Scientist & farmer. Ecology, remote sensing, modelling, fencing, gardening, chasing bulls, talking to cows (order of importance varies)
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Mitchell Lyons retweeted
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…
Mitchell Lyons retweeted
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.
Mitchell Lyons retweeted
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…
Mitchell Lyons retweeted
#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…
Mitchell Lyons retweeted
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
Mitchell Lyons retweeted
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…
Mitchell Lyons retweeted
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
Mitchell Lyons retweeted
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.
Mitchell Lyons retweeted
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-…
Mitchell Lyons retweeted
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…
Mitchell Lyons retweeted
Update: it is.
Enrol to vote, Australia.
aec.gov.au
Mitchell Lyons retweeted
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/…
Mitchell Lyons retweeted
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
Mitchell Lyons retweeted
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-…
Mitchell Lyons retweeted
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-…
Mitchell Lyons retweeted
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.
Mitchell Lyons retweeted
Just so we’re clear…
Rural Australians are not the backwards-looking, climate denying hicks our political ‘representatives’ make us out to be.
Rural people I know are honest, hard-working, business-savvy, climate-concerned people with integrity & heart who want climate action.