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Associate Professor at Kent State University Remote Sensing; AI/Machine Learning; Land System Science https://www.kent.edu/geography/he-yin 🛰️🌎🌈

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He YIN | 殷贺 @he-yin.bsky.social · Aug 22

Same here

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Andrew Parsonson @andrewparsonson.bsky.social · Mar 1

ESA has granted Sentinel-2A a one-year exceptional and temporary extension, delaying its retirement and increasing Sentinel-2 revisit times.
europeanspaceflight.com/sentinel-2a-...

Sentinel-2A Given One-Year Exceptional and Temporary Extension

ESA has granted Sentinel-2A a one-year exceptional and temporary extension, delaying its retirement and increasing Sentinel-2 revisit times.

europeanspaceflight.com

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He YIN | 殷贺 @he-yin.bsky.social · Jun 30

Right! Of 770,000 tons of rice imported, only 100,000 tons are for human consumption

He YIN | 殷贺 @he-yin.bsky.social · Jun 30

Interesting report. But, as far as I know, Japanese strongly prefer Japanese rice. This stems from their belief in the superior quality of local rice and the strong influence of the Japan Agricultural Cooperatives, which restrict imports—contributing to the recent rice crisis in Japan.

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European Space Agency @esa.int · Jun 23

🆕 The first stunning images from our groundbreaking #Biomass satellite mission have been released – they mark a major leap forward in our ability to understand how Earth’s forests are changing and exactly how they contribute to the global carbon cycle 🌳🌍

www.esa.int/Applications...

This image features part of Bolivia. This vibrant image was created using the radar instrument’s different polarisation channels, with each colour revealing distinct characteristics of the landscape. For instance, green hues mainly represent rainforest, red hues forested floodplains and wetlands, and blue–purple is indicative of grasslands, while black areas are rivers and lakes. The image spans approximately 90 km along the Biomass satellite's flight path (length) and 60 km across in width, with north oriented to the right.

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He YIN | 殷贺 @he-yin.bsky.social · Jun 20

Bad papers can do more harm than none...

He YIN | 殷贺 @he-yin.bsky.social · Jun 20

Definitely quality > quantity. But the challenge lies in how to evaluate 'quality'. I've come across poorly written papers in top journals and seen poor papers get significant citations.

He YIN | 殷贺 @he-yin.bsky.social · Jun 5

This is a very timely article. Pray for Landsat Next!

He YIN | 殷贺 @he-yin.bsky.social · Jun 5

A final farewell to Landsat 7. Farewell to the scan line errors… but gratitude for the improved thermal band and better spatial coverage. You served us well, thank you! 🙏🙏🙏
www.usgs.gov/landsat-miss...

A Final Farewell to Landsat 7

The Landsat 7 satellite will receive its final transmission from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) on June 4, 2025, at 1:08 PM CST. The satellite launched in April 1999 and will be decommissioned afte...

www.usgs.gov

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Erle Ellis @erleellis.bsky.social · May 27

Good Intentions Are Not Enough:
Land-use spillovers from environmental policy interventions 🌐🌍 doi.org/10.1016/j.gl...

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Tobias Kuemmerle @tkuemmerle.bsky.social · May 9

"[T]he Humboldtian, Eurocentric perception of forests as the ideal natural state persists, [...] at the expense of grasslands and other open ecosystems."

Nature conservation policies are biased toward forests and neglect grassy ecosystems worldwide | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Savanna/woodland in the Brazilian Cerrado (Photo T Kuemmerle).

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European Space Agency @esa.int · Apr 29

🌳🛰️ Our groundbreaking Biomass satellite lifted off on Vega-C #VV26 from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana at 10:15 BST/11:15 CEST on 29 April. The satellite is designed to provide unprecedented insights into the world’s forests and their crucial role in Earth’s carbon cycle.

Biomass launched to count forest carbon

ESA’s groundbreaking Biomass satellite, designed to provide unprecedented insights into the world’s forests and their crucial role in Earth’s carbon cycle, has been launched. The satellite lifted off ...

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Anping Chen @dranpingchen.bsky.social · Apr 20

It's important that science continues, now more than ever. Hence I am happy to share our recent paper which shows the slowing of post-mortality forest recovery @natplants.nature.com. With great colleagues including @smmunson.bsky.social @wmhammond.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Heather Reese @heatherreese.bsky.social · Mar 15

Job announcement! Come work with us as Assoc Sr Lecturer in Earth and Env Data Science at U of Gothenburg, Sweden. Tenure track for someone with broad remote sensing & machine learning knowledge. Work with climate change, Earth systems, biodiversity, #EO, #UAV... Deadline 10 May tinyurl.com/58ft38du

Associate Senior Lecturer in Earth and Environmental Data Science

Associate Senior Lecturer in Earth and Environmental Data Science At the Department of Earth Sciences, we

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David Frantz @dfrantz.bsky.social · Apr 7

🚨 Fresh off the press in #RSE: D. Klehr's first #PhD chapter 🎉 presents a new approach to surpass classification of tree species for large areas 🛰️🌳🌲. We pair #Sentinel2 #EarthObservation with #ANN #AI models to predict sub-pixel tree species! #OpenAccess: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Katarzyna Ewa Lewińska @kelewinska.bsky.social · Apr 4

📣In our new paper we analyzed the impact of #Landsat and #Sentinel-2 🛰️ #satellite data density and SMA endmembers on trends in #grasslands ground cover:
- for monthly composites data density is irrelevant
- correct endmember definitions are critical‼️
Check out the full paper tinyurl.com/wha6pzax

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Katarzyna Ewa Lewińska @kelewinska.bsky.social · Mar 14

📣Our global 🌍 overview of usable Landsat and Sentinel-2 🛰️ data now comprises also information from 2024!
The complete 1982-2024 dataset can be browsed via a #GEE app: tinyurl.com/322e63p2 and downloaded from here:
doi.org/10.5061/drya...

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Mike Wulder @mikewulder.bsky.social · Mar 12

Observations from 3 #Sentinel2 satellites! Increased revisit frequency. Terrific news!
“This configuration will enhance the availability of Sentinel-2 data, with additional Sentinel-2 observations on the same relative orbit, occurring 2 days apart from Sentinel-2B and 1 day apart from Sentinel-2C.”

Andrew Parsonson @andrewparsonson.bsky.social · Mar 1

ESA has granted Sentinel-2A a one-year exceptional and temporary extension, delaying its retirement and increasing Sentinel-2 revisit times.
europeanspaceflight.com/sentinel-2a-...

Sentinel-2A Given One-Year Exceptional and Temporary Extension

ESA has granted Sentinel-2A a one-year exceptional and temporary extension, delaying its retirement and increasing Sentinel-2 revisit times.

europeanspaceflight.com

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He YIN | 殷贺 @he-yin.bsky.social · Mar 6

Berlin is a wonderful place to live—I’ve always considered it my second home. The Geography department at @humboldtuni.bsky.social is especially strong, and you can work with many AMAZING colleagues there!

Earth Observation Lab @humboldteolab.bsky.social · Feb 28

Two professor positions open at Humboldt University Berlin:

🔹 Human Geography: haushalt-und-personal.hu-berlin.de/de/personal/...

🔹 Physical Geography: haushalt-und-personal.hu-berlin.de/de/personal/...

6-week application deadline. Please share!

W1 Professorship in Human Geography and Global Transitions (with tenure track to W3)

haushalt-und-personal.hu-berlin.de

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Philippe Rufin @philrufin.bsky.social · Mar 3

New #IEEE GRSM paper on responsible #AI for #EarthObservation! AI for EO data analysis holds great promise in addressing global challenges but simultaneously needs a careful examination of the dimensions of responsibility. We reviewed them in this #openaccess article: doi.org/10.1109/MGRS...

Diagram showing the main building blocks of responsible
AI in EO. Mitigating unfair bias, securing AI, preserving (geo)privacy, and addressing ethical concerns outline the considerations necessary for
implementing responsible AI methodologies within the fields of EO.
Social good presents the opportunities and goals related to how a
responsible AI system can effectively be utilized to make a positive
difference in people’s lives.

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Earth Observation Lab @humboldteolab.bsky.social · Feb 28

W1 Professorship in Human Geography and Global Transitions (with tenure track to W3)

haushalt-und-personal.hu-berlin.de

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Robin Hayward 🌳 🏳️‍⚧️ @canopyrobin.com · Feb 28

New LGBTQ+ science resources! Today, we’re excited to share our PRIDE Guidelines for LGBTQ+ inclusive field work at inclusivefieldwork.leeds.ac.uk/pride. Please share widely and see the thread below for more details 🧪🌍🌐

The progress flag in the shape of a shield against an outdoorsy background, titled "Pride guidelines: pointers for research that is inclusive, diverse, and equitable for LGBTQ+ fieldworkers"

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Tobias Kuemmerle @tkuemmerle.bsky.social · Feb 27

Are you a postdoc working on global environmental change? Apply for the new #TenureTrack professorship on #Geography of #Global Environmental Change and join us at the Geography Department of Humboldt-University Berlin! @humboldtuni.bsky.social
--> hu.berlin/GeographyGEC

W1 Professorship in Geography of Global Environmental Change (with tenure track to W3)

hu.berlin

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He YIN | 殷贺 @he-yin.bsky.social · Feb 20

👉 👉 👉 We're hiring! Seeking a NASA-funded postdoc/PhD candidate to use #RemoteSensing and #machinelearning, particularly #deeplearning to study disaster impacts on #AgriculturalLand. Please share! www.senslandlab.com/opportunitie...

Opportunities

Kent State Campus. Credit: KSU

www.senslandlab.com

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Wim Zwijnenburg @wammezz.bsky.social · Feb 18

In these dark times, another sober reminder this @nytimes.com oped how war is destroying our #environment that not only directly impact human health and ecosystems we depend on from these toxic remnants of war, but also future generations.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/o...

Opinion | War Is Killing The Planet

In pursuit of empire and domination, of territorial conquest or racial and religious supremacy, wars stand as a stubborn driver of planetary harm.

www.nytimes.com

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Annie Leymarie @annieleymarie.bsky.social · Feb 18

Two recent papers show how richer countries tend to export some environmental harms, inc. biodiversity loss
👇 and www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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He YIN | 殷贺 @he-yin.bsky.social · Feb 18

This is just one of many cities in China that have their city walls demolished. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese...

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Philippe Rufin @philrufin.bsky.social · Feb 12

Commercial very-high-resolution satellite imagery is crucial for monitoring smallholder farming systems (SDG 2), but paywalls block innovation and progress.

We call for open access to these data for sustainability-centered research in @pnas.org!

Read the full text here: doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

Photograph of smallholder farmer presenting seeds in her hand.

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Philippe Rufin @philrufin.bsky.social · Feb 12

Return of the good times: the Earth Observation Lab of @humboldtuni.bsky.social has joined Bluesky: Follow @humboldteolab.bsky.social for all things terrestrial remote sensing and geospatial at large!

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GrumpyUncleSean🔥 @grumpyunclesean.bsky.social · Feb 10

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Please see our new paper in Nature Communications!

We used 1,851 tree-ring fire-scar sites and contemporary fire perimeters to quantify the prevalence of wildfire from 1600-1880 compared to 1984-2022. 🧪🌍🔥

Our key findings are as follows ...

A fire deficit persists across diverse North American forests despite recent increases in area burned - Nature Communications

Across many North American forests, recent years with exceptional area burned are not unprecedented when considering the multi-century perspective offered by fire-scarred trees. Nevertheless, abundant...

www.nature.com

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