Iain McNicol

Postdoctoral Research Associate @GeosciencesEd. I use 📏 + ✈ and🛰 to map forests 🌴🌳🌳 around the 🌍. 🏔 ⚽ aficionado

[Communications Earth & Environment @CommsEarth]

Aboveground woody carbon stocks increased faster in protected areas in southern Africa’s woodlands than in unprotected areas as a result of lower deforestation rates and faster vegetation growth

@iain_mcn @Casey_M_Ryan @aidank @NeilBurgess081

https://t.co/swkwx5Iypy

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Edit to [2/6]: Carbon losses from deforestation and degradation each total 200 M tonnes over the study period, not per year🤦‍♂️

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New📜showing protected areas in southern Africa avoid carbon losses from deforestation and degradation, and promote growth. Stricter protection ≄ better outcomes meaning human use of land can be consistent with climate mitigation goals

Full text: https://t.co/ZB7ByvxiXY

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Many thanks to co-authors @Casey_M_Ryan, @aidank, and @NeilBurgess081 for their input, and to @EdMitchard and @ERC_Research for supporting this work through the FODEX project, and @WWF and NERC (via @aidank) for earlier funding. Thanks to @JAXA_en for the amazing ALOS data [6/6]

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@mathiasdisney @DelairTech That is a fair assumption.

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Launching our @DelairTech UAV over Lopé National Park in #Gabon as part of the ForestScan project. Foggy conditions for most of the week, with swirling winds adding a bit of 'excitement' to take off and landing, but this flight alone netted us 160 ha of #LiDAR data.

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@emilyrlines 😂 the ... tells me my comment re. TLS might not match the reality on the ground. @kungphil makes it sound so enjoyable and productive

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Having worked in (and alongside) this team for many years, I can safely say this is an amazing job working with great people!

[Iain H Woodhouse 伊恩🛰🌍🌳🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🌻 @fortiain]

SAR!
Trees!!
Job ⁦@GeosciencesEd⁩ - 3 year remote sensing post doc position available at U. Edinburgh. See link for details. https://t.co/NPuDBAjQmb

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@emilyrlines Same here - so much time spent waiting on the wind to play nice. Expectation never matches reality when it comes to drone work. Those TLS peeps have it easy! I'm sure its worth the wait for the data :)

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@TLS_TREES @kungphil @ChavanaBryant so did you see it flying see it over the plot? It went, it came back = first UAV-LS mission done. Aged about 5 years in that 1 hour though

[🌳 TLS TREES 🌳 @TLS_TREES]

Excited to see this fly tomorrow!

Combining TLS and UAV-LS over the forests of 🇬🇦

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@KukkoAntero @TLS_TREES @ChavanaBryant Its the RIEGL miniVUX-DL

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Tough conditions for the final checks of our @GeosciencesEd UAV-LiDAR and @UCL TLS equipment before heading off to Lopè and Ivindo in #Gabon as part of @ERC #FODEX and @ESA #ForestScan projects.

Might need a swim after

@ChavanaBryant @harry_carstairs @TLS_TREES @Parcsgabon

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@mhagdorn @cocteautriplets Quite. Turns out those complaining on the local Facebook page about how efforts to create LTNs, and more space for pedestrians to walk down the main street were "undemocratic", were in fact, quite demoncratic after all.

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Twenty-three years (23) since we last watched Scotland in a major tournament. Hopefully we dont wait as long for the next one

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@SCaldararu @richardnair "Sorry, not sorry!"

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@douglasfinch @malcolmfg1 @UpLateAtNightAg It was doing the rounds last night😂 wasn't sure if I was laughing or cry watching it. Mix of both I suppose...

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Its been 22 years since we last watched Scotland is a major tournament. Been a long wait. Still got the flag and the scarf. Top might not fit.