Yesterday, at the joint NSO-GfÖ 2026 conference in Odense, Denmark, EORC postdoc Dr. Jakob Schwalb-Willmann presented research on the use of UAV and satellite remote sensing data of winter and summer surface conditions to model winter foraging selection of Svalbard reindeer on fine spatial scales. This research is part of an ongoing collaboration between University […]

At the joint NSO-GfÖ 2026 conference in Odense, Denmark, EORC postdoc and EO4cam researcher Dr. Julia Rieder gave an interesting talk on the use of airborne laser scanning (ALS) data and orthophoto time series data from airplane campaigns to detect change in canopy openness of European Beech and the link of openness to the tree’s […]

This week, EORC postdoc and EO4cam researcher Dr. Maninder Singh Dhillon presented work on a new product developed as part of the EO4cam project at the joint NSO-GfÖ 2026 conference in Odense, Denmark: A bavarian-wide biodiversity indicator for farmland that measures biodiversity based on various input variables such as crop rotation or nearby hedges. His […]

This week, the EORC is participating in the joint NSO-GfÖ 2026 conference in Odense, Denmark. The conference brings together researchers of all career stages from all across ecology research, representing a wide range of methods and applications, including topics at the intersection of remote sensing and ecology. The event is particularly unique, as it is […]

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Is it possible to combine the efficiency of a fixed-wing drone with the precision of a laser scanner? That question brought researchers from EORC together with Wingtra, a Swiss company designing and manufacturing fixed-wing UAS, to exchange on UAS research and discuss current technological developments. UAS team members Antonio José Castañeda-Gómez, Dr. Mirjana Bevanda and […]

The Arctic Tundra on Svalbard is a fascinating ecosystem: The wet soil is covered by a large variety of plants during the summer, fueled by the light of the never-setting sun, painting Svalbard‘s valleys and slopes green. Then, with the arrival of the Arctic winter, snow begins to fall, covering the land surface and turning […]

Metacommunity theory has expanded our understanding of how spatial dynamics and local interactions influence species communities, but we lack empirical studies specifically in terrestrial habitats te...

When animals roam the savanna, e.g. to find resources, they leave distinctive paths in the landscape. The resulting path networks show how animals differentiate and interact with their environment. Information on the animals’ space use at great spatial detail is important to understand their selection behavior. However, conventional methods for deriving animal paths such as […]

A new PhD position in Drone-based Terrestrial Snow Monitoring is currently open on Svalbard, offering an exciting opportunity to work on Arctic remote sensing research. Based in Longyearbyen, Svalbard, the position focuses on advancing high-resolution snow monitoring using drone-based approaches. The project aims to bridge a critical gap in current snow observation capabilities: while satellite […]

This week, the Arctic System Science Conference 2026 has been taking place in Potsdam. Hosted by the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI), the conference offers a place for researchers to exchange on past, present and future scientific research of the Arctic system – including oceanic, sea-ice, atmospheric, ecosystem, bio-geochemistry and anthropology research. The Earth Observation Research […]

Remote sensing is opening new windows into some of the most remote and rapidly changing environments on Earth. A recent feature by Research in Bavaria highlights how researchers from our EORC and colleagues from UNIS are using cutting-edge Earth observation technologies to study the Arctic and better understand the impacts of climate change. Exploring the […]

During their current visit to Svalbard, EORC researchers have been teaching UNIS students from all over Europe on how drones can be used for remote sensing in the high Arctic. Invited by our UNIS collaborators Prof. Dr. Simone Lang (UNIS) and Prof. Dr. Eero Rinne (UNIS), they spend multiple days in the class room and […]

We’re pleased to share our latest open-access research on automatically detecting animal paths in Africa’s Kruger National Park using drone imagery and deep learning. Published in Ecological Informatics, our study demonstrates how deep learning can be employed to identify the network of trails created by animals as they move across the landscape. Using a UNet […]

Two days ago, our PostDoc Dr. Jakob Schwalb-Willmann visited the Institute for Geoinformatics at University of Münster to give a talk at IFGI's GI Forum titled "Can animals be used to classify land use? Employing movement-tracked animals as environmental informants using deep learning".

The severe drought of 2018/19 caused widespread early discoloration, defoliation and tree mortality in European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.), although l…

In the last two weeks, EORC employees Sebastian Buchelt and Jakob Schwalb-Willmann travelled to Longyearbyen, Svalbard, for a two-week research and teaching stay on the high-arctic island. There, they were hosted by the University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS) in Longyearbyen. Among activities such as field work in Björndalen and teaching on UAV remote sensing for population […]

As part of their current research and teaching stay at the University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS) on Svalbard, Dr. Jakob Schwalb-Willmann and Sebastian Buchelt held a guest lecture on UAV remote sensing for Arctic population ecology, showcasing the use of remote sensing for ecology research. Invited by Assoc. Prof. Larissa Beumer, the three-day guest lecture […]

Last week, EORC employees Jakob Schwalb-Willmann and Sebastian Buchelt travelled to Longyearbyen, Svalbard, for a two-week research and teaching stay on the high-arctic island. Invited by our collaborators and colleagues Assoc. Prof. Larissa Beumer (Arctic biology) and Assoc. Prof. Eero Rinne (Arctic geophysics), they have been hosted by the University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS). As part of their stay on […]

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 on current challenges in various ecosystems. As it […]