Save the date for our next EORC Talk! On 6 October 2026, we will welcome Stephan J. Schmidt from Cornell University to the Earth Observation Research Cluster (EORC) in Würzburg. In his talk “Urban Form and the Heat Island Effect”, he will explore how the shape and structure of cities influence urban heat. Drawing on […] The post Save the Date: EORC Talk with Stephan J. Schmidt on “Urban Form and …
On September 22, 2026, Henning Riecken will present his internship results on ” Internship at the German Remote Sensing Data Center (DFD) of the German Aerospace Center (DLR)” at 12:00 at the seminar room 3 in John-Skilton-Str. 4a. From the abstract: Through the Bavarian Fruit Tree Pact, the Bavarian government, in collaboration with civil society […] The post EAGLE Internship Presentation: Inter…
Last week a group of PhD and EAGLE MSc students visited the Umweltforschungsstation Schneefernerhaus (UFS) at the Zugspitze for a workshop on research in high alpine ecosystems. The workshop was kicked-off by presentations from some of our students, who are conducting research at the Zugspitze as part of their PhD and MSc thesis projects. PhD […] The post Research and Workshop in the Alps appeare…
Our EORC staff member Dr. Julia Rieder has published a new study in Forestry: An International Journal of Forest Research, together with colleagues from TU Dresden, the University of Göttingen, HSWT Weihenstephan, and the University of Würzburg. This study, based on data collected within the BeechDecline project, investigates how the size, orientation, and temporal dynamics […] The post New publi…
The heatwaves of summer 2026 and the associated excess mortality highlight one aspect of the dramatic nature of climate change. Over the years, we have carried out a great deal of research on the topic of ‘urban heat islands’ (see below for related works) – but we have never investigated how residents perceive and communicate […] The post New paper on the relation of Measured and experienced urba…
Urban tree classification is still a challenge for remote sensing, particularly in heterogeneous urban environments where tree genera are highly diverse and existing inventories often provide incomplete coverage. In our new study, we explore the potential of very high-resolution remote sensing to complement urban tree cadasters and provide large-scale information on the composition and diversity …
The Cobalt Magnet: Rapid Urbanization and Migration An incredible amount of the technology we rely on every day – from smartphones to lithium-ion batteries in electric vehicles – depends heavily on one single metal: cobalt. With more than 60% of the world’s cobalt produced in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the high demand […] The post New research paper on Rapid Urbanization due to t…
From September our EORC PI Florian Betz will join the Collegium de Lyon as invited Fellow in Watershed Sciences. During his fellowship, he will collaborate closely with researchers from the H2O’Lyon Graduate School of Integrated Watershed Sciences on the project “From pixels to fluvial processes – using satellite time series for analyzing biogeomorphic dynamics across […] The post EORC member joi…
On August 25, 2026, Lutz Kleemann will present his internship results on ” Verifiable Nature Units” at 12:00 at the seminar room 3 in John-Skilton-Str. 4a. From the abstract: Biodiversity credits and conservation work increasingly depend on measurable outcomes. During my internship at WWF I implemented a data pipeline for generating Verifiable Nature Units (VNU’s): […] The post EAGLE Internship P…
Almost a year ago, Josipa Subotic showed up at EORC as a DBU scholar, and now her stay with us is coming to an end. Josipa spent her time digging into snow cover properties around the Zugspitze, working with Sentinel-2 time series data. Multispectral imagery, lots of it, stretched out over time, that’s the kind […] The post DBU scholar Josipa Subotic appeared first on Earth Observation News .
Developing resilient agricultural systems requires close collaboration between research institutions, industry, and agricultural practice. At the Earth Observation Research Cluster (EORC), University of Würzburg, an ongoing joint study with the Bavarian State Research Center for Agriculture (LfL), Intracrop Ltd., and Ackerbau GmbH Rottenbauer is exploring how Earth observation can support the ass…
A joint analysis of data journalists from BR24 and scientists from the German Aerospace Center (DLR) revealed that nearly half of all senior homes in Unterfranken are located within urban heat islands. The basis for this analysis are satellite-based observations of land surface temperature (LST) over several years, which were prepared in the context of […] The post In the news: Heat risk in senio…
One of the aims of Geolingual Studies Geolingual Studies – Geolingual Studies is to ensure effective science communication beyond the scientific community and into the wider society. The Geolingual Studies team was given the opportunity to look at concepts and methods at Deutsches Museum, Munich, on 5 August 2026. The colleagues were guided through the […] The post GLS-team visits Planetary Healt…
On August 11, 2026, Espérance Kandjale will present her Innolab results on ” Post-processing and Quality Assessment of Mapathon-Derived Mining Data for Cobalt Belt Mapping ” at 12:00 in seminar room 3, John-Skilton-Str. 4a. From the abstract: During my internship, I worked on the post-processing and quality assessment of Mapathon-derived mining data for the DRC […] The post EAGLE Innolab Presenta…
We are delighted that Johannes Mast has been awarded the Bernd Rendel Prize by the German Research Foundation (DFG) for his original and promising geoscientific research carried out prior to his PhD. We had already reported on this: https://remote-sensing.org/johannes-mast-wins-bernd-rendel-prize/ Now, our university and the German Aerospace Center (DLR) have also reported on it. Please read […] …
Einblick, the University of Würzburg’s press medium, published an article on our double anniversary, 25 years of Earth observation research and 10 years of EAGLE M.Sc. program, today. Recently, they has visited us at our EORC to hear about our research and teaching and to talk to some of our staff and students. For the […] The post University press covered our anniversaries appeared first on Eart…
What began with a diploma thesis by Nicolas J. Kraff on the physical structure of slums in Mumbai, India, in 2011 has now culminated in a globally distributed dataset of building footprints covering 44 poverty and informal settlement areas across four continents. Between 2011 and 2020, the mapping work developed from the analysis of individual […] The post Nine years of mapping urban poverty: A g…
Lava tube structures on Mauritius are quite hard to survey – tight, dark, and largely inaccessible to classical scanning equipment. As part of ongoing research by Dr. Kim Lea Holzmann (Chair of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, University of Würzburg), we’re excited to be collaborating on testing whether low-cost LiDAR-scanners, like the recent iPhone Pro […] The post Mapping Lava Tubes on Mau…
