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Global Conservation Supports Asner Lab
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Global Conservation Supports Asner Lab

The Letter: A Message for Our Earth
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The Letter: A Message for Our Earth

Last Stand in the Amazon
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Last Stand in the Amazon

Ecosystem-scale mapping of coral species and thermal tolerance
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Ecosystem-scale mapping of coral species and thermal tolerance

Mapped coral mortality and refugia in an archipelago-scale marine heat wave
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Mapped coral mortality and refugia in an archipelago-scale marine heat wave

These Hawaiian corals could hold the secret to surviving warming waters
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These Hawaiian corals could hold the secret to surviving warming waters

Scientists map living corals for the first time before and after marine heat wave: Winners and losers discovered
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Scientists map living corals for the first time before and after marine heat wave: Winners and losers discovered

Corals further from pollution were more resistant to Hawaiian heatwave
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Corals further from pollution were more resistant to Hawaiian heatwave

Scientists map living corals for first time before, after marine heat wave
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Scientists map living corals for first time before, after marine heat wave

Can we save coral reefs? | Problem Solved
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Can we save coral reefs? | Problem Solved

ASU Partners with the Commonwealth Secretariat to widen support for coral reef management
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ASU Partners with the Commonwealth Secretariat to widen support for coral reef management

Endangered wild dogs rely on diverse habitat to survive around lions
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Endangered wild dogs rely on diverse habitat to survive around lions

Laudato Siʻ – science offers faith tools amid climate crisis
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Laudato Siʻ – science offers faith tools amid climate crisis

Mass extinction: what can stop it?
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Mass extinction: what can stop it?

Reinventing Humanity: The Connection Between Ecological, Personal, Social and Planetary Wellbeing
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Reinventing Humanity: The Connection Between Ecological, Personal, Social and Planetary Wellbeing

All kinds of new technology are being used to monitor the natural world
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All kinds of new technology are being used to monitor the natural world

These tricked out planes could help save coral reefs from untimely deaths
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These tricked out planes could help save coral reefs from untimely deaths

Scientists report new findings on the role that fish play in balancing coral, algae on reefs
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Scientists report new findings on the role that fish play in balancing coral, algae on reefs

Science refutes United Cacao’s claim it didn’t deforest Peruvian Amazon
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Science refutes United Cacao’s claim it didn’t deforest Peruvian Amazon

Satellites keep watch over global reef health in a world first
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Satellites keep watch over global reef health in a world first

Scientists launch tool to detect bleaching of coral reefs in near real time
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Scientists launch tool to detect bleaching of coral reefs in near real time

World’s first satellite-based monitoring system goes global to help save coral reefs
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World’s first satellite-based monitoring system goes global to help save coral reefs

NASA’s new fleet of satellites will offer insights into the wild cards of climate change
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NASA’s new fleet of satellites will offer insights into the wild cards of climate change

Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory Earth Day 2021 Celebration
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Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory Earth Day 2021 Celebration

California to hunt greenhouse gas leaks and superemitters with monitoring satellites
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California to hunt greenhouse gas leaks and superemitters with monitoring satellites

Carbon Mapper launches satellite program to pinpoint methane and CO2 super emitters
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Carbon Mapper launches satellite program to pinpoint methane and CO2 super emitters

Global warming’s extreme rains threaten Hawaii’s coral reefs
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Global warming’s extreme rains threaten Hawaii’s coral reefs

Thousands of Cesspools Harm Reefs, But Fixing Them Will Cost Billions
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Thousands of Cesspools Harm Reefs, But Fixing Them Will Cost Billions

How better access to satellite imagery is helping fight deforestation
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How better access to satellite imagery is helping fight deforestation

On the sea’s surface, a wealth of ocean life gets its start, study finds
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On the sea’s surface, a wealth of ocean life gets its start, study finds

Deer native to India starve to death amid drought in Hawaii
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Deer native to India starve to death amid drought in Hawaii

This is Why It’s Important to Map Coral Health
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This is Why It’s Important to Map Coral Health

New study evaluates the advancement of ecology from a 2-D to 3-D science
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New study evaluates the advancement of ecology from a 2-D to 3-D science

Scientists discover ocean ‘surface slicks’ are nurseries for diverse fishes
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Scientists discover ocean ‘surface slicks’ are nurseries for diverse fishes

Biden wants to triple protected lands
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Biden wants to triple protected lands

The U.S. commits to tripling its protected lands. Here’s how it could be done.
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The U.S. commits to tripling its protected lands. Here’s how it could be done.

A new vision of coral reef sustainability
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A new vision of coral reef sustainability

How and why scientists study the color of coral
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How and why scientists study the color of coral

The plan to map every coral reef on Earth – from space
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The plan to map every coral reef on Earth – from space

A hi-tech eye in the sky lays bare Hawaiʻi’s living coral reefs
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A hi-tech eye in the sky lays bare Hawaiʻi’s living coral reefs

First-ever aerial map of Hawaii’s coral creates groundbreaking conservation tool
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First-ever aerial map of Hawaii’s coral creates groundbreaking conservation tool

Mapping the way to better conservation in the caribbean
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Mapping the way to better conservation in the caribbean

First-ever aerial map of Hawaii’s coral creates groundbreaking conservation tool
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First-ever aerial map of Hawaii’s coral creates groundbreaking conservation tool

New coral reef research
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New coral reef research

1st detailed map of Hawaii reefs shows coral decline
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1st detailed map of Hawaii reefs shows coral decline

Researchers use aerial images and artificial intelligence to map coral across the main Hawaiian Islands
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Researchers use aerial images and artificial intelligence to map coral across the main Hawaiian Islands

Scientists Unveil New 3D Maps In Race To Save Hawaii Coral
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Scientists Unveil New 3D Maps In Race To Save Hawaii Coral

Mapping corals from the sky guides reef conservation
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Mapping corals from the sky guides reef conservation

Satellite technology helping researchers monitor coral bleaching
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Satellite technology helping researchers monitor coral bleaching

California’s ancient redwoods face new challenge from wildfires and warming climate
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California’s ancient redwoods face new challenge from wildfires and warming climate

The Nature Conservancy publishes first-ever detailed maps of all Caribbean coral reefs
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The Nature Conservancy publishes first-ever detailed maps of all Caribbean coral reefs

Caribbean Marine Maps
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Caribbean Marine Maps

From Constellation to Coral Reefs
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From Constellation to Coral Reefs

Research guides efforts to protect ohia forests in Hawaii
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Research guides efforts to protect ohia forests in Hawaii

New study uses satellites and field studies to improve coral reef restoration
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New study uses satellites and field studies to improve coral reef restoration

Location, extent of coral reefs mapped worldwide using advanced AI
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Location, extent of coral reefs mapped worldwide using advanced AI

ASU researchers contribute to global ‘blueprint’ to save nature, stabilize Earth’s climate
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ASU researchers contribute to global ‘blueprint’ to save nature, stabilize Earth’s climate

Restoring degraded tropical forests generates big carbon gains
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Restoring degraded tropical forests generates big carbon gains

Joint ASU-Hawaii State study reveals long-term human impacts on reef fish
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Joint ASU-Hawaii State study reveals long-term human impacts on reef fish

How the Allen Coral Atlas is mapping and monitoring coral reefs worldwide
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How the Allen Coral Atlas is mapping and monitoring coral reefs worldwide

3 ways to leverage geospatial insights for the SDGs
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3 ways to leverage geospatial insights for the SDGs

Hawai‘ian reefs lost almost half their fish to pollution and fishing
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Hawai‘ian reefs lost almost half their fish to pollution and fishing

Judi Dench’s Wild Borneo Adventure
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Judi Dench’s Wild Borneo Adventure

NAU awarded $1.5 million grant to examine how natural systems might adapt to increasing temperatures and invasive species
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NAU awarded $1.5 million grant to examine how natural systems might adapt to increasing temperatures and invasive species

COVID-19’s animal origins remind us that biodiversity and wildlife are disappearing at an alarming rate
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COVID-19’s animal origins remind us that biodiversity and wildlife are disappearing at an alarming rate

Protecting half of the planet is the best way to fight climate change and biodiversity loss – we’ve mapped the key places to do it
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Protecting half of the planet is the best way to fight climate change and biodiversity loss – we’ve mapped the key places to do it

This interactive map shows the key places that must be protected to curb climate change
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This interactive map shows the key places that must be protected to curb climate change

Scientists release ‘blueprint’ to save critical ecosystems and stabilize the Earth’s climate
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Scientists release ‘blueprint’ to save critical ecosystems and stabilize the Earth’s climate

“Protect 30% of the planet for nature,” scientists urge
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“Protect 30% of the planet for nature,” scientists urge

Long term human impacts on reef fish
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Long term human impacts on reef fish

Economic benefits of protecting 30% of planet’s land and ocean outweigh the costs at least 5-to-1
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Economic benefits of protecting 30% of planet’s land and ocean outweigh the costs at least 5-to-1

‘Time to finance nature’: Report shows protecting the planet leads to economic gain
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‘Time to finance nature’: Report shows protecting the planet leads to economic gain

Sea temperature a critical factor in success of coral reef outplants
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Sea temperature a critical factor in success of coral reef outplants

Does it pay to protect nature? A new study weighs in
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Does it pay to protect nature? A new study weighs in

Economic benefits of protecting 30% of planet’s land and ocean outweigh the costs at Least 5-to-1
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Economic benefits of protecting 30% of planet’s land and ocean outweigh the costs at Least 5-to-1

Airborne mapping sheds light on climate sensitivity of California redwoods
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Airborne mapping sheds light on climate sensitivity of California redwoods

Webinar Recap: Greg Asner and carbon emission imagery
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Webinar Recap: Greg Asner and carbon emission imagery

Airborne science discovers complex geomorphic controls on Bornean forests
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Airborne science discovers complex geomorphic controls on Bornean forests

Best of Reddit AMA series with ASU’s Greg Asner
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Best of Reddit AMA series with ASU’s Greg Asner

50 years after the first Earth Day, environmental activists confront another global crisis
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50 years after the first Earth Day, environmental activists confront another global crisis

Today I learned: How to save the environment
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Today I learned: How to save the environment

Low-cost satellite forest monitoring for all: Q&A with CLASlite creator Greg Asner
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Low-cost satellite forest monitoring for all: Q&A with CLASlite creator Greg Asner

Ice-tracking space laser could also map sea floor and monitor health of coral reefs
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Ice-tracking space laser could also map sea floor and monitor health of coral reefs

Field research, interrupted: How the COVID-19 crisis is stalling science
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Field research, interrupted: How the COVID-19 crisis is stalling science

Tropical forests’ damage spreads catastrophically
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Tropical forests’ damage spreads catastrophically

New maps of Malaysian Borneo reveal worsening carbon losses along forest edges
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New maps of Malaysian Borneo reveal worsening carbon losses along forest edges

How deforestation damages even the rainforests that survive it
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How deforestation damages even the rainforests that survive it

Borneo’s worrying divide
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Borneo’s worrying divide

Lasers have revealed something strange at the edge of the rainforest
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Lasers have revealed something strange at the edge of the rainforest

Mapping Coral
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Mapping Coral

ASU scientists find widespread evidence of carbon declines in tropical forest edges
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ASU scientists find widespread evidence of carbon declines in tropical forest edges

Forests are more sensitive than scientists previously realized
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Forests are more sensitive than scientists previously realized

University technologies among competitors for $100 million idea grant
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University technologies among competitors for $100 million idea grant

How Trump’s embattled environment agency prepared me for a PhD
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How Trump’s embattled environment agency prepared me for a PhD

Aerial View of Forest Chemistry Adds to Climate Fallout Models
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Aerial View of Forest Chemistry Adds to Climate Fallout Models

Operational mapping system for high-resolution tropical forest carbon emissions
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Operational mapping system for high-resolution tropical forest carbon emissions

Looking at tropical forests through new eyes
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Looking at tropical forests through new eyes

Hawaii coral show signs of stress amid record-setting heat
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Hawaii coral show signs of stress amid record-setting heat

Warm waters likely to trigger coral bleaching
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Warm waters likely to trigger coral bleaching

Hawaii braces for potential mass-coral bleaching event
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Hawaii braces for potential mass-coral bleaching event

ASU working to save Hawaiian coral reefs during onset of new ocean heat wave
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ASU working to save Hawaiian coral reefs during onset of new ocean heat wave

Coral bleaching: New AI project expects to map all the word’s reefs by end of next year
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Coral bleaching: New AI project expects to map all the word’s reefs by end of next year

Allen Coral Atlas maps reefs to scale up coral conservation
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Allen Coral Atlas maps reefs to scale up coral conservation

What one ecologist’s high-flying studies reveal about our forests
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What one ecologist’s high-flying studies reveal about our forests

Inside the effort to map the world’s dying coral reefs from space
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Inside the effort to map the world’s dying coral reefs from space

Nueva tecnología mapea corales desde el aire y determina su estado de conservación
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Nueva tecnología mapea corales desde el aire y determina su estado de conservación

Can this map save coral reefs? Researchers aim to conserve natural resource with satellites and AI
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Can this map save coral reefs? Researchers aim to conserve natural resource with satellites and AI

Judi Dench’s Wild Borneo Adventure review – joy, awe and orangutans
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Judi Dench’s Wild Borneo Adventure review – joy, awe and orangutans

Adding 1 billion hectares of forest could help check global warming
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Adding 1 billion hectares of forest could help check global warming

3D mapping from the air helps to save coral reefs
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3D mapping from the air helps to save coral reefs

To map a coral reef, peel back the seawater
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To map a coral reef, peel back the seawater

You can explore the Great Barrier Reef using Allen Coral Atlas’ new interactive map
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You can explore the Great Barrier Reef using Allen Coral Atlas’ new interactive map

We need to talk about the elephant in the carbon budget

We need to talk about the elephant in the carbon budget

Airborne laboratory maps Hawai’i coral reefs
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Airborne laboratory maps Hawai’i coral reefs

Guns, corals and steel: are nuclear shipwrecks a biodiversity hotspot?
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Guns, corals and steel: are nuclear shipwrecks a biodiversity hotspot?

Aerial surveys, visitor campaigns underscore Rapid Ohia Death’s massive toll
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Aerial surveys, visitor campaigns underscore Rapid Ohia Death’s massive toll

Fighting Rapid ʻŌhiʻa Death is a top priority
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Fighting Rapid ʻŌhiʻa Death is a top priority

Inside Greg Asner’s airborne observatory
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Inside Greg Asner’s airborne observatory

Rapid repeat monitoring of reef threats
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Rapid repeat monitoring of reef threats

Observing ecology from a Dornier 228
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Observing ecology from a Dornier 228

Allen Coral Atlas adds spectacular satellite views of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef
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Allen Coral Atlas adds spectacular satellite views of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef

To save life on Earth, here’s the $100 billion-a-year solution
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To save life on Earth, here’s the $100 billion-a-year solution

A map to saving coral reefs: the Allen Coral Atlas project
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A map to saving coral reefs: the Allen Coral Atlas project

To solve climate change and biodiversity loss, we need a Global Deal for Nature
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To solve climate change and biodiversity loss, we need a Global Deal for Nature

ASU center announces Hawaii coral reef conservation program in partnership with Lenfest Ocean Program
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ASU center announces Hawaii coral reef conservation program in partnership with Lenfest Ocean Program

Mapping a future for nature
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Mapping a future for nature

To solve climate change and biodiversity loss, we need a Global Deal for Nature
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To solve climate change and biodiversity loss, we need a Global Deal for Nature

RSVP — Planet partnership kickoff 4/26/19
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RSVP — Planet partnership kickoff 4/26/19

Planet picks ASU as its first higher education partner
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Planet picks ASU as its first higher education partner

Climate Diaries on CBS News: mini-satellites help map Great Barrier Reef
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Climate Diaries on CBS News: mini-satellites help map Great Barrier Reef

Developing the world’s first indicator of forest carbon stocks and emissions
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Developing the world’s first indicator of forest carbon stocks and emissions

We’re hiring at GDCS!
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We’re hiring at GDCS!

Hawaii’s ‘Rapid Ohia Death’ Disease is killing the forest canopy, and there’s no end in sight
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Hawaii’s ‘Rapid Ohia Death’ Disease is killing the forest canopy, and there’s no end in sight

Peru moves to protect ‘one of the last great intact forests’
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Peru moves to protect ‘one of the last great intact forests’

Big data & AI: leveraging technology to map complex ecosystems from forests to corals
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Big data & AI: leveraging technology to map complex ecosystems from forests to corals

Planet powers a new chapter in global coral conservation with the launch of Allen Coral Atlas
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Planet powers a new chapter in global coral conservation with the launch of Allen Coral Atlas

Inside the daring plan to map every coral reef from space
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Inside the daring plan to map every coral reef from space

Five reasons the Earth’s climate depends on forests
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Five reasons the Earth’s climate depends on forests

Indirect estimation of structural parameters in South African forests using Misr-Hr and lidar remote sensing data
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Indirect estimation of structural parameters in South African forests using Misr-Hr and lidar remote sensing data

The search for survivors in a post-nuclear reefscape
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The search for survivors in a post-nuclear reefscape

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