Next week, our EORC colleagues Dr. John Friesen & Dr. Jakob Schwalb‑Willmann will be contributing to the symposium “From Orbit to Action: Satellite Remote Sensing in State Environmental Agencies”, where experts from Hesse and Baden-Württemberg will discuss the role of remote sensing in…

As a highlight of the third day of our training at KNUST on the use of remote sensing for biodiversity conservation, we took our participants on a field excursion to the nearby Owabi Wildlife Sanctuary. remote-sensing.org/field-excurs...

Since mid of September, a team from the Earth Observation Research Cluster is on a field expedition at the Naryn River in Kyrgyzstan. The team is acquiring data on vegetation and hydro-geomorphic features for the DFG funded “FluBig” project which is dedicated to research on the interaction of…

Researchers from the Department of Remote Sensing (University of Würzburg); the Department of Ecological Services, BayCEER (University of Bayreuth); the German Remote Sensing Data Center, DLR (Wessling); the Department of Applied Computer Science (University of Augsburg); the Department of Animal…

Researchers from the Federal Institute for Population Research (BiB), the Earth Observation Center (EOC) of the German Aerospace Center (DLR), the Department of Sociology and Social Psychology (DSS) of the University of Cologne, the Demographic Research Centre of the Vytautas Magnus University, and…

In her MSc thesis Svenja Dobelmann explored how wildlife conservation can align with the provision of ecosystem service. she focused on the European wildcat (Felis silvestris silvestris) as a keystone and umbrella species in German protected forests. remote-sensing.org/how-the-euro...

How Cities Worldwide Can Adapt to Heat We examined in a study published in Scientific Reports how the world’s 1,563 largest cities will be affected by rising temperatures in the future – and how well they can adapt. For the first time, we combined globally available climate projections with data on…

Today, we launched the testrun for our MSc module on Remote Sensing for Biodviversity Conservation part of the EOCap4Africa project remote-sensing.org/eocap4africa...

Final workshop on research project OptiPlan (Ein innovatives KI-basiertes Planungstool zur Verkehrserfassung für nachhaltiges Flächenmanagement mittels Kamera- und Satellitenbilddaten) On September 19, 2025, the consortium of the OptiPlan project (German Aerospace Center (DLR)/University of…

From 19–21 September 2025, the Deutsche Waldtage took place all across Germany under the motto “Gemeinsam! Für den Wald” (“Together! For the Forest”). Foresters, forest owners, and many other actors connected to the forest invited people to join activities and events in their local woodlands. At…

The project “Atlas of large housing estates” was presented today in an online workshop with representatives from housing associations. The project aims to provide, among other things, a comprehensive overview of the typologies of large housing estates in Germany. It builds on a previous joint…

On September 23, 2025, Elly Schmid will present her Master Thesis on ” Urban Flood Detection and Analysis Using SAR and CNN-Based Methods: A Case Study for Central Vietnam” at 12:00 in seminar room 3, John-Skilton-Str. 4a. From the abstract: With over half of the world’s population residing in…

Congratulations to Jean de Dieu Tuyizere on the successful defense of his MSc thesis, entitled “Utilizing deep learning and Earth Observation data to predict land cover changes in Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda”.   His study analyzed and projected land cover change (LCC) in Rwanda’s Volcanoes…

We congratulate Ariane Droin from our Earth Observation Research Cluster (EORC) and the Earth Observation Center (EOC) of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) on her successful defense of her PhD thesis. The thesis is titled ” Permeabilität und Erreichbarkeit lokaler Nachbarschaften im urbanen…

Very interesting discussion with a full room of interested audience on #urban accessibility with #remotesensing on the #PhD of Ariane Droin #earthobs #phdlife

Great #phd defense on #urban accessibility using #earthobservation by Ariane Droin #phdlife #remotesensing

this week, members of the COST Action DSS4ES from all over Europe — including colleagues from Türkiye — have gathered at the Earth Observation Research Cluster of the University of Würzburg for a dedicated writing retreat. remote-sensing.org/writing-in-p...

We congratulate Dorothee Stiller from the Earth Observation Center (EOC) of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) on her successful defense of her PhD thesis at the JMU. The thesis is titled “Potentiale fernerkundlicher Daten und Methoden für die urbane Verkehrsforschung” [engl. Potential of Remote…

Great results by Doro Stiller showing the relevance of informal public transport for many people- using #spatial #remotesensing data and #ML #DL methoda

Dorothee Stiller presented her #PhD research on #earthobservation for #global #traffic analysis ##phdlife #gischat

Researchers from our Earth Observation Research Cluster and the Geolingual Studies team of the University of Würzburg, the Earth Observation Center (EOC) of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in Oberpfaffenhofen, from Data Science in Earth Observation of the Technical University of Munich and from…

Last week, EORC staff participated in and co-organized the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland (GfÖ) Annual Symposium 2025, this year hosted at University of Würzburg. The symposium, attended by more than 600 people, covered a wide range of topics in ecology research with a focus…

Researchers from the German Remote Sensing Data Center (DFD) of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in Oberpfaffenhofen, the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) in Leipzig, the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) in Leipzig, the Martin Luther University…

Researchers from TU Darmstadt, Karlstad University in Sweden, and our Earth Observation Research Cluster (EORC) at Julius-Maximilians-University Würzburg collaborated on a new study that looks at how science addresses urban deprived areas and slums worldwide. The paper, titled “Bibliometric and…

Glad to share the time at #gfoe2025 with many of my nice colleagues of @earth-observation.org working at the interface of remote sensing and ecology, and who co-organized the conference. @jsrieder.bsky.social @msdhill0n.bsky.social

Remote Sensing for Germany #1   In a recent #DLR press release (https://www.dlr.de/de/aktuelles/nachrichten/2025/dlr-zeigt-hohe-hitzebelastung-in-deutschen-grossstaedten#DLR, our remote sensing (RS) works on heat exposure in German cities have been shown.   The view from satellites, air planes and…

At this year’s Conference of the International Society for the Linguistics of English (isLE8), which took place in Santiago de Compostela from 1-4 September 2025, the GLS-team (represented by Lisa Lehnen and Ninja Schulz) participated in a pre-conference workshop dedicated to Expanding Circle…

Being part of the organizers of this year’s GfÖ-Conference in Würzburg our staff members Sonja Maas, Jakob Schwalb-Willmann and Maninder Singh Dhillon were happy to present the posters on their research topics today. The annual meeting of the GfÖ (Society for Ecology)  hosts around 600 participants…

Being part of the organizers of this year’s GfÖ-Conference in Würzburg our staff members Sonja Maas, Jakob Schwalb-Willmann and Maninder Singh Dhillon were happy to present the posters on their research topics today. The annual meeting of the GfÖ (Society for Ecology)  hosts around 600 participants…

Snow depth is a crucial variable in high-arctic ecosystems, as it affects soil, plants & wildlife foraging. Yet, spatially-continuous snow depth data is rare. Stop by poster 38-P1 at #gfoe2025 @uni-wuerzburg.de today to talk about UAV LiDAR snow depth mapping for ecological research on Svalbard!

Massive landslide in Alaska triggered tsunami – supporting the Alaska Earthquake Center   On August 10, 2025, a massive landslide occurred near South Sawyer Glacier in Tracy Arm fjord in Southeast Alaska. The landslide caused a big tsunami with a runup height up to 470 m on the opposing fjord wall…

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Ariane Droin will defend her PhD thesis “Permeabilität und Erreichbarkeit lokaler Nachbarschaften im urbanen Kontext. Eine geographische Analyse auf Basis räumlicher Netzwerke.” on September 16th at 4 p.m. at the John-Skilton Straße 4a, Seminar Room 2/00.B.03.   In her work, Ariane Droin,…

Researchers from Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) in Leipzig, the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) in Leipzig, the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, the German Remote Sensing Data Center (DFD) of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in…

We recently reported on the urban heat island effect in Germany and the work of DLR and EORC on the topic – please see here: https://remote-sensing.org/understanding-urban-heat-in-germany-insights-from-prof-hannes-taubenbocks-research/   Here is a link to the original press release:…

On September 16, 2025, Jean de Dieu Tuyizere will present his Master Thesis on “Utilizing deep learning and Earth Observation data to predict land cover changes in Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda” at 12:00 in seminar room 3, John-Skilton-Str. 4a From the abstract: This study modeled land cover…

Dorothee Stiller will defend her PhD thesis “Potential of Remote Sensing Data and Methods for Urban Transport Research” on 15th of September at 4 p.m. at the John-Skilton Straße 4a, seminar Room 2/00.B.03. Everyone who is interested is cordially invited to join her presentation and the following…

Researchers from the German Remote Sensing Data Center (DFD) of the German Aerospace Center (DLR), the Tandon School of Engineering of the New York University (NYU), the Department of Geography of the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University in Bonn and our Earth Observation Research Cluster (EORC)…

Great what our #EarthObservation students are doing! Thanks to our #remotesensing lecturers julian, elio, basil !

What a week! Thanks a lot to the team and all partners involved to make this research campaign a success #earthobs #uav #uas #fire @uni-wuerzburg.de @earth-observation.org

On September 16, 2025, Jean de Dieu Tuyizere will present his Master Thesis on “Utilizing deep learning and Earth Observation data to predict land cover changes in Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda” at 12:00 in seminar room 3, John-Skilton-Str. 4a From the abstract: This study modeled land cover…

Our long-standing collaboration with Dr. Corli Coetsee and Dr. Ben Wigley from SANParks is moving forward with promising new research activities. The joint work is focusing on mapping savanna features more accurately such as trees, paths, or animals through innovative combinations of earth…

During recent discussions, new opportunities for collaboration emerged between Navashni Govender, Senior Conservation Manager at SANParks in Kruger National Park, Prof. Katharina Breininger, head of the Pattern Recognition Lab in Informatics, and Dr. Mirjana Bevanda from our Earth Observation…

Also a great option for #spatial data #scrollytelling - we will cover it in our courses! #eagle #msc #phdlife #earthoba

The fire ecology burns of our savanna sites are successfully finished with plenty of thermal @uas acquisitions - combined with pre- and post-fire #lidar and #multispec data several analysis are outlined- more soon on www.earth-observation.org #earthobs #remotesensing #science

Sometimes field work and art do meet- after the fire research is done when the sunset and the smoke meet ... @bevanda.bsky.social @antoniocastaneda.bsky.social @annabischof.bsky.social credit Pallett

In a world where summers grow ever hotter, understanding and combating urban heat islands is becoming more urgent than ever. A recent study by our Prof. Hannes Taubenboeck sheds new light on this challenge—and at its helm is Prof. Dr. Hannes Taubenböck, head of GZS at dlr and the head of the Chair…

Our staff at work ... #Africa #fieldwork #uas #uav #fire @antoniocastaneda.bsky.social @annabischof.bsky.social @bevanda.bsky.social

Wildfires are an essential ecological process in African savannas, shaping landscapes, influencing biodiversity, and playing a key role in nutrient cycling. Understanding their dynamics is crucial for both science and management – and this is where EAGLE MSc student Anna Bischof steps in. As part…