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Author-led #EarthEngine free online training today! There's still time to register for today's session. Up today: Karen Dyson, Chap. F2.0, "Image Manipulation: Bands, Arithmetic, Thresholds, and Masks". Monday Nov. 14, 16h30 GMT. Register: eefabook.org/videos.html

Author-led #EarthEngine online training! Each author will lead you through their @eefabook chapter. Next up: author Andrea Puzzi Nicolau, doing Chapter F2.1: "Interpreting an Image: Classification". Nov. 21, 16h30 GMT. Register: eefabook.org/videos.html

In 1959, police were called to a segregated library when a Black 9-year-old boy trying to check out books refused to leave, after being told the library was not for Black people. The boy, Ronald McNair, went on to became an astronaut. The library is also now named after him.

Author-led #EarthEngine online training! Each author leads you through their EEFAbook chapter. Now starting Sec F3: Advanced Image Processing! Next up: Karen Dyson, Chap. F3.0: "Interpreting an Image: Regression". Mon. Dec. 5, 16h30 GMT. Register: eefabook.org/videos.html

🇺🇦Oh long ago is an old folk song from the Poltava region by Sofia Lesyshak♥️ Check out her insta for more instagram.com/sofileshyshak/

Thrilled to make two big announcements: 1) I'm at WWF now! 2) We're hiring! I'm looking for a talented postdoc passionate about understanding the values of nature & how to apply them to improve environmental problem solving. careers-wwfus.icims.com/jobs/3353/natu…

Author-led #EarthEngine free training today! You can still register for today's session from eefabook.org. Up today: Ujaval Gandhi (spatialthoughts.com): Chap. F4.2 "Aggregating Images for Time Series" Mon. Feb 13, 12h30 ET. Register: eefabook.org/videos.html

Listening to student presentations today on a ModelBuilder/Python GIS programming assignment. 50% of the presentations so far have described how chatGPT helped them along on the project….

Author-led #EarthEngine online training ongoing! Each author leads you through their EEFAbook chapter. Want to learn about #LandTrendr (F4.5) from its developer, Robert Kennedy? Of course! He'll tell you all about it: Mon. Mar. 13, 12h30 ET. Register: eefabook.org/videos.html

Author-led #EarthEngine free training today! You can still sign up for today's session from eefabook.org. Continuous Change Detection and Classification (CCDC), by the amazing Paulo Arevalo Orduz (F4.7)! Mon. Mar. 27, 12h30 ET. Register: eefabook.org/videos.html

Good morning to readers. Kyiv remains in Ukrainian hands. Please RT this thread. It’s an important one. Some news: I’m leaving NPR as part of the layoffs that dramatically cut the org's workforce. I’ve decided to go back into Ukraine to keep reporting. But this time, alone.

Our favorite superstar/mom/wife/daughter/aunt Dr. ElenaBennett signs the big book and becomes a new member of the National Academy of Sciences! I’m sure she’d like to thank everyone along the way, including past and present mentors, students, parents, and family. Woo hoo!

THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK was released 43 years ago today. One of Hollywood’s most popular films and most acclaimed sequels, the making of story is as huge as you’d expect. A THREAD 1/38

Congratulations to Dr. Mike Wulder Mike Wulder for your election to the #OrderOfCanada! Scientifically creative and generous, rigorous and encouraging, it’s a privilege to work with you. Congrats!

New paper! Highly accurate ice breakup stats/maps for lakes across sizes of five orders of magnitude! The simple, reproducible OPEN-ICE model from Xavier Giroux-Bougard Xavier Giroux-B is applied over all freshwater pixels of Canada for 2013-2021. Amazing work! sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Would you like to know where and when there are satellite data gaps due to cloud coverage and what are the implications for forest monitoring? Check our new paper and data created Springer Nature #ScientificData, just off the press! McGill University earthenvironmentcommunity.nature.com/posts/where-an…

The front page of The Washington Post for August 25, 2023. wapo.st/3YR6J2b

🚨 RED ALERT: Republicans in the Wisconsin State Legislature are threatening to impeach Justice Janet Protasiewicz—before she’s even heard a single case. A desperate, unconstitutional, and obscene threat to democracy… and 2024. Here’s what’s happening & how to fight back:🧵

Well, tomorrow is the last day for my potential China Scholarship Council student to receive his study permit. He's been waiting for more than a year! It's a real embarrassment for me at McGill University. Perhaps IRCC can help!