Sébastien and Maud attended the Sixth Global Proximal Soil Sensing Workshop in Gent.
They presented their research related to the use of drone-borne GPR for soil moisture mapping.
In this conference, Maud had the opportunity to present the results of her first paper (geophysical mapping and monitoring in the Hautes-Fagnes).
Eleonore presented a poster on High Resolution data for permafrost thaw insights.
Yanfei's first LandSense paper, "Factors controlling peat soil thickness and carbon storage in temperate peatlands based on UAV high-resolution remote sensing", has been published in Geoderma.
This research focuses on the potential of UAV data for assessing peat depth and SOC stocks at the landscape scale.
Adil went on a field trip to Eight Mile Lake, Alaska, from June 5 to June 21, 2024.
The main goal for LandSense during this trip was to collect soil samples for saturated water content measurements, and to measure on-field soil moisture for a validation dataset.
Eléonore joined from June 21 to early July to conduct UAV measurements.
Additionally, samples of soil pore water and river water were gathered throughout the mission.
Maud attended the Centennial Celebration and Congress of the International Union of Soil Sciences in Florence. She presented a poster on the nutrients and dissolved organic carbon dynamics in response to environmental drivers in the Hautes Fagnes study site.
Yanfei and Sophie attended the European Geoscience Union annual meeting in Vienna (Austria).
Yanfei presented a poster in the Mapping, monitoring and managing northern and tropical peatlands session.
She shows peat soil thickness and carbon storage predictions in the Belgian Hautes Fagnes from multi-sensor UAV remote sensing surveys and soil samplings.
Maud's first LandSense paper, "Mapping and monitoring peatlands in the Belgian Hautes Fagnes: Insights from Ground-penetrating radar and Electromagnetic induction characterization", has been published in Geoderma Regional.
Focused on a previously drained peatland in the Belgian Hautes Fagnes, this research sheds light on the potential of non-invasive methods, GPR and EMI, for assessing peat depth and electrical conductivity - key indicators of peatland status.
Sophie and Maud went on a field trip to Eight Mile Lake, Alaska, from Februray 24 to March 10, 2024.
The main goal for LandSense during this trip was to employ Ground-Penetrating Radar technology to identify taliks, which are sections of ground that remain unfrozen in permafrost areas during the winter.
This was crucial for measuring their extent, which influences the possibility of carbon degradation in the winter.
Additionally, samples of soil pore water and river water were gathered throughout the mission.
Adil, Maud and Yanfei attended the Power to the Peatlands Conference in Antwerp (Belgium), i.e., the biggest European peatland symposium.
4 major topics were discussed: Carbon and Water, Biodiversity Conservation, Restoration and, Land Use and Policy.
Adil participated at the AI4Copernicus summer school and conference at the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (Luxembourg) about Earth Observation & Artificial Intelligence solutions for climate change challenges.
This event was organised by the Copernicus Relays of Luxembourg and Belgium, being part of the European Union's Space program Copernicus.
Maud and Adil attended the European Geoscience Union annual meeting in Vienna (Austria).
Maud presented a poster in the Peatland hydrology: From tropical to subarctic latitudes session, showing some first results from Ground-Penetrating Radar measurements to image peat depth and Electromagnetic Induction measurements to study temporal and spatial variability in the soil bulk electrical conductivity.
Adil, Maud and Yanfei attended the Day of the Young Soil Scientist in Brussels (Belgium), organised by the Belgian Soil Science Society.
They co-presented a poster to other starting researchers, presenting the LandSense project and their work within the work packages.
During the Arctic Science Summit Week organized by the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) in Vienna, Eléonore presented her work on the link between hydrological and geochemical changes resulting from permafrost thaw at the profile scale. For this conference, Eléonore received funding from the IASC.
Eléonore had the opportunity to present her work on the impact of permafrost thaw on iron-organic carbon interactions at different spatial scales at the conference Climat et Impacts held in Paris. “It was an honor to present my early results to such a friendly audience of experts”.
Belgian contributions to Earth Sciences in a changing world
04 Nov 2022 - Conference
Eléonore had the opportunity to present a poster with Maxime Thomas about the impact of permafrost thaw on iron-organic carbon interactions using geophysical data, microtopography, and high-resolution imagery. The conference was held at the Palais des Academies in Brussels.
