Research_stories

To understand the climate protection potential of boreal ecosystems, one must look beyond the carbon stored in tree biomass. This Storymap highlights the research led by Simone Maria Stuenzi and emphasizes the crucial role of boreal forest canopies in regulating the thermal conditions of the underlying permafrost. The research findings show how tree canopies act as a heat shield and help protect the much larger carbon reservoir in the soil.

Mapping semi-natural grasslands across spatial scales presents a range of methodological challenges for remote sensing data analysis. From local landscapes to national-scale assessments, this story map explores the approaches used to address these challenges and highlights the contributions of the Earth Observation Lab to the GreenGrass 2.0 project consortium.

Understanding smallholder agricultural systems at the regional and national levels is a challenge. This storymap explores how the integration of remote sensing data, spatial data analysis, and modeling offers opportunities to improve our understanding and monitoring of the dynamics of smallholder agriculture in Africa, with a focus on Nigeria. It presents key findings from the related PhD and provides access to selected publications.

This interactive StoryMap presents results of a study mapping urban expansion and densification of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, from 2002 to 2013.