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We are global change ecologists and we use various tools — remote sensing, field observations, and modeling — to understand the impact of climate change on our ecosystems. We travel to ecosystems from tropics to the arctic. We use novel remote sensing techniques to see the ecosystems in ways we couldn't. We use advanced computer science techniques to analyze geospatial products. Please contact xiyang@virginia.edu if you are interested in joining the lab! We are looking for motivated undergraduate, graduate students, and postdocs.
Latest Publications
- Climate Change Driving Widespread Loss of Coastal Forested Wetlands Throughout the North American Coastal Plain
- TLSLeAF: automatic leaf angle estimates from single-scan terrestrial laser scanning
- Quantifying high-temperature stress on soybean canopy photosynthesis: The unique role of sun-induced chlorophyll fluorescence
- Rapid deforestation of a coastal landscape driven by sea-level rise and extreme events
- Recovery: Fast and Slow—vegetation response during the 2012-2016 California Drought
- Potential of hotspot solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence for better tracking terrestrial photosynthesis
Tweets from the lab
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Do you think that photosynthesis is dynamic? What about photorespiration? Here we argue photorespiration is actually MORE dynamic than carbon fixation... Dynamic Response of Photorespiration in Fluctuating Light Environments t.co/XU8HSQWA5D
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I was struggling to talk about the importance of Yi-Fu Tuan's geography to a grad student today -- it's difficult to explain the role and significance of humanistic geography today, so long after its emancipatory vision of enlightenment ideals was lost to critical approaches.
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Evolution of uncertainty from CMIP5 to CMIP6. t.co/AEdDSBtbAc
