CoralReefs extent of the #GreatBarrierReef? The choise will impact #modelling, #monitoring #managing #restoration #COTS #bleaching #connectivity read more and stay tuned mdpi.com/1334384
ALT See reef outlines: left, current commonly used outline of reef features from park authorithy vs right, our study derived beta outline based on geomorphic zones maps above 20 m MSL
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Congrats to @AllenCoralAtlas team! @Jiwei_Li_JL @ChrisRoelfsema @stuartphinn @mitchest @remotelysense @asnerlab @greg_asner @joferkington @pgbrodrick @steveschill @andrew_zolli @eldang @lkickham @reef_scientist @JamesCDeutsch @artmin @ [WHOLE ACA TEAM]
First coral reef dataset in the Earth Engine catalog:
Geomorphic Zonation and Benthic Habitat from @AllenCoralAtlas. Data are derived from @planet imagery. developers.google.com/earth-…
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First coral reef dataset in the Earth Engine catalog:
Geomorphic Zonation and Benthic Habitat from @AllenCoralAtlas. Data are derived from @planet imagery. developers.google.com/earth-…
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Ever thought how much Shallow #Coral #Habitat Is There on the #GreatBarrierReef? @RSRC_UQ mapped it for you with geolocated photos, @sentinel2, Depth, Slope, Wave, @GoogleEE, ObjectBasedAnalysis + @aims_gov_au @EOMAP, @gbrmarinepark check it out in mdpi.com/1334384
ALT This study characterizes and quantifies coral habitat based on depth, geomorphic and benthic composition maps of more than 2164 shallow offshore GBR reefs. The mapping approach combined a Sentinel-2 satellite surface reflectance image mosaic and derived depth, wave climate, reef slope and field data in a random-forest machine learning and object-based protocol. Area calculations, for the first time, incorporated the 3D characteristic of the reef surface above 20 m.