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DeFries, R., Agarwala, M., Baquie, S., Choksi, P., Dogra, N., Preetha, G.S., Khanwilkar, S., Mondal, P., Nagendra, H., ; Urpelainen, J. , Post-lockdown spread of COVID-19 from cities to vulnerable forest-fringe villages in Central India , Curr. Sci. ; 1(119): 52-58, 20200710.

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Joiner, J.; Yoshida, Y.; Köehler, P.; Campbell, P.; Frankenberg, C.; van der Tol, C.; Yang, P.; Parazoo, N.; Guanter, L. and Sun, Y. (2020). Systematic Orbital Geometry-Dependent Variations in Satellite Solar-Induced Fluorescence (SIF) Retrievals. Remote Sens. 2020, 12(15), 2346, https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12152346.

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Yang, P.; van der Tol, ; Campbell, P. K.E.; and Middleton, E. M. (2020). Fluorescence Correction Vegetation Index (FCVI): A physically based reflectance index to separate physiological and non-physiological information in far-red sun-induced chlorophyll fluorescence. Remote Sensing of Environment, Volume 240, 2020, 111676, ISSN 0034-4257, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2020.111676.

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"Grassland Ecosystems of China - A Synthesis and Resume ", A Springer book published ( Authors: Linghao Li, Jiquan Chen, Xingguo Han, Wenhao Zhang, Changliang Shao)

"Grassland Ecosystems of China - A Synthesis and Resume ", A Springer book published ( Authors: Linghao Li, Jiquan Chen, Xingguo Han, Wenhao Zhang, Changliang Shao)

This book provides a comprehensive overview of grassland ecosystems based on publications by Chinese scholars. It offers an up-to-date review of the recent advances in grassland research in China, discusses the climatic and physical conditions governing the grasslands, describes their types and distribution, and introduces a new classification scheme for grassland ecosystems.

PI David Skole’s research got featured in MSUToday, Folha de Sao Paulo, The Conversation , Eureka alerts, AAAS, Earth.com News releases.

PI David Skole’s research got featured in MSUToday, Folha de Sao Paulo, The Conversation , Eureka alerts, AAAS, Earth.com News releases.

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A new study by LCLUCers reveals that in the Brazilian Amazon, degradation has become more destructive than deforestation.  The researchers found that the total area where the biological function of the forest is degraded and has not been converted to another use is now greater than the amount of forest that has been completely cleared. The study is published in the journal Science.

Degradation outpaces deforestation in Brazilian Amazon

Degradation outpaces deforestation in Brazilian Amazon

Over the past two decades, degradation outpaced deforestation in Brazilian Amazon, according to the long-term study by LCLUC PI David Skole & team. By combining more than 20 years of satellite data with extensive field observations, they trained a computer algorithm to map changes in forest degradation through time across the entire Brazilian Amazon. Their work reveals that 337,427 km² of forest were degraded across the Brazilian Amazon between 1992 and 2014, an area larger than neighboring Ecuador.

Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT), Airbus and Planet to provide universal access to high-resolution satellite monitoring of the tropics

Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT), Airbus and Planet to provide universal access to high-resolution satellite monitoring of the tropics

On Wednesday 23 September 2020, Norway's Ministry of Climate and Environment entered into a contract worth up to NOK 400 million (approx. USD 43) with Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT) and its partners Airbus and Planet, to provide universal access to high-resolution satellite monitoring of the tropics in order to support efforts to stop the destruction of the world’s rainforests. 

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