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🌳 AI helps find trees in a forest: Researchers achieve 3D forest reconstruction from remote sensing data
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AI helps find trees in a forest: Researchers achieve 3D forest reconstruction from remote sensing data
Existing algorithms can partially reconstruct the shape of a single tree from a clean point-cloud dataset acquired by laser-scanning technologies. Doing the same with forest data has proven far more difficult. But now a team from Purdue University's Department of Computer Science and Institute for Digital Forestry and Germany's Kiel University has introduced a new AI method for isolating and reconstructing forest trees that they call TreeStructor.

"Once Wiped Out by Blight, Thousands of American Chestnut Trees are Thriving on Biologist’s Land in Maine"
#Trees #Environment #Nature

Once Wiped Out by Blight, Thousands of American Chestnut Trees are Thriving on Biologist’s Land in Maine
American chestnut trees, deemed functionally extinct decades ago, may already be mounting a quiet comeback in the northern forests of the US.

Concrete sculpture in Cornell's Arboretum with a spectacular fall color tree behind it
#photo #photography #trees #fall

The calm before the #storm, made more lovely by the sight of bare #oak #trees which means no more blowing and bagging leaves — at least not in the backyard… 🍂🍁

"Planting Billions of Trees Turned Barren Desert into a Carbon Sink That Lowers CO2"
#Trees #Environment #Forests

Planting Billions of Trees Turned Barren Desert into a Carbon Sink That Lowers CO2
By precise numbers, it has reduced the average carbon content in the desert air from 416 parts per million to 413 ppm.

Persistent Oak Leaves in Depths of Winter
#photo #photography #trees #leaves

"UK and EU tree planting pledges face reality check as scientists warn the climate window is closing"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Trees

Why time is running out for the EU and UK to plant more trees
The UK and EU both have ambitious targets for planting new trees to help meet climate targets. But how much progress has actually been made?

"Millions of Christmas trees will end up in landfill this year. Here's what to do with them instead"
#Christmas #Trees #ChristmasTrees

Throwing out the Christmas tree? Here are the alternatives to landfill
Christmas trees can take years to break down when thrown into landfill, but there are some more eco-friendly ways of ending the festivity.

"Amazon could lose over a third of forest cover by century's end"
#Amazon #Trees #Environment

Amazon could lose over a third of forest cover by century's end
A new LMU study estimates that land use changes in conjunction with climate change could lead to the loss of up to 38% of the Amazon rainforest by the end of the 21st century.

📢Forest Research in the UK is seeking two new members for the Expert Committee on #Forest #Science. 🧬🌳📖🌲🪵
Please boost.
* one early-career,
* one from the forestry sector,
Please see details on the link below.
The ECFS provides independent research oversight for Forest Research, the largest research and evidence organisation in the sector. Chaired by me; covering a fascinating range of research and engagement from urban #trees to timber security and #climate science.
Apply below, closing 30th January 2025.
➡️ https://www.forestresearch.gov.uk/about-us/careers/current-opportunities/149805-2-x-committee-members-forestry-commission-expert-committee-on-forest-science/

Leafless winter trees near the high spot in Shindagin Hollow State Forest in the winter depths
#photo #photography #trees

"Tree planting can combat urban heat, but some neighborhoods are falling behind"
#Trees #Environment
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Tree planting can combat urban heat, but some neighborhoods are falling behind
Sydney communities may be missing out on crucial tree planting projects intended to combat urban heat, leaving western and eastern parts of Greater Sydney with less protection from extreme heat, a University of Sydney-led study has revealed. In a surprising finding, the researchers found that while Greater Sydney's total tree canopy increased by 4.2% from 1.514 billion square meters to 1.578 billion square meters between 2016 and 2022, this growth was not evenly distributed.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #StuartMaconiesFreakZone
Trees:
🎵 Polly on the Shore
#Trees
https://treesearth.bandcamp.com/track/polly-on-the-shore
https://open.spotify.com/track/34OMFOUz7lkBpTAnJTBkBQ

"Millions of hectares are still being cut down every year. How can we protect global forests?"
#Environment #Trees #Environment

Millions of hectares are still being cut down every year. How can we protect global forests?
We are still logging and degrading global forests at terrifying speed. How can we slow this destruction, including in Australia?

Close-up of opening cone on branch
#photo #photography #cones #trees

Flowering tree in downtown Ithaca last April
#photo #photography #flowers #trees

#Sonnenuntergang gestern Abend, Wahnsinnsfarben.
#Sunset #Bäume #Trees

"Britain’s 300-hectare Seed Processing Center Opens to Build Climate-Resilient Forests"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Trees #Environment

Britain's 300-hectare Seed Processing Center Opens to Build Climate-Resilient Forests | Happy Eco News
Britain's largest seed processing center opened in Cheshire to produce seeds for climate-resilient forests. The facility processes four tonnes of seeds annually and can store them for up to 20 years.

"Kenyan woman hugs a tree for 3 days and inspires a movement"
#Kenya #Trees #Environment

Kenyan woman hugs a tree for 3 days and inspires a movement
Kenyan environmentalist Truphena Muthoni set a Guinness World Record by hugging a tree for 72 hours, sparking a nationwide movement of tree hugging.

"Community Mangrove Reforestation Revives Coastal Forests in the Philippines"
#Phillippines #Trees #Environment

Community Mangrove Reforestation Revives Coastal Forests in the Philippines | Happy Eco News
Community mangrove reforestation in Tacloban, Philippines, achieved an 80% forest increase within a decade after Super Typhoon Haiyan.

"Brazil fast-tracks paving controversial highway in Amazon with new licensing rule"
#Brazil #AmazonRainforest #Trees

Brazil fast-tracks paving controversial highway in Amazon with new licensing rule
Brazil’s Senate approved an environmental licensing bill that could expedite major infrastructure projects, including paving a highway that cuts through one of the most intact parts of the Amazon Rainforest in northwestern Brazil. The BR-319 highway runs through 885 kilometers (550 miles) of rainforest, connecting Manaus, the capital of Amazonas state, with Rondônia state farther […]

#tbt: A picture I took this day last year in #Udupi #India.
#photography #amateur #trees #flowers #nature #throwback #throwbackThursday

"Africa's forests have switched from absorbing to emitting carbon, new study finds"
#Africa #Trees #Environment #Climate

Deforestation has turned Africa's forests from carbon sinks to carbon sources, new study finds
New research warns that Africa's forests, once vital allies in the fight against climate change, have turned from a carbon sink into a carbon source.

Sprig of Yew in falling snow that I captured on a dangerously cold day
#photo #photography #plants #trees

Close-up of Blue Spruce in the snow
#photo #photography #plants #trees

yesterday's tree with spikes
#photography #BloomScrolling #trees #ice #winter

"Brazilian Amazon on Track for Record Low Deforestation"
#Brazil #AmazonRainforest #Deforestation #Trees

Brazilian Amazon on Track for Record Low Deforestation

Birch tree with peeling bark in blowing snow
#photo #photography #trees #birch

Tree heavy with cones with big blurred-out snowflakes in the foreground
#photo #photography #trees #conifers

Close up of a rose-like flower on a spring blooming tree
#photo #photography #trees #flower

"Biodiversity Improves Tree Defenses Against Hungry Herbivores"
#Biodiversity #Trees #Nature #Environment

Biodiversity Improves Tree Defenses Against Hungry Herbivores | Happy Eco News
Biodiversity improves tree defenses through associational resistance. Tree seedlings in 15-species plots resisted deer and insect attacks better than monocultures. Selective browsing on competitive species and protection from unpalatable neighbors drove the benefit. The findings highlight how herbivores shape forest composition, resilience, and biodiversity’s protective power.

Ginkgo leaves in the fall
#photo #photography #plants #trees

Flowering Quince
#photo #photography #flowers #trees

Close-up shot of hemlock cones
#photo #photography #plants #trees

"Japan’s AI Reforestation Drones Plant Forests Ten Times Faster Than Humans"
#Japan #Trees #AI #ArtificialIntelligence

Japan's AI Reforestation Drones Plant Forests Ten Times Faster Than Humans | Happy Eco News
AI reforestation drones in Japan plant forests 10 times faster than traditional methods using LiDAR mapping and biodegradable seed pods, achieving 80% germination success in wildfire areas.