Cutting-edge research on global environmental changes from University of Maryland’s Department of Geographical Sciences. #remotesensing #gis #geospatialscience https://bsky.app/profile/umdgeography.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/umdgeography.bsky.social/post/3mvnjorgkn22xGEOG researchers at #NASAHarvest are working w/ Kenyan partners to deliver timely agricultural data using AI + satellite imagery. The project could become a model for other countries, w/ support from @gatesfoundation.bsky.social & Microsoft’s AI for Good Lab. Read more: go.umd.edu/2eyf https://geog.umd.edu/featured-content/umd-researchers-are-helping-kenya-create-its-own-agricultural-data-infrastructure16 Sep 2026 16:10 +0000at://did:plc:ffzbj45wxd4bavbcuvyw2tpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvnjorgkn22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/umdgeography.bsky.social/post/3mvb64ag32k2m#ICYMI 🌎 GEOG has welcomed an impressive group of new faculty & researchers over the past year, working across remote sensing, climate resilience, wildfire science, agriculture, GIS and more. Read more in BSOS’s roundup of new teachers and researchers: https://geog.umd.edu/featured-content/meet-newest-teachers-and-researchers-bsos11 Sep 2026 18:11 +0000at://did:plc:ffzbj45wxd4bavbcuvyw2tpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvb64ag32k2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/umdgeography.bsky.social/post/3mv6okdcwmc26🎓 Interested in graduate study in geospatial science? Join our 2 virtual info sessions: 📍 MS & Grad Certificate in Geospatial Intelligence 🗓️ Oct. 1 | Noon go.umd.edu/2eop 📍 MS in GIS + Grad Certificates in GIS & Remote Sensing 🗓️ Oct. 5 | Noon go.umd.edu/2eoq10 Sep 2026 18:27 +0000at://did:plc:ffzbj45wxd4bavbcuvyw2tpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv6okdcwmc26https://bsky.app/profile/umdgeography.bsky.social/post/3mv3vp6hpyc2z🧊 Associate Professor Sinéad Farrell @dr-slfarrell.bsky.social joined Socializing with Scientists @socwithsci.bsky.social to discuss tracking Arctic and Antarctic sea ice, her path from rural Ireland to NASA collaborations & life in the field ⤵️ 🎧 https://socializingwithscientists.com/episode/sinead-farrell-marvels-at-the-icy-oceans-shes-a-geophysicist09 Sep 2026 15:57 +0000at://did:plc:ffzbj45wxd4bavbcuvyw2tpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv3vp6hpyc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/umdgeography.bsky.social/post/3muzaqps6rc2g🎓 Summer GEOG Fellowship highlights! On Sept. 3, Ph.D. students Xin Dong and Adebowale Adebayo shared research supported by their summer fellowships. Join us Sept. 10 at 3:30 p.m. in River Road or on Zoom for Part 2, featuring Haijun Li, Jiaxun Sun and Haolin Shao. 🔗 https://geog.umd.edu/event/summer-geog-fellowship-presentations-part-208 Sep 2026 14:37 +0000at://did:plc:ffzbj45wxd4bavbcuvyw2tpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3muzaqps6rc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/umdgeography.bsky.social/post/3mupb4hlwoc25📩 New Chair’s Blog is Out: What Doesn’t Kill Us ... A reflection on resilience, perspective and why a little struggle might be good for us, from GEOG Chair Professor Tatiana Loboda Read and comment below: https://geog.umd.edu/about-us/chairs-blog.04 Sep 2026 15:17 +0000at://did:plc:ffzbj45wxd4bavbcuvyw2tpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mupb4hlwoc25https://bsky.app/profile/umdgeography.bsky.social/post/3mumne3qmqk2sWhat do you want Maryland to look like in 2050? 🗺️✨ Join us & the Geography Club for this activity! Map your vision for the state. No GIS experience needed. 🗓️ Sept 22 | 3–7 PM 📍 LeFrak 1150 🍕 Free snacks & GEOG swag! RSVP by Sept 14 for food: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeu57GDUmcZzrFlA1R1lRNn_JWEKa_q3C-Dudb2631Ze2gYxQ/viewform03 Sep 2026 14:18 +0000at://did:plc:ffzbj45wxd4bavbcuvyw2tpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumne3qmqk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/umdgeography.bsky.social/post/3muk5px6vfk2kSummer 2026, GEOG style. Yes, we are an adventurous bunch! Exploring, researching, traveling and enjoying the beauty of the world around us. Here’s a glimpse of our summer. 🎬 Press play! #GeoTerps02 Sep 2026 14:33 +0000at://did:plc:ffzbj45wxd4bavbcuvyw2tpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3muk5px6vfk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/umdgeography.bsky.social/post/3muhsrwsrnc2w🌍 In the podcast Solve for X, Assist Prof Catherine Nakalembe explores how satellite imagery, machine learning and geospatial technologies can improve predictions of climate hazards, and why better forecasts must translate into meaningful action. 🎧 Listen https://solveforx.simplecast.com/episodes/the-coming-storm-how-ai-can-help-us-forecast-and-harness-the-weather01 Sep 2026 16:12 +0000at://did:plc:ffzbj45wxd4bavbcuvyw2tpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3muhsrwsrnc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/umdgeography.bsky.social/post/3mu6afejx4k2l🗓️ Mark your calendar for these two upcoming GEOG seminars: Join us at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 3 and 10 in River Road and on Zoom. Fellowship recipients will share their summer research. More info: https://geog.umd.edu/event/summer-geog-fellowship-presentations-part-128 Aug 2026 20:49 +0000at://did:plc:ffzbj45wxd4bavbcuvyw2tpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu6afejx4k2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/umdgeography.bsky.social/post/3mu3ambwla22sCan we rely on AI to predict famine? GEOG researchers caution that AI can miss emerging threats + struggle with unreliable data, particularly in conflict zones. They argue for using AI selectively while keeping human experts in the loop, in Nature Food (@nature.com). https://geog.umd.edu/featured-content/ai-can-help-predict-food-crises-experts-advise-caution27 Aug 2026 16:15 +0000at://did:plc:ffzbj45wxd4bavbcuvyw2tpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu3ambwla22shttps://bsky.app/profile/umdgeography.bsky.social/post/3mtw7oobet22bA #GlobalEcologyLab team led by Prof George Hurtt will help Rhode Island strengthen its climate strategy with high-resolution satellite data and advanced modeling that track how forests + urban tree canopies store carbon over time. w/ @nature.org https://geog.umd.edu/featured-content/new-project-helps-rhode-island-track-how-trees-combat-climate-change25 Aug 2026 16:15 +0000at://did:plc:ffzbj45wxd4bavbcuvyw2tpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtw7oobet22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/umdgeography.bsky.social/post/3mttw6i7pmk2u🎓 Meet the newest members of the UMD Geographical Sciences Ph.D. community! Our incoming cohort is united by a shared passion for using geographical sciences to help address complex real-world challenges. 🌎 Welcome to UMD! go.umd.edu/2dpl https://geog.umd.edu/featured-content/introducing-our-new-phd-students24 Aug 2026 18:20 +0000at://did:plc:ffzbj45wxd4bavbcuvyw2tpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mttw6i7pmk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/umdgeography.bsky.social/post/3mth7sytprc2iAlso this summer, high school students in UMD’s Terp Young Scholars program explored satellite imagery, remote sensing, wildfires & more. 🌎🛰️ Read what they had to say about the class and what surprised them: https://geog.umd.edu/featured-content/high-school-students-saw-wildfire-smoke-coming-umd-classroom19 Aug 2026 17:07 +0000at://did:plc:ffzbj45wxd4bavbcuvyw2tpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mth7sytprc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/umdgeography.bsky.social/post/3mtcbnrx7hs2dThis summer, 12 high school students spent six weeks conducting real-world research through UMD Geographical Sciences’ High School Internship Program (HIP). Their 8 projects explored AI, satellite imagery, climate resilience, environmental sustainability and more. 🛰️🌎 Read more: go.umd.edu/2ddx https://go.umd.edu/2ddx17 Aug 2026 17:57 +0000at://did:plc:ffzbj45wxd4bavbcuvyw2tpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtcbnrx7hs2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/umdgeography.bsky.social/post/3msvtvssjy22pCan warmer temperatures + drought affect tropical forests in very different ways? 🌳 A study led by Asst Prof Matheus Henrique Nunes finds that local conditions shape how forests respond to climate change across the Amazon, Congo Basin & Southeast Asia. https://geog.umd.edu/featured-content/umd-study-climate-has-unequal-impacts-different-tropical-forests12 Aug 2026 19:19 +0000at://did:plc:ffzbj45wxd4bavbcuvyw2tpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3msvtvssjy22phttps://bsky.app/profile/umdgeography.bsky.social/post/3msstvvl52225Can scarcity make rare species more desirable? A @pnas.org study by UMD-Criminology's Greg Midgette + GEOG Prof Meredith Gore finds that trade bans & supply restrictions can sometimes fuel demand in illegal wildlife markets. What they recommend instead: go.umd.edu/2d7w https://go.umd.edu/2d7w11 Aug 2026 14:41 +0000at://did:plc:ffzbj45wxd4bavbcuvyw2tpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3msstvvl52225https://bsky.app/profile/umdgeography.bsky.social/post/3msgxb6awus2rDon't miss this hybrid seminar next Wed, Aug. 12! #EsalqUSP Prof Matheus Pinheiro Ferreira will talk about forest monitoring & applied remote sensing projects in Brazil. Details: https://geog.umd.edu/event/seminar-deep-learning-based-fusion-optical-and-sar-imagery-canopy-height-mapping-brazil06 Aug 2026 21:09 +0000at://did:plc:ffzbj45wxd4bavbcuvyw2tpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3msgxb6awus2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/umdgeography.bsky.social/post/3ms6y3neo3k26Indigenous Lands in the Brazlian Amazon remain highly effective at preventing deforestation, but forests just beyond their borders face growing pressure. 🌳 New study calls for legal buffer zones to better protect these critical landscapes. Learn more: go.umd.edu/2cz8 via @borinasredes.bsky.social https://go.umd.edu/2cz803 Aug 2026 17:03 +0000at://did:plc:ffzbj45wxd4bavbcuvyw2tpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms6y3neo3k26https://bsky.app/profile/umdgeography.bsky.social/post/3mrxhqcmork2oMature forests are still absorbing carbon, but satellites may not be seeing the full picture. 🌎🌲 A study in @natecoevo.nature.com led by Assist Res Prof Lei Ma found a blind spot in satellite observations that can underestimate continued carbon accumulation in forests: go.umd.edu/2cxr https://go.umd.edu/2cxr31 Jul 2026 17:21 +0000at://did:plc:ffzbj45wxd4bavbcuvyw2tpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrxhqcmork2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/umdgeography.bsky.social/post/3mrnb7f3bfc2iResearch co-led by postdoc Amelia Holcomb synthesized data from 146 tropical forests to improve carbon accounting & climate reporting. The findings show degraded forests can recover carbon faster than forests regrowing after complete clearing. 🌎🌿 🔗 https://geog.umd.edu/featured-content/new-database-improves-carbon-accounting-tropical-forests27 Jul 2026 15:58 +0000at://did:plc:ffzbj45wxd4bavbcuvyw2tpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrnb7f3bfc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/umdgeography.bsky.social/post/3mqmfocru5c2h#ICYMI Prof Meredith Gore is part of the newly funded Predictive Biology Hub for Human and Environmental Health! 🌎 The team will develop tools to address global challenges through UMD's Grand Challenges Grants: https://geog.umd.edu/featured-content/grand-challenges-grants-20-direct-umd-research-societal-good14 Jul 2026 14:20 +0000at://did:plc:ffzbj45wxd4bavbcuvyw2tpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqmfocru5c2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/umdgeography.bsky.social/post/3mqjuc3rnbc2a📢 UMD has announced a new online Master of Professional Studies in Geospatial Artificial Intelligence & Healthcare. Offered jointly by GEOG + UMD Public Health, the MPS will prepare students to use AI & geospatial analytics to improve health outcomes: go.umd.edu/2cgv https://go.umd.edu/2cgv13 Jul 2026 14:04 +0000at://did:plc:ffzbj45wxd4bavbcuvyw2tpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqjuc3rnbc2a