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From March 4–6, 2026, Sofia Haag from the EO4CAM project attended the Tag der Hydrologie conference in Kassel. Held under the theme “Water resources under pressure,” the conference brought together researchers and practitioners to discuss current challenges and developments in hydrology. The…
A new study published in the journal Ecology Letters (DOI: 10.1111/ele.70355) explores how ecological interactions and environmental conditions shape the structure and functioning of ecosystems. Research in this field increasingly relies on integrating ecological theory with large-scale…
Richard Lemoine-Rodríguez, a member of our Earth Observation Research Cluster (EORC), contributed to the independent evaluation “Joint Efforts for a Green Future: Evaluation of Finland’s Development Cooperation in Environment, Sustainable Use of Natural Resources, and Private Sector Opportunities”,…
At this year’s meeting of the Savanna Science Network in Skukuza, located in Kruger National Park, PhD researcher Luisa Pflumm shared new insights into savanna ecosystem monitoring using drone-based remote sensing. In her presentation titled “Multitemporal UAS-Based Monitoring of Savanna Phenology…
From snow-covered alpine landscapes to complex vegetation systems, Basil Tufail’s work is driven by a simple but powerful question: how can we better understand environmental change using Earth observation? Basil is a doctoral researcher at our Earth Observation Research Cluster (EORC), where he…
If you walked through the corridors of our EORC offices this week, you might have had the same thought as many confused colleagues: “Where is everybody?” Yes, we know the meme. But before you assume a mysterious disappearance, spontaneous field campaign, or a secret expedition to map glaciers with…
Mickey joined the Earth Observation Research Cluster (EORC) under somewhat unconventional circumstances. Originally from Italy, he was rescued by Antonio and quickly proved that his talents extend far beyond simply being adorable. Shortly after arriving in Würzburg, Mickey became an unofficial—yet…
At the heart of our research community are passionate scientists working across continents, disciplines, and ecosystems. One of these inspiring researchers is Lilly Schell, whose work bridges international collaboration, cutting-edge remote sensing, and biodiversity conservation. Building Bridges…
In environmental research, the most compelling stories often emerge at the intersection of technical ingenuity and demanding fieldwork. A recent contribution by Antonio Castañeda-Gómez offers precisely that—an elegant yet powerful visualisation of fire spread, developed from complex UAS data and…
New publication on the remote sensing–based assessment of urban tree ecosystem services Researchers from our Earth Observation Research Cluster of the University of Würzburg, the Technical University of Munich, the Company for Remote Sensing and Environmental Research (SLU) and the Earth…
We at the EORC are delighted to invite you to two EORC Talks in March. On Tuesday, March 10, 2026, Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Christian Werthmann and Dr.-Ing. Christian Corral Burau from the Institute of Landscape Architecture at Leibniz University Hannover will present their research work. In their talk,…
Urban areas are increasingly exposed to heat stress, making climate-sensitive planning more important than ever. As part of this effort, our team has recently started a new project focused on urban heat monitoring using multi-sensor Earth Observation approaches. The research is embedded within…
As part of the exploration of UAS in crisis activation activities coordinated by the DLR Center for Satellite Based Crisis Information (ZKI), the EORC UAS research team contributed high-resolution airborne data to support the generation of geospatial products. Our role in this crisis mapping…
The Ambassadorclub Munich has invited Prof Dr Hannes Taubenböck to give an evening lecture in Munich on the 2nd of March 2025. The lecture was entitled „Diagnose »homo sapiens« – Was sehen Erdbeobachtungssatelliten und wie kann das der Menschheit helfen?” [engl.] Diagnosis “homo sapiens” – What do…
In their joint talk, Sebastian Klüsener and Tamilwai Kolowa will provide an overview of interdisciplinary research at the Federal Institute for Population Research (BiB) combining demography, geography, and spatial analysis with Earth observation (EO) data. The talk will highlight research on…
Researchers from the Earth Observation Research Cluster (EORC) at the University of Würzburg are pleased to take part in this year’s Savanna Science Network Meeting, held in Skukuza, Kruger National Park. Our EORC is represented by Dr. Mirjana Bevanda and PhD candidate Luisa Pflumm, contributing to…
We are pleased to share that our joint study with biologists from various institutions lead by Lena Carlson has been accepted for publication in Landscape Ecology. The work contributes to ongoing efforts to better understand forest structure and its role in shaping ecological processes. With recent…
This week, the CHARM-EU teaching by the EORC staff continued. Over the past days, Florian Betz stayed at the University of Montpellier for a workshop with the water track master students of CHARM-EU. Topic of the workshop was the use of earth observation and geospatial data in decision making for a…
How can municipalities effectively reduce the impacts of increasingly frequent heavy rainfall events? This question brought together local and regional stakeholders on 24 February 2026 at Wartmannsroth town hall in the district of Bad Kissingen, Germany. Participants included municipal and district…
Our PI Florian Betz was invited to give a seminar talk about his research on remote sensing of river dynamics at the ENS Lyon in France. The seminar “Cafe Fluvial” is part of the doctoral training and research network “H2O Lyon” in which a number of research institutions in the Lyon region are…
On 24 February 2026, EAGLE MSc student Lena Jäger successfully defended her Master’s thesis titled “Assessing the potential of thermal UAS for spatio-temporal Arctic snow monitoring – A pilot study in Bjørndalen, Svalbard.” Her work focused on one of the Arctic’s most dynamic environmental…
We are delighted to announce that our PhD student Henri Debray has successfully defended his doctoral thesis, “Characterizing Urban Morphology at a Global Scale: Geospatial Perspectives,” at the Technical University of Munich, where his research project was conducted. Henri’s thesis builds on a…
Home Reef, which is part of the Tonga Volcanic Arc, is the youngest volcanic island on Earth. Dr. Simon Plank, our habilitation candidate and guest lecturer from DLR, has been monitoring the evolution of Home Reef since the island emerged above sea level in September 2022. Since Christmas 2025,…
This week, 14 students are attending a test run of our Remote Sensing module on Remote Sensing for Biodiversity Conservation at the University of Kinshasa. This module is part of the EOCap4Africa project (funded by the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, lead Dr. Insa Otte). Our project…
KI4Stereo – Hybrid kick-off meeting at DLR: AI-based analysis of stereo image data for tree monitoring On January 23rd, 2026, a hybrid kick-off meeting was held at DLR to officially launch the research project KI4Stereo (funded under the KMU-innovativ programme, funding code: 01LY2503A, project…
New publication on the relationship between urban green and land ownership Researchers from the Technical University of Munich (TUM), the Earth Observation Center (EOC) of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in Oberpfaffenhofen and our Earth Observation Research Cluster (EORC) of the University of…
New publication on a “Do-it-yourself built-up mapping tool” Researchers from the Earth Observation Center (EOC) of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in Oberpfaffenhofen, the Image Processing Laboratory of the University of València, Spain and our Earth Observation Research Cluster (EORC) of the…
CHARM‑EU (Challenge-driven, Accessible, Research-Based, and Mobile European University) is a pioneering alliance of nine European universities working together to build a transformative, inclusive, and sustainability‑oriented model for higher education. Guided by European values, the European Green…
We are very pleased to congratulate our PhD student Sebastian Buchelt on his successful defense of his dissertation, “Potential of Synthetic Aperture Radar time series for mapping and monitoring of small-scale periglacial processes in alpine environments.” His work represents an important step…
From 9–13 February 2026, EAGLE Master students took part in the block course “Cubes & Clouds – Cloud Native Open Data Sciences for Earth Observation”, taught by Dr. Insa Otte, Steve Hill, and Peter Zellner (DLR). The course introduced key concepts such as data cubes, EO cloud platforms, and open…