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LCLUCers in Media

Matthew Fagan

University of Maryland Baltimore County

Vast tropical tree farms push into biodiversity hotspots

October 31, 2022

Much of the tree growth in the tropics in the first decade of the century consists of plantations — not natural forest. The LCLUC…

Matthew Fagan

University of Maryland Baltimore County

Should tree plantations count toward reforestation goals? It’s complicated

September 13, 2022

Recent publication on pantropical plantation expansion by LCLUCer Mathew Fagan got Media coverage in Mongabay.

 

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  • Globally, tree-…

Sergii Skakun

University of Maryland

Measuring War’s Effect On A Global Breadbasket

July 06, 2022

For more than a decade, Becker-Reshef , Sergii Skakun and other NASA-funded scientists have been developing innovative satellite-based techniques to monitor commodity crops such as wheat and…

Sergii Skakun

University of Maryland

Russian Attack on Ukraine Also Targeted Global Food Supply - Maryland Today

March 23, 2022

Wheat prices in various markets spiked about 70% soon after last month’s outbreak of war in the region, a key supplier of grains and other commodities to the international market, and now are…

Sergii Skakun

University of Maryland

Tracking Night Lights in Ukraine

March 16, 2022

Using the nighttime sensing capabilities of instruments on NOAA–NASA satellites, scientists from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) and the Universities Space Research Association (USRA)…

Inbal Becker-Reshef

University of Maryland

Follow The Food | #BBCWorldNews

February 21, 2022

BBC world news interviewed Dr. Inbal Becker Reshef  on how satellite information can be used to improve food…